Tortuga Lodge

Tortuga Lodge, which has been recently re-modelled, is situated on 50 acres of private land on Costa Rica's northeast Caribbean coast. Tortuga Lodge has 26 deluxe rooms and one penthouse. Lush lawns, orchids, and tropical trees surround this thatched riverside lodge renowned for its top-notch, personalised service.  Guest rooms are comfortable, with much-appreciated mosquito blinds. Tortuguero National Park is 20 minutes south by boat.

Delicious meals are created by the resident chef in the lodge restaurant who specialises in local and international dishes. There is also a swimming pool which has been designed to blend into the river environment, the pool features an environmentally-friendly purification system that uses an undetectable amount of salt instead of commercial chlorine.

During the season (June through October) the highlight of a trip to Tortuguero is actually standing a few feet from a 300-pound Green Sea Turtle while she lays 80-100 eggs, covers up her nest, perhaps digs a false nest to throw off predators, and, finally, after more than an hour, returns to the sea.

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