Caribbean

Tortuguero National Park
Costa Rica

Canals, not a highway. You arrive by boat and stay the night for the turtle beach.

Check before you go

  • You arrive by boat. There is no road, as of 5 Oct 2026.
  • Stay the night if the turtle beach is the reason, as of 5 Oct 2026.
  • A foreign adult pays US$16.95. IVA is included, as of 5 Oct 2026.

Facts

Arrival: By boat. There is no road.

Fee: A foreign adult pays US$16.95. IVA is included, as of Oct 2026.

Night: Stay if you came for the turtle beach.

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  • The canalsThe boat is the visit, not a transfer you skip.
  • The turtle beachThe night is why people stay. Other hours this is a beach, not a tour.

People come for the canals and the turtle beach. The boat is how you see both.

There is no road. The boat is the entrance.

Green turtles use this beach from about July to October. Other months the canals are still the visit.

You come from the Caribbean side, by boat, not on a morning drive from the valley.

Book the boat and the night before you leave the road.

A foreign adult pays US$16.95. IVA is included, as of Oct 2026.

The canals are a morning. The turtle visit, when there is one, is at night.

The boat is arranged. You do not walk in on your own.

There is no road. Do not treat the night beach as a free walk.

Where to stay

The village is the night between the boat in and the beach.

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