Tortuguero National Park

Up early to catch an Uber to the bus station to take public buses to a public boat, then on to Tortuguero National Park (a 6 hour trip). The river trip was beautiful, but unfortunately deforestation for palm plantations and cattle grazing was evident everywhere.
Sadly, we missed turtle nesting and hatching season here (which is meant to be amazing). We did manage to see some good critters though, including more howler and spider monkeys as well as white-faced capuchins. We were excited to also see lots of Jesus Christ lizards (named for their ability to run on water).
On a night walk, we saw lots of insects, a few snakes & frogs and a mouse possum (so cute). The downside was that Christy was having a clumsy night and managed to fall down twice in the dark when tripping over things. She suffered a bad bruise, but luckily nothing more serious.Read more