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Tortuga Lodge & Gardens

Stays · Caribbean Coast · 29 rooms and suites

Riverside lodge in Tortuguero set in plantation-style gardens, offering guided boat, kayak and turtle-nesting tours.

Start times
10:30
Best time
morning
Booking
Book ahead

Tips

  • Boat or plane only
  • Book boat 2 days ahead
  • Flight from SJO 25 min

Prices (as published)

Connection Tortuga Lodge → Pacuare Lodge (River Package) — 1–4 guests · shared boat + ground transfer + rafting$250
Connection Tortuga Lodge → Pacuare Lodge (Full Experience Package) — 1–4 guests · only when Full Experience is booked at both lodges$150

Contact & directions

Secret spots nearby

  • Cerro TortugueroViewpoint · about $2At 119 m, the highest point on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast: an old volcanic hill with 400-plus steps up to a lookout over the canals, endless rainforest and the turtle beach.
  • Tortuguero BeachBeach · FreeThe wild black-sand beach right behind Tortuguero village, the most important green-turtle nesting beach in the western Caribbean.
  • Tortuguero VillageLandmark · FreeA car-free Afro-Caribbean village squeezed between the lagoon and the sea, linked by sandy paths with brightly painted houses, sodas and the small Sea Turtle Conservancy visitor center.
  • Tortuguero CanalsNature spotA maze of natural and dug waterways behind the beach, nicknamed Costa Rica's Amazon.
  • Tortuguero National Park (Cuatro Esquinas entrance)ParkCanals, beach and swamp forest at the top of the Caribbean coast, famous for green and leatherback turtle nesting.

Sources: https://www.tortugalodge.com · https://www.tortugalodge.com/faq/ · 0012_partner_sites.sql