December 25 - 26, 2015 @ Tortuguero, Costa Rica



Nature Air


Got lucky, found a $10 airfare to Tortuguero


Tortuguero National Park


Palm forests in the park


2 pilots no flight attendant


The airport is only accessible by boat


Hotel Tortuguero Natural B&B


Not bad for $30 a night


Ocean view too


Green lizard


Trail marker #38


Spider


Beetle with crown leg


El Gavilan Trail through Tortuguero National Park


Colorful lizard


Finish


Not suitable for swimming


The beaches around Tortuguero are key nesting sites for four species of sea turtle


Turtle nesting season is July through October


Caribbean Sea Beach at Tortuguero




Getting wash out


White foam from the ocean


Rainbow



Catch


Desperate for coconuts




Like a mirror



Small snake


Eyelash Palm Pitviper


Hotel Tortuguero Natural B&B



Tortuguero village


Plastic bottle Christmas tree


Recycle bin


Fish


Restaurant Fresh Foods


Spider


Bird


Fire ant


Snake on the tree


Full moon


Spider


What is this?


Running around us


Nine-banded armadillo


Opossum


Frog


Red-eyed tree frog


Our night walking tour was awesome!


Canal tours


Disco


$300 a night resort yet they pack many customers in one boat



Boat-billed Heron




What is there?


Geoffroy spider monkey


Looking for food


What is at the tummy


Monkey mom and baby



Iguana


Exposing himself to attract mate


Green macaw




Golden-mantled howling monkey


Many of them


River otter



We are so lucky, they are rare to spot


Mangrove forests


White-headed capuchin


Baby is so cute


Fly



Spectacled caiman


Caiman to lizard: I am watching you


Three-toed sloth


3 hours boat ride out of Tortuguero


Rest stop


Golden-mantled howling monkey



3 or 4 of them