Support us on the Sea Turtle Night Monitoring Walk

🕗 3 hours  ·  👥 10 max. · 📆 Oct - Mar

This expedition is an exclusive educational experience accompanying and assisting night patrols to observe and record sea turtles nesting on the beaches of the biological corridor.

Please consider

• Not recommended for young children

• A walk of approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) will be conducted.

• Not recommended for low-clearance vehicles on unpaved gravel roads for 6 km (3.7 mi).

• These are public-access beaches; the presence of other tourists/visitors is likely.

Why is this important?

The beaches of Costa Rica's North Pacific are critical areas for sea turtle reproduction. These beaches are predominantly visited by the Pacific green or black turtle (Chelonia mydas), the olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), and the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). While some beaches are protected by the Government of Costa Rica, others are public beaches that lack any protective status. Por esta razón, los recorridos en playas de anidación de tortugas marinas ayuda a mejorar la presencia para la protección de sus nidos, como también la colecta de datos para su posterior seguimiento.

For this reason, monitoring walks on nesting beaches help increase protective presence for their nests, as well as collect scientific data for ongoing tracking.