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Day 2: Visit to the village of Tortuguero

Day 2: Visit to the village of Tortuguero Daddy, Mommy, we can hear the monkeys! Yes, in Tortuguero it's very common to be woken by howler monkeys, usually heard at dawn and dusk. We were on our way to the lodge's restaurant when a member of staff pointed out a caiman that had come to visit the lodge's guests a few metres from the restaurant. Comfortably seated in the bed of a small river, a caiman of respectable size has come to greet us and observe attentively all the people seated at the table in...

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Family Trip - Day 1 Tortuguero

Day 1: To Tortuguero Departure for Tortuguero It's 6:15 a.m. and the bus from our lodge has just arrived. The kids are thrilled; they love the bus and experience their first ride as an experience in its own right. 1 hour later, after crossing the Braulio Carillo National Park, we arrive at the lodge's restaurant in Guapiles, a town halfway between the capital San José and the Caribbean coast. Once we arrived at the restaurant, we had the...

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Family trip to Costa Rica

A family trip to Costa Rica The initial idea The idea for the articles to follow on family travel in Costa Rica came from the many enthusiastic traveler comments and our desire, as travel designers, to enjoy the beauty of Costa Rica as a family too. We therefore decided to take our two daughters on a typical 10-day trip, adapted to children and synonymous with a vacation for parents. So it was with great pleasure that we set about building our own trip, as we advise travelers day after day on...

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