Tag: costa rica turtles

The official log may record a couple of million visitors to Costa Rica every year, but that number doesn't include the additional tens of thousands of sea turtles in Costa Rica that grace our beaches. Indeed – turtle nesting is a Big Deal here in Costa Rica, with five species of sea turtles – olive ridleys, leatherbacks, loggerheads, hawksbills, and green sea turtles – laying hundreds of thousands of eggs on Costa Rican beaches. Weeks later, Costa Rica turtle hatching happens!