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Tortuga Lodge

  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens
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Luxurious jungle lodge with spacious, stylish rooms and an infinity pool overlooking Costa Rica's Tortuguero river. Choose from a variety of activities in lush surroundings.

One of the best lodges in Tortuguero National Park, Tortuga Lodge is set amid a wilderness of mangrove-lined channels brimming over with wildlife.

It’s a breathtaking boat journey from Puerto Limón, and you’ll never feel far from nature here. The lodge has excellent guides, an impressive restaurant and spacious, comfortable rooms.

Rooms have large open-frame windows and views towards the river, jungle and gardens. Each comes with outdoor space, some with wide verandas and luxurious hanging beds.

Meals are served in the open air by the river, and there’s an attractive pool offering a sense of immersion in natural surroundings, as well as a shaded hammock hut and loungers.

Relax or take advantage of the many activities on offer, including hiking along private nature trails or turtle-spotting walks. The park is home to spider, howler and white-faced monkeys, three-toed sloths, river otters, caimans, iguanas, poison dart frogs and 320 species of bird.

Green sea turtles nest from July to September, and hawksbills and huge leatherbacks from March to June. Explore the canals that border the park by boat, accompanied by a naturalist guide.

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What our clients say

  • “Tortuga Lodge was excellent; the best food during the entire trip, excellent service, excellent guide, excellent atmosphere, excellent accommodation. We should have stayed longer."

    DF, Ledbury Aug 2013
  •    Beautifully situated rooms looking at the river and all the wildlife (herons, iguanas and many other birds) wandering around the grounds. I loved the hammock on each room's terrace.

    MS London Feb 2015
  • “Everything about our stay at Tortuga Lodge was superb - wish we could have stayed there longer”

    SD, Wimbledon Dec 2013
  • "Wonderful place. Hotel and food excellent. Guides exceptional. And so convenient for the flight back to San Jose.It's the first time I have taken a boat ride to catch a…

    JW, Northwood May 2015
  • A lovely lodge in a great location. The journey to the lodge by boat was great fun  Staff were excellent and nothing seemed too much trouble.  All meals were delicious.

    JH, Rochdale Feb 2017
  • "Beautiful and special place. Weather disappointing as rainier than we expected so boat 'safari' was wash-out in every sense. Perhaps it was not the best time of year to go…

    AB, Farnham Jan 2014
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Hannah Waterhouse - Travel Expert

Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.

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