Tortuguero, Costa Rica

The village is situated on a sand bar island, separated from the mainland by Tortuguero River and bordering the Caribbean Sea.

Tortuguero is renowned for its navigable canals that run through the rainforest in the national park, and has such earned the nickname of 'Central America's Amazon'.

The National Park is also host to an incredible biodiversity of insects, resident and migratory birds, and mammals, including jaguars and four species of monkeys.

Today the canals connect several lagoons, rivers and streams and allow boat navigation from Moín, near Limón city.

The canals of Tortuguero gave the town its nickname of "Costa Rica's Amazon", and are a fantastic opportunity to see wildlife.