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Pacific
Turtles come ashore at a number of beaches, including
the Playa Nancite, only open to scientists, in Santa
Rosa National Park.
Las
Baulas National Marine Park is the main nesting site for leatherbacks
in Costa Rica. A giant turtle measuring up to 700kg and 2.5m,
the leatherback comes ashore at the beach of Playa Grande between
November and April. Greens and ridleys can also be seen May-August.
There is a good turtle museum.
Ostional
National Wildlife Refuge is the main nesting site for the
ridley, which sees mass synchronised nestings ever 2-4 weeks April
to December, peaking in July-September. Also arriving from time
to time are leatherbacks and greens.
Caribbean
Tortuguero sees the green
turtle in quantity from June to November, but loggerheads and
hawksbills can be seen all the year, particularly in August.
Barra
de Matina beach is a private sanctuary where leatherbacks, hawksbills
and greens arrive.
Gandoca-Manzanillo
wildlife refuge, on the border with Panama, has several species:
leatherbacks April-May, greens until September, and hawksbills
March-August. |
