Land of Turtles
by Gary Keesler
Title
Land of Turtles
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Photography
Description
Tortuguero, Costa Rica, which can be translated as Land of Turtles, is a village on the Northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in the Limón Province.
It gave its name to the neighboring Tortuguero National Park.
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 beaches around Tortuguero are key nesting sites for four species of sea turtle, including two critically endangered species.
The National Park is also host to an incredible biodiversity of insects, resident and migratory birds, and mammals, including jaguar and four species of monkey.
Accordingly, there are four biological stations, the John H. Phipps Biological Field Station, the Caño Palma Biological Research Station, the ASVO station (ASociación de VOluntarios para Servicio en Areas Protegidas) and the GVI Jalova Biological Station which operate from the area immediately around the village and concentrate on research and conservation of the local ecology, particularly the turtles.
The small village, which can be reached only by boat or airplane, is sustained almost entirely by eco-tourism. Population is estimated around 1200-1500.
The ocean here can be dangerous to swim in due to rough surf and strong currents.
I could hear it roar from the small river boat over a mile away before our arrival to this remote village.
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September 12th, 2013
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Barbara Chichester
Gorgeous capture of this beach and the surf and white capped wave action, love the mist in the distance and the birds in flight, well captured and presented! v/g+/pin
Gary Keesler replied:
Thank you Barbara, I'm so glad you got something out of that video link. You rock!
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