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Location
Mawamba Lodge is located at the beach
in the midst of the Tortuguero National Park, on a sandbar
between the Tortuguero Lagoon and the Caribbean Sea.
Accommodation
Guest accommodations consist of 36
comfortable rooms with private bathrooms, ceiling fans
and rocking chairs on the verandas for relaxing evenings.
Restaurants/Bars
The Mawamba lodge has a family-style
restaurant with local & international cuisine, and
a lounge.
Recreation
Facilities include a dock on the canals
for boating, a swimming pool, and a barbecue ranch and
a conference room where daily lectures on Costa Rica
and Natural History are presented. The Lodge offers
tours through the canals of the National Park, observation
of turtle nesting (July - October), rainforest hikes,
bird watching and night tours. Also, in Tortuguero,
you are only minutes away from world-class tarpon and
snook fishing, with catches of 20-pound snook and 75-pound
tarpon a regular occurrence.
We invite you to one of the most exotic
regions in the world, The Tortuguero National Park,
including the most important green sea turtle nesting
grounds in the Western Caribbean. Heavy annual rainfall
make for an abundance of extremely rich flora and fauna
in the park, which is made up of a unique system of
natural and man-made canals used for transportation
and exploration. Admire exceptional flora and fauna
including orchids, birds, monkeys, crocodiles, toucans,
etc. in their natural habitat. Marine turtles such as
the Chelonia Midas (green turtle) emerge from the ocean
to lay their eggs in the humid tropical forest from
July through September.
Mawamba Lodge is located at the beach
in the midst of the Tortuguero National Park, on a sand
bar between the Tortuguero Lagoon and the Caribbean
Sea.
Guest accommodations consist of 36
comfortable rooms with private bathrooms, hot water,
ceiling fans and chairs for a pleasant, relaxing evening.
Hotel facilities include two docks on the canals, swimming
pool with Jacuzzi, two family-style restaurants with
local and international cuisine (one specially designed
for groups and incentives), BBQ, bar, souvenir shop,
relaxing ranchos with hammocks, natural trails, beach
access in walking distance, sand volleyball court, and
a conference room where daily lectures on Tortuguero's
natural history are presented. These comfortable accommodations
in the heart of a tropical rain forest make Tortuguero
your vacation spot!
Tortuguero National Park
Visit one of the most fascinating
areas of Costa Rica, the Tortuguero National Park, the
most important nesting grounds for the Green Sea Turtle
(chelonia midas) in the Western Caribbean.
This park is also called Costa Rica's
Amazon because of its canals and surrounding rain forest.
Due to the heavy annual rainfall of the area, and extrememly
rich flora and fauna abound in this park. Here you can
observe orchids, birds, monkeys, crocodiles, sloths
and toucans in a unique system of natural and man-made
canals that serve as waterways for transportation and
exploration.
Located 35 miles from the city of
Limon and covering almost 47,000 acres, the Tortuguero
National Park was established in 1970 for the visitor
who craves unlimited wildlife. For bird watchers, Tortuguero
offers over 300 species of birds such as herons, hummingbirds,
manakins and green macaws, to name a few. Walk the trails,
ride the canals or fish to your heart's content.
The splendor and magnificence of Tortguero
are for everyone to experience.
Tours
The Mawamba Lodge offers a variety
of tours to the canals of the National Park, turtle
nesting observation (seasonal July - September), hikes
into the lush rain forest of the area, bird watching
and night tours conducted and supervised by specially
trained guides using the best equipment and implementing
all necessary safety precautions.
In Tortuguero, you are only minutes
away from world-class tarpon and snook fishing. When
we say world-class, we are talking about snook averaging
20 lbs and tarpon weighing in at an average of 75 lbs.
The seasons for both run from January - May and from
July - September. All tours and fishing trips can be
arranged by the Mawamba Lodge, or see Anglers Connection
for further information. Mawamba Costa Rica.
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