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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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