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“Las Baulas Marine National Park” Fodors.com
“In Costa Rica, A Homecoming for Turtles” Washington Post
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 attractions in Playa Grande
Traveler Description: This park supports the Pacific Ocean's largest nesting colony of leatherback turtles.
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Attraction type: National park
Activities: Viewing wildlife
Address: Playa Grande
Costa Rica

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“Leatherback Turtles - lifechanging and amazing!”
5 of 5 stars
BookwormLove
Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 18, 2007
4/4 found this review helpful

The morning after arriving in Tamarindo, we decided to head to the office of the Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas, on Playa Grande. This is the office to contact if you are interested in seeing the area where leatherback turtles come to lay their eggs. I was of course gaga to see this, and as we were visiting in their... more

“Lots of confusion and lost reservations”
1 of 5 stars
leafpeeper98
Salem, Massachusetts
Jan 1, 2007
3/3 found this review helpful

The national park employees cannot seem to get it together to take reservations for this tour. All they have to do is take down x number of names and then take x number of people on the tour. The office seemed to be always jammed with people whose reservations had been lost. They screwed ours up two nights in a... more

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Playa Grande, Costa Rica