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Introducción
Villages of Linda Vista and Zota 1. Both are located on Route 247, 12 kilometers from the Palmitas Service Station, on the road to Barra del Colorado. Rural tourism in the community includes visits to lagoons, hiking and gastronomy with local products. In addition to offering tours to the Kawe and La Garza lagoons, two water mirrors that are perfect for spotting aquatic birds, the villages are ideally located for hiking up Cerro Coronel, one of the highest points of the northern Caribbean.
Barra del Colorado: Located 35 km north of Barra del Tortuguero in the extreme north of Costa Rica, near the border with Nicaragua, the region offers natural landscapes and outdoor adventure activities. Its landscape of tropical forests, marshlands and river islands has become the ideal destination for sport fishers looking to catch tarpon. The Río Colorado is the perfect sport fishing destination for a wide variety of species. In addition to sport fishing, Barra del Colorado has been developing with other activities such as canoe tours to inland lagoons, birdwatching, and enjoying the region’s cuisine, which heavily features fresh seafood.
Tortugas
This area is a site of biological importance for the nesting of sea turtles, such as leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricada). It is also home to manatees, caimans, tarpons, migratory birds, wild pigs, tepezcuintles, tapirs, palm species such as the yolillo and beach species such as the uva de playa, icaco or sangrillo and other species typical of the wetlands.
Fishing
In this region, the lower channel of the Río Reventazón joins the Río Parismina. The river is famed for its rich fish populations, especially in the areas near its mouth. Several fishing lodges offer everything you need for a sport fishing trip in the area, which is located just to the south of Tortuguero National Park. The Caño Blanco pier is therefore the point of origin of many trips to this national park.
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