Calling out local volunteers for the upcoming turtle’s season
The 2019 turtle's season is almost here and during the second week of July, the Reserve will officially start the beach night monitoring for the protection of sea turtles. If you live in the Costa Ballena area and want to join the night monitoring, we invite you to...
Snakes, spiders and other critters awareness talk was held at RPT
An awareness talk on snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other common critters of the area was held last Wednesday, April 10th, at the Reserva Playa Tortuga. The talk started with the director of RPT, Oscar Brenes, and followed by the anthropologist and herpetologist...
Another successful Summer Club is over!
So, the Summer Club 2019 is over and surely the kids had a blast. They learnt not just on the theory, but also on the field, about so many species and ecosystem in generally. Some of the activities they did were: canopy at Hacienda Baru, turtle exhumation and release,...
Effect of habitat fragmentation by properties on the Costa Rican mammal diversity and abundance
The student from HAS University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), Bas van der Zeijden has already finished his study to compare the mammals abundance between nature Reserve and other properties in Ojochal. He invited the neighbors that participate on this study and...
Kids are having so much fun on the Summer Club 2019
The year 2019 arrived and with it also began a new version of the Summer Club, organized by Reserva Playa Tortuga . The objective of this initiative is to guide children and youth and promote conservation by inspiring an appreciation of natural resources near their...
Now Reserva Playa Tortuga has guided tours for the public
The tours will take place on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) at 7 am. Those who join these visits will be able to explore the trails of the reserve and learn about the ecology of the forest, accompanied by the expert biologist and reserve director, Oscar Brenes. The...