The small terminal building at this remote airstrip. The canal in the background is one of 2 means to get to this location, the other being via air transport. At the time of my visit, the strip was being served by Caravans or Twin Otters, maybe twice a day or so. Behind me was the Caribbean ocean and the dark sandy beach which is renowned for hosting turtle nests. As luck would have it, I witnessed a few nests hatching during my walk down the beach.

A real early morning arrival of the SANSA Cessna Caravan HP-1402APP from San Jose at the remote landing strip of Tortuguero National Park.

Located in the National Park Tortuguero, this is by far one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited in my life. Looking down runway 33, on the right side is the Caribbean Ocean, on the left is the canal with on the opposite side a couple of resorts. This airstrip isn't separated by anything and so I decided to drink my water on the middle of the runway, no problem at all! The airport is served in the mornings by a Twin Otter, but haven't gotten it on photo as I was too busy photographing baby turtles!

SANSA, the Costa Rican wing of TACA, but leased from Aeroperlas in Panama and still with their registration. At one of the many little airstrips around the country, just large enough for passenger operation with Caravans and Twin Otters.

Every morning tourists are flown in at the little airstrip of Tortuguero National Park. The strip is only a few meters from the beach where the large turtles nest.