Ostional National Wildlife Refuge

About 1.5 hours from our hotel, you can see mass nesting of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles 4 to 10 times between July and November. You must have a reservation with the National Park Service to visit. Ostenional Wildlife Refuge is part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, was originally declared a protected area in 1982, and its status has been changed several times since then, including covering a larger area both on land and out to sea. It was created to protect important nesting beaches of the Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). According to the World Wildlife Fund, the Refuge is “one of the two most important areas in the world for nesting of the Olive Ridley turtle.”