Sea Turtle Arribada in Costa Rica

Day: December 28, 2015

Sea Turtle Arribada in Costa Rica

On a walk along the beach at dawn, the faint outline of hundreds of sea turtles comes into view.  The turtles drag their heavy bodies up the sand, dig nests, lay eggs, and then return to the sea. This is the beginning of the arribada. An arribada, which is Spanish for arrival, is the mass nesting […]