This rare natural event happens on only a few beaches worldwide, making Costa Rica one of the privileged places to witness it. According to the Ostional Wildlife Refuge, approximately 701,558 olive ...
It was an experience that prepared me for the olive ridley sea turtle arribada (Spanish for “arrival”) on the tropical beach of Ostional, Costa Rica. Turtles came ashore in the of tens of ...
Locals call it the arribada, Spanish for “arrival”: the magical days and nights when tens of thousands of sea turtles come ashore on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast to lay millions of eggs.