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Costa Rica tour highlights include a rainforest aerial tram ride, rainforest hikes, volcanic hot springs, Pacific turtle nesting beaches, a Poas Cloud Forest hike, Costa Rica birding tours, and exploration of Manuel Antonio National Park.

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To determine how widespread that fungus might be, Jullie Sarmiento - Ramírez of Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC in Madrid and colleagues conducted a survey of sea turtle nests in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans from 2005 to 2012.

Youth isn't kind to leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), which are facing extinction in the eastern Pacific Ocean as beach resorts and hotels spring up.

Specifically, they looked at two long - term warming and cooling cycles whose effect on sea turtles hadn't been investigated, one in the Pacific where Japanese turtles spend their formative years, and another in the Atlantic, where young Floridian turtles live.

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Side note: If surfing isn't for you, Nicaragua's Pacific coast is also lined with sea turtle hatcheries that accept volunteers.

The Leatherback turtle nesting beaches are part of Caravan's Costa Rica tour and guests stay at the relatively new JW Marriott Guanacaste Report and Spa, with ample time to enjoy Costa Rica's famous Pacific coast beaches.

The strikingly beautiful Pacific Coast beaches of Guanacaste are legendary but other Costa Rica Guanacaste nature activities you will enjoy on this all inclusive Caravan tour include a visit to the Leatherback turtle nesting beaches in Leatherback Turtle National Park.

On this Tamarindo Turtle Nesting tour, you will have the rare chance to see Olive Ridley and Green Pacific sea turtles lay their eggs, and sometimes even see the babies hatching and going out to sea!

The shores are also occasional nesting grounds for Olive Ridley turtles and Pacific Green turtles.

Playa Grande is part of Las Baulas National Park, one of the most important turtle nesting areas on the whole Pacific coast.

This important site hosts the South Pacific's largest loggerhead turtle nesting population, and the area's turtle encounter tours, which run from November to January, let you watch turtles coming ashore to nest.

Caravan Costa Rica eco tours are ideal for family, senior, and group travel allowing tour guests ample time to explore Costa Rica's magnificent rainforests, cloud forests, volcanoes, wildlife refuges, and Pacific coast turtle nesting beaches.

Thousands of female Olive Ridley sea turtles that were born on our Nayarit Pacific coast beaches return every year to build nests and lay their eggs in the exact same location where they were born, perpetuating their cycle of life.

Four species of sea turtle (green, Pacific ridley, hawksbill, and leatherback) nest on the beaches.

Las Baulas National Marine Park: You can see Leatherback, Pacific Green, and Hawksbill sea turtles come ashore to nest on guided tours with the park service.

Padre Ramos has been a nature reserve since 1983 and is important because it is one of only two known nesting areas (of significant size) for the critically endangered Eastern Pacific hawksbill sea turtle.

The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) have been found to contribute significantly to the nesting behavior of loggerhead turtles.