Ostional Wildlife Refuge
Good to know
- Best time to go
- August to November, around the new moon, for the largest arribadas
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A dark-sand beach refuge famous for arribadas, mass nesting events when tens of thousands of olive ridley turtles come ashore over a few nights. Local guides manage access, and the community retains a regulated traditional egg harvest unique in the world. Between arribadas the beach stays wild and nearly empty.
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