To get here, you can take the Braulio Carrillo Highway (it goes through the National Park with the same name), that connects San Jose and Limon. Along the trip, you will breathe clean, fresh air as you admire the scenery of a great tropical banana plantations. This area is an ethnic melting pot, where the variety of traditions jumps out immediately. One of the most popular destinations is Tortuguero, where important scientific investigations take place. After all, that is an important nesting area for the green sea turtle. To the South, you will find the beautiful beaches of Cahuita, Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo.