During the 70 km of river travel, you will enjoy the diversity in flora & fauna in its natural environment.

Tortuguero National Park is located on the northern Caribbean slope of the country. A navigable network of lakes and canals running parallel to the coast crosses Tortuguero from southeast to northwest. This allows the grand variety of flora & fauna of the region to be close at hand. Tortuguero is the most important nesting area for the green turtles (Chelonia mydas) which come every year to lay their eggs along this coast.

Tortuguero has one of the heaviest rainfalls in the country (between 5000 to 6000 mm a year) and it is one of the wilderness areas with the greatest biological diversity. Today, 11 habitats have been identified in the park alone. The fauna is also rich and abundant and easy to find: monkeys, sloths, crocodiles, iguanas, turtles (rivers and sea turtles), parrots, toucans and much more...    

" ILAN_ILAN" HOTEL   gets its name from a tree, which is very exclusive in the area (Cananga odorata). Yellow flowers with a very pleasant scent characterize it.
The Hotel, which is located on the strip of land , between the Tortuguero Lagoon and the Penitencia Canal which leads to Barra de Colorado, has an area of 8 hectares. Seven of which belong to the Natural Reserve created by the Hotel, where you can find monkeys, smoky frogs ("frogs with blue jeans"), slots, many birds species and a great rain forest.
The Hotel was built in 1989 with the idea of providing the necessary facilities to the tourist exploring in an area of extremely difficult access, yet without harming its natural richness, so the tourist has the chance to actually appreciate a real tropical rain forest.

Our main goal is the conservation of the wildlife of the region. Most of the hotel area is dedicated to this purpose, and a large array of endemic trees have been planted in the special activity,   " Let's plant a tree for Costa Rica "   as well as orchids and other plants. The best way to understand the world in which we live is to understand nature and learn to deal with it. In fact, the future of our planet depends upon it.

Our packages includes:
Land and fluvial transportation, bilingual guide, Lodging ,  meals, the basic visits in Tortuguero area

Moreover, we offer the following optional services:
Small boats trips, river fishing, night visits to the beach during the Green Turtle spawning season, one way or round trip flights.
For more information please contact us and it will be a pleasure for us to give you the BEST CHOICE !!!

Hotel  " Ilan-Ilan "   Tortuguero
Phone:  (506)  296 7378    296 7502     Fax:  296 7372
                                   e-mail:      P.o.box : 91 -1150San José, Costa Rica.