A half-hour south of Sámara on the Nicoya Peninsula, Camaronal is a magical Costa Rican destination — an utterly unspoiled, ocean-front rainforest seemingly devoid of people.

Camaronal is best-known for its sea-turtle sanctuary, the Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Camaronal, where park rangers and international volunteers patrol the beach every night looking for sea turtles coming ashore to lay eggs. The staff collects the eggs and guards them in a locked nursery, protecting them from natural predators and poachers. When the eggs hatch, the baby turtles are released to waddle into the ocean.

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