This full day trip to Isla Tortuga (Turtle Island) in the Gulf of Nicoya is one of the most popular tours in Costa Rica. After you have chosen the company to take you there, prepare yourself for a treat. Isla tortuga tour, Hotel Balcon del Mar, Jaco beach hotel. You are welcome on board with refreshments and a seemingly endless supply of tropical fruit is served, as you sail trough the scenic Gulf to where blue green waters lap the white sand beach of Tortuga. Disembark for a day of relaxation, swimming and beach volleyball. Sit down to a gourmet picnic buffet served under swaying palm trees, before the mid-afternoon return to port.