Indio Maíz-Tortuguero is a critical stronghold for wildlife within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. This Delaware-sized group of reserves and indigenous territories includes some of the most pristine forest remaining in Nicaragua, and Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park. The Indio Maíz -Tortuguero forest landscape contains a mosaic of upland forests, swamps, mangroves and beaches famous for their sea turtle nesting sites.