Mangrove Boat Tour: Adventurous Journey through Tropical Coastal Forests of Costa Rica

Embark on an adventurous boat tour through the tropical coastal forests of Costa Rica. Discover the beauty of mangroves and relax with nature on this personalized tour for all ages.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Isla Damas - Isla Damas, with 600 hectares of surface, known for its estuaries full of mangroves and its diverse population of flora and fauna. The fauna on and around the island include a large number of wild animals such as white-faced monkeys, sloths, green iguanas, crabs, turtles, crocodiles, raccoons, anteaters and numerous bird species.
What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Certified Tour Guide
Additional Information

Everyone needs a bit of fresh air and an escapade, adventures in mangroves offer a wealth of enjoyment and excitement. Mangroves are coastal forests situated in the tropical and subtropical regions, specifically in the intertidal areas. In Costa Rica, 0.8% of the nation’s land is mangroves. Most of them, precisely 99.0%, are found alongside the Pacific…

Location
Mangrove Tours Nacarcosta
Nacarcosta reception
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Freedom31333495925
Dec 25, 2024
Awesome boat tour - The mangrove tour was an excellent adventure. We say monkeys, birds lizards, snakes and crabs. Our guide was very knowledgeable about the Animals, plants and mangrove ecosystem.
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Helmut_m
Dec 25, 2024
Interesting activity - Very nice place and friendly people. They gave a short walk around the territory and explained couple of plants growing there, super interesting! The guide at the boat ride explained the nature and wildlife. Highly recommend this tour.
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Anthonydfloyd
Dec 9, 2024
Great experience overall - Fantastic tour with Jhonny a highly knowledgeable guy Who clearly loves his job and knows a lot about the wildlife in the area would highly recommend to anyone contemplating such a tour
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Seanwx2330jd
Dec 3, 2024
Johnny and the boat tour were amazing! - What a place to visit. The tour included the various wildlife and plants at the farm area, and some great pictures of my kids atop a water buffalo! Johnny was an amazing guide. His depth of knowledge of the various species (and his english) were fantastic. I learned more in a few hours about herbs, animals, and medicines and how they interact in that region than I could have in hours of study. Plus, we saw crocodiles, lizards, birds, a sloth, plus a whole family of capucin monkeys. Phew. Finished it off with a great typical Costa Rican breakfast!
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260meaghans
Dec 1, 2024
Highly recommend! - Absolutely amazing experience! Individualized, small group, and so many animal sightings! Johnny was great!! The food afterwards was so yummy! Highly recommend this experience!
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B9126hnnatem
Dec 1, 2024
Amazing boat tour with Johnny - Amazing tour. Highly recommended. Our tour guide Johnny was extremely knowledgeable about all plants and animals during the tour. The boat driver also helped point out various animals along the way. This was an incredible journey.
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Timothy_p
Nov 27, 2024
The best tour of our trip. Family is 6 with three kids ages 7, 5, and 3. - We have been in CR for 10 days and we have done a lot of tours. This was the favorite for most of our group. We had tickets for Manuel Antonio but chose to do this instead. We are very happy that we did. We have three adults and three kids (7, 5, and 3) and everyone was exhausted from a very busy 10 days. The idea of dealing with the parking scams and the huge crowds in Manuel Antonio was not appealing to us. We have done many animal tours and didn't think that MA would be much different from those. We chose this instead and we were closer to the animals than any other tour. We saw camans, capuchin monkeys all over the place, Jesus Christ Lizards running back and forth across the river, a mangrove boa constrictor, and other animals. This tour did not allow feeding of the capuchins while other tours on the river do. They let us know very clearly that this not allowed and not ethical. The tour also included interactions with Palm Oil harvesting and a water buffalo which was very cool and unexpected. The lunch at the end was really tasty.
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Ubm_12
Nov 18, 2024
Wildlife observations due to the good guides - Tour of the farm with many explanations about plants and animals Water buffalo up close (we could even have sat on it), the animals are used for work in the palm oil plantations Boat trip to the mangroves Due to the attention of our guide Jonny and also the boatmaster we have seen many animals (3 snakes on trees, of which 2 different species are boaz, a caiman, a crocodile and countless different species of birds) Of course, capuchin monkeys were also on the way, which are fed by other providers and thus attracted. They then get on the boats and sit on the passengers' shoulders. Not recommended! Very attentive tour with Jonny and many interesting explanations!
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Kim
Nov 13, 2024
Not to miss! - What an amazing adventure even on a rainy day. Andres was so knowledgeable and made sure we didn’t miss a thing. David was a badass boat driver who skillfully got us safely and skillfully to everything there was to see. The whole team made the tour and experience perfect!
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Pattygayleomar
Nov 5, 2024
Fantastic tour - Excellent tour with Andres as our guide. Despite a torrential rain the night before our tour he ( and his capable boat captain) found an amazing array of animals. We saw a number of monkeys including a mama monkey with her baby on her back. We saw lizards , a boa and a variety of birds amongst other animals. Highly recommended.
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