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Traveling through the Tortuguero canals

Tortuguero Canals and Wildlife Day Trip

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See the Tortuguero canals by boat on this day trip from Puerto Viejo or Cahuita. Your knowledgeable bilingual guide will pick you up in a comfortable mini-van and we will first do a small city tour through Limon to learn about the Caribbean port city. Then we will take a boat to the Tortuguero canals where you can see a great variety of wildlife: birds, monkeys, sloths, reptiles and more are all possible.

The journey is part of the adventure

Your bilingual guide will pick you up at your hotel. This tour is also available in Spanish, German and French (please note in your comments on the tour if you would like a guide who speaks French or German). In a comfortable mini-van we will first do a small city tour through Limon to learn about the Caribbean port city. We will then continue north of Limon to where we transfer to a boat to explore the tortuguero canals.

Look out for animals!

There a motorboat you will take you on a safari through the mangroves looking for wildlife. Usually animals are quite easy to spot along the canal. You will see lots of birds, mammals like sloths and monkeys, reptiles like the emerald basilisk lizard and with a bit of luck you might even see a caiman (a smaller relative of the crocodile).

On the way back, you will drive by a banana plantation and you will learn more about this delicious tropical fruit.

Tour Details

 Location: Tortuguero area with pickup available from area hotels in Puerto Viejo

 $99 per person, children 11 and under discounted with 2 or more paying adults

 Included:
Round-trip transportation
boat ride
drinks and fruit snack
bilingual tour guide

 Not included:
An additional charge applies for pickup in Punta Uva or Manzanillo

 Operates: Daily at 8:30 a.m.

 Pickup: At local hotels in the South Caribbean zone between Cahuita and Manzanillo

 Duration: 5 1/2 hours

 What to bring:
water
camera
a copy of your passport