Caño Negro Wildlife Area by Boat

Caño Negro Nature Preserve offers some of the most abundant bird watching opportunities in Costa Rica. On an average day, you can expect to see 40 species of birds, sloth’s, three types of monkeys, caimans, ”Jesus Christ” lizards, bats, turtles, and iguanas! Located near the small town of Los Chiles, it's 3 miles from the Nicaraguan border. The tour begins with a 90 minute drive in our air-conditioned bus through some of Costa Rica's richest farmland. Following a 15-minute break in Los Chiles, you'll board a comfortable covered boat on the Rio Frio area where you and your guide will enjoy 2.5 to 3 hours through the Rio Frio and Caño Negro area to get up close glimpses of many animals. Tour includes lunch.

Overview:

The Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge together with Rio Frio is a biologically humid area, one of Costa Rica's richest areas of biological diversity. Here you can find a great variety of resident and migratory birds, three different species of monkeys, iguanas, sloths, turtles, and caimans.

The tour starts from the Arenal Volcano area at 7: 30 a.m. We will pick up all Nature Lovers from their hotels in a comfortable bus. It is a 1-½ hour drive to Los Chiles, a culturally mixed village that sits only 4-km from the Nicaraguan border. Here, the boat awaits our river adventure. The tour consists of a 4-hour floating safari through tropical rainforest, pastures, and marsh.  An experienced bilingual (Spanish-English) guide will lead the tour, and we will bring you back to the hotels about 4 to 4:30 pm.

Some birds are residents in the area, and it is possible to see hundreds of them, especially during the dry season.  There are Anhingas or Snake-birds (Anhinga anhinga), Wood Storks (Mycteria americana), and Roseate Spoonbills (Ajaia ajaja). It is possible to see the Spoonbills in small groups eating from the river surroundings. Jabirus (Jabiru mycteria) is the largest bird in Central America and very endangered. It can also be found in the Cano Negro area. The Olivaceous Cormorant (Palacrocorax olivaceus) makes its nest in Cano Negro, and it is the most populus bird in the refuge. Finally, Caño Negro has the largest colony of cormorants in all of Costa Rica.

Along the river, we can see howler monkeys (Alouata palliata), spider monkeys (Ateles geoffrogi), white-faced monkeys (Cebus capuccinus), three-toed sloth (Bradipus variegatus), reptiles such as the caimans (Caiman crocodilos), turtles, and Jesus Christ lizards (Basiliscus basiliscus) that walk on water!

IMPORTANT NOTE - Please be advised that every reasonable effort has been made to keep all prices up to date and free of errors or omissions.  Prices and policies from our vendors and the Costa Rican government are subject to change without notice. Invoices will be issued at the time of booking to confirm all final rates and offers.

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