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Tours from the Nest |
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Kayaking thought the mangrove's |
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The large freshwater Gandoca Lagoon, one km south of Gandoca village, runs up to 50 meters deep and has two openings into the sea. The estuary, full of red mangrove trees, is a complex world braided by small brackish streams and snakelike creeks, which sometimes interconnect, sometimes peter out in narrow cul-de-sacs, and sometimes open suddenly into broad lagoons that all look alike. The mangroves shelter both a giant oysterbed and a nursery for lobster and the swift and powerful tarpon. Manatees swim and breed here, as do crocodiles and caimans. The park is a seasonal or permanent home to at least 358 species of birds (including toucans, red-lored Amazon parakeets, and hawk-eagles) as well as margays, ocelots, pacas, and sloths. And a rare estuarine dolpin—the tucuxí—was recently discovered in the lagoons |
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Watch the turtles come ashore and lay their eggs Watch the little ones return to the sea. |
