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Full Day Birding Tours
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Rio Purification Kayaking
Tour:
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This
river showcases perhaps the greatest diversity of birds
along any riparian area of the Costa Alegre. From La
Manzanilla, we drive about 25 minutes to the put-in. A
scenic and tranquil three-hour paddle takes us to the
take-out on an undeveloped open ocean beach just north of
the town of Tenacatita, where we’ll enjoy a picnic lunch
and time to swim. Some of the birds we may encounter
include passerines such as Yellow-winged Cacique,
Vermilion Flycatcher, and Great Kiskadee, in addition to
raptors: Common Black Hawk, Grey Hawk, and Osprey.
Finally, we will see a number of shore and water birds
including Roseate Spoonbill, Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs, and, if we’re lucky, Bare-throated Tiger
Heron. |
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Approximate time from departure to arrival: 8-9 hours
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Includes: Insurance, sea kayak instruction and equipment, birding
interpretation, binoculars, picnic lunch. |
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Rio Cuixmala Kayaking
Tour:
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If you
like birding and beautiful riparian scenery, this is the
tour for you. From La Manzanilla we drive about 45 minutes
to our put-in on the Rio Cuixmala. With nearly 300
different species of birds in the area and the protected
Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere on the right side of the river,
the Rio Cuixmala is a unique sanctuary. After about an
hour of paddling and birding we come to a beach which
separates the now widened river from the open ocean. We
continue into a thicker region of forest before stopping
on the beach for a picnic lunch. From here you can view
the Biosphere’s founder’s, James Goldsmith, castle in the
distance. Birds include Purple Gallinule, Northern
Jacana, social and boat-billed flycatcher, Green, Belted,
and Ringed Kingfisher. |
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Approximate time from arrival to departure: 8-10 hours
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Includes: Insurance, sea kayak instruction and equipment, birding
interpretation, binoculars, picnic lunch. |
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Playa
de Oro Walking and Driving Tour:
Moderate Activity |
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This light walking and driving birding tour not only lends
an opportunity to view a diversity of forest, water, and
shore birds along the Costa Alegre, it also provides a
scenic day of driving through varying enrironments from
decidous and thorn forest to beach dunes. Enjoy the
comfort of an air-conditioned van as we spend the day
searching for endemics such as Citreoline Tregon,
Orange-Breasted Bunting, Black-Capped Gnatcatcher, Happy
Sinaloa and White-Bellied Wren, and, if we are lucky,
Flammulated Flycatcher, in addition to a diversity of
other migratory and residents. We'll make our way to
a solitary and beautiful beach for a picnic lunch.
If time permits we'll also bird the marshes on the road to
the Manzanillo Airport. |
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Approximate time from departure to arrival: 8-9 hours
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Includes: Insurance, birding interpretation, binoculars, picnic
lunch. |
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Half DayTours Multi Day Tours |
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Paddling through the Mangrove |
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Tenacatita Bay |
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Vermilion
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Birding in and
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