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Kayak and Snorkel Full Day Tours |
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Along with our basic tour packages, we accommodate
custom tours as well.
Email us for more info. |
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Tenacatita: Active |
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Our most
popular tour! From La Manzanilla we drive about 25 minutes
to the idyllic fishing village of Tenacatita. From here,
we embark into Tenacatita Bay and paddle for about an hour
before stopping on a secluded beach where we snorkel over
a fringing coral reef, have a snack, and talk briefly
about coral reef ecosystems before embarking into
Tenacatita Bay once again. After more paddling in the bay
we enter “La Vena,” a mangrove estuary. Here, we discuss
mangrove ecosystems before heading into the full-canopy
mangrove lagoon where birding opportunities abound. We end
in Tenacatita where you will be treated to a traditional
Mexican seafood lunch at La Fiesta Mexicana restaurant.
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Approximate time from departure to arrival: 8-10 hours |
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Includes: Insurance, sea kayak and snorkel instruction and
equipment, binoculars,
coral reef and mangrove ecology, snack and lunch. |
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Rio Purification: Active, Birding |
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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: Active, Birding |
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 snack. From here you can view the
Biosphere’s founder’s, James Goldsmith, castle in the
distance. Picnic lunch on the beach, or restaurant lunch
at La Loma. No snorkeling.
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Approximate time from
departure to arrival: 8-10 hours |
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Includes:Insurance, sea kayak instruction
and equipment, birding interpretation,
snack and lunch. |
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Snorkeling on the Costa Algere |
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Careyes:
Very Active |
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From La
Manzanilla we drive 40 minutes to the exclusive resort of
Careyes. We embark into Careyes Bay where we paddle along
sea cliffs and around sea stacks which make up the most
ruggedly beautiful section of the Costa Alegre. Then we
dip into a protected cove with scattered islands and
eventually land on a quintessential paradisiacal beach
called Playa Esmeralda where we snorkel over a fringing
coral reef and enjoy a picnic in paradise. Brief overview
of coral reef ecosystems. After lunch we either paddle
back to Careyes.
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Approximate time from departure to arrival: 9-11 hours |
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Insurance, sea kayak and snorkel instruction and equipment,
binoculars, coral reef
ecology, snack and lunch. |
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Isla Cocinas: Active
to Very Active |
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From La Manzanilla we drive 50 minutes to the tiny fishing
village of Chamela, where several islands within the Bay
of Chamela can be seen. We launch from a protected cove in
Chamela and paddle to Isla Cocinas (Kitchen Island) where,
it is said, pirates used to take refuge for weeks at a
time. Perhaps they were lured by the white sand beach
where we enjoy a picnic lunch and snorkeling. If time
permits and you are game, a circumnavigation of the island
always proves interesting. Birds abound, especially the
Brown Boobies, which make their nests on the island where
they are free from predators. |
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Approximate time from meeting to departure: 9-11 hours |
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ncludes: Insurance, sea kayak and snorkel instruction and
equipment, binoculars,
coral reef ecology, snack and lunch. |
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Spotted
Eagle Ray |
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Isla Iglesias: Active
to Very Active |
This tour embarks from our beach camp in La Manzanilla. We
paddle toward the Isla Iglesias (a group of small islands
on the southern peninsula of Tenacatita Bay) passing the
exclusive El Tamarindo resort and its private beaches (to
which we have access). We stop along the way on a private
beach for snorkeling and a picnic lunch before returning
to La Manzanilla.
Approximate time from meeting to departure: 8-10 hours.
Includes: Insurance, sea kayak and snorkel instruction and
equipment, coral reef
ecology, snack and lunch. |
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Half Day Tours
Multi Day Tours |
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Kayaking the Costa Alegre |
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Snorkeling |
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Great Egret |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
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Great Family Environment |
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Guienea Fowl Puffer |
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Urchin and Coral Cups |
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Moorish Idol |
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