Mangrove Forest Kayak Exploration
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Welcome to a guided tour through the Preciosa Platanares Wild Life Refuge, the mangrove is both relaxing and amazing. The mangroves are small forest with plants and animals adapted to live immersed in brackish water, influenced by the tides, hosting lots of life, this wonderful forest will be explore in the tour. The trip is guided by an experienced local guide who will briefly interrupt the peace and wild silence with explanations of the interrelationships that exist here between plants and animals at different levels.
Inclusions
What's included
- Local guide
- Small-group tour (maximun 10 plus guide)
What's not
- Transportation to/from attractions
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 41 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Mangroves extraordinaire!
Tranquil experience kayaking the mangrove! Oscar was a superb guide, very knowledgeable about the various mangrove species as well as the wildlife we saw along the way.
5Mangrove Kayak tour.
Great experience. Highly recommend. Excellent guide with environmental knowledge. Well paced excursion.
5Great Mangrove Forest Kayak Tour
It was really interesting and a great trip with a perfect guide. We learned a lot about Mangrove, and had a great break with fresh pineapple and coconut.
5Wonderful kayak tour of the mangroves
This was a wonderful kayak tour of the mangroves in Puerto Jiménez. The company was very easy to communicate with and our guide, Tamar, was excellent – she taught us a lot about the different kinds of mangroves and animals who live in that ecosystem, and scratched herself up in order to get a very special and unusual fruit for us to eat from one of the plants along the banks. There was a cruise ship in Puerto Jimenez that day so we were in a large group and there were several other large kayaking groups in the mangroves – if you want a more intimate experience you might want to make sure you’re not going on a day when there’s a big cruise ship in the port.
5Chill afternoon meeting all the colors of mangroves.
Happy a lovely afternoon learning about the different types of mangroves. It was a very chilled relaxed paddle. Saw a few birds and some crabs but not much else in terms of wildlife. Also got to try the little fruit that was like a pineapple/banana/pear mashup. They were delicious. The fruit and water at the end was a nice treat. They use sit on kayaks so a sarong to cover your legs is helpful to keep you cooler and from frying your legs.
5Unique Experience!
Awesome experience! Our guide was very knowledgeable - learned a lot about mangroves and the biodiversity of the area. The kayaking was hard work at times but fun!
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Aventuras Tropicales Golfo Dulce, please show up 15 minutes before the tour start :)
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Aventuras Tropicales Golfo Dulce
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Transport is wheelchair accessible however be prepared for uneven surfaces at the sites visited which may be difficult for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair, please advice.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
How it compares in Puerto Jiménez
- Its from-price is 61% below the median of the 23 experiences we list in Puerto Jiménez.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 23.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Puerto Jiménez
Puerto Jiménez is a small port on the Golfo Dulce and the gateway to the rainforest of the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica.
Puerto Jiménez is the main town of the Osa Peninsula, on the quiet water of the Golfo Dulce, a gulf in Costa Rica's far south-west. It has a pier, a small airstrip, a main street of shops and open-air cafés, and scarlet macaws that fly over the rooftops. Boats cross the gulf to Golfito, and dolphins and, in season, humpback whales are regular sights in the water.
