No. 49 A María Asunción, La Huerta, 48898 La Manzanilla, Jal, Mexico
Take a tour in La Manzanilla mangrove or experience the magic of a whale watching tour. All tours are lead by expert bi-lingual guides.
Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 1:00p.m.
Closed Thursday and SundayOffice is located at María Asunción 49-A across from
Lidia´s Mini Market.
CONTACT INFO: TEL. 315-351-5305, CEL. 315-112-0373
E-MAIL: costalegreecoadventure@gmail.com
To sign up for a tour, please call, e-mail or stop by the office.
Mangrove Birding Tours
(4:45-6:00pm)
This is an amazing boat tour through the mangrove at dusk! Tour includes a guided visit to the crocodile museum. Binoculars and a bird list are provided. The bugs are not bad at all – everyone is pleasantly surprised at how few there are. ($400 pesos/person)
Whale Watching Tours
(8:30-Noon)
Whale watching tours are available on Saturdays and Sundays.
Binoculars, life jacket, water and snack are provided and the boat has a hydrophone so you can listen to the whales singing. Dolphins, sea turtles and sea birds may also be seen on the tour! ($800 pesos/person)
Thank you for supporting eco-tourism in La Manzanilla!
- Derek Morrison reviewed 10 months ago
- last edited 10 months ago
We are annual visitors to LaManzanilla. Last night we discovered something truly amazing. The mangrove forest is a front center feature in LaManz with tourists often lining the roadside fence to see crocodiles basking in the sun. What we were delighted to find is that this 198 hectare mangrove forest and nature preserve is so, so much more that its prehistoric armoured denizens.
At 4:45 we met Gerardo, a passionate local biologist, who speaks perfect English, for a bird watching boat tour of the forest. With a friendly greeting Gerardo loaded us into a very stable panga style boat and issued us each a pair of binoculars and off we went. Gerardo silently paddles the boat deep into the mangrove up its open central canal. As the tour is after public hours you are the only ones in the preserve, after a few minutes paddling the sounds of the village drop away and you are struck by the quiet peaceful calm of this rich bio diverse gem, then the magic begins! The forest come alive with thousands of beautiful exotic birds from massive great white egrets to little yellow flycatchers and Gerardo is knowledgeable about each one. Even though the mangrove is home to over three hundred crocodiles, many over four metres in length, you will only glimpse a few in the distance as it turns out these monsters are actually very timid and shy.
The trip to the end of the forest and back takes about two hours.
Gerardo is happy to answer any questions and share his wealth of knowledge about nature, culture, and local history.
we both agreed that this one of the most beautiful and amazing tours we have ever taken, it will definately become an annual highlight! Mucho Gracias Gerardo!
Derek and Vicki , British Columbia
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