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Caño Negro is located on the Guatusos plain near the border with Nicaragua.
You have to drive 70 kilometers north from El Muelle Town until reaching the
small town Los Chiles. You will start the boat tour from the small dock on the
Frio River.
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You can take this one day tour from the Arenal Volcano area. We will pick you
up at your hotel to start a drive of approximately 2 hours until you get to
the little town Los Chiles up to the north. In this town you will embark on
a boat tour on the Frio River for about 3 hours with very good chances to spot
birds, caymans, monkeys, turtles and sloths. It is a fascinating trip for nature
lovers. The boat tour is not on the Caño Negro Lagoon itself, but on
the Frio River. If the river level allows it, the trip will include viewing
the edge of the lagoon. You will come back on the same river to Los Chiles and
then by bus back to the Arenal area.
Lunch is included.
Warm weather.
Please bring sunscreen, binoculars, cameras, raingear. There is no walking involved
so you can bring just comfortable shoes. For good pictures is definitely neccesary
a powerful zoom.
An area of lakes and swampy land formed form alluvial sedimentation
make up this wildlife refuge, which has been included on the Ramsar List of
Wetlands of International Importance. The seasonal lake of Caño Negro,
some 800 ha in area and 3 m deep, is a damned part of the Frío River.
In the dry season, between February and May, the lake almost completely disappears.The
birdlife is rich and varied. Some of the most abundant or noteworthy aquatic
birds are: anhinga, roseate spoonbill, white ibis, jacana, woodstork, black-bellied
tree duck and the jabiru. You are mostly to see caymans, howler and white-throated
capuchin monkeys, sloths, green basilisk, fresh water turtles, iguanas and others.
Although the name of the tour is origined from the Wildlife Refuge which encompasses
the lagoon, this boat tour is entirely done in the Frio River ( Río Frío
). Although the vegetation is a gallery forest found mostly on the river edges
you can see a great variety of fauna during the boat ride. Recommended specially
for people who have not being in Tortuguero. It is not easy to take pictures
of the wildlife without a powerful zoom in you camera.
