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| CAÑO
NEGRO WILDLIFE REFUGE |
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You can take this one day tour from the Arenal area. The tour
takes you by bus for about 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.
Note: If the clients already have Tortuguero in their itinerary,
we do not recommend the Caño Negro Tour because it is very similar.
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Caño Negro is situated on the Los Guatusos plain near
the boarder with Nicaragua.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.
