Mangrove Birdwatching Journey

Mangrove Birdwatching Journey

The mangrove birdwatching journey is the most comfortable opportunity for novice and experienced birders to explore one of the Osa Peninsula´s top wildlife and birding hotspots. Your expert naturalist and the boat captain will show you the large variety of habitats that are visited through this fascinating excursion

The Térraba-Sierpe Wetland is one of the best preserved mangrove forest found in CR and the largest in the Pacific coast of Central America. With about 32.000 hectares, it is one of the 12 Ramsar Sites found in the country, a unique habitat that maintains and supports several endangered resident, endemic and migratory bird species.

Some of our target species here are:

Yellow-billed Cotinga

Amazon Kingfisher

Common Pooto

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Mangrove Hummingbird (Costa Rica endemic)

Boat-billed Heron

Agamy Heron.

Enjoy from the sit of your boat the other sightings like monkeys, crocodiles, snakes and spectacular unique landscapes.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Sierpe, Sierpe, Province of Puntarenas

All the curse of Sierpe River from the river mouth up stream exploring the canals of the river.