Jungle crocodile safari & birdwatching tour in Tarcoles (Jaco beach) Costa Rica

Jungle crocodile safari & birdwatching: tour rates and location

Jungle crocodile safari & birdwatching: tour description

Costa Rica is a bird watchers paradise: there are abundant opportunities to see more than 850 species of interesting birds, identified by ornithologists. The best way to catch sight of these beautiful creatures is on board the boats of The Jungle Crocodile Safari on the Tarcoles River.

The adventure takes place on the Tárcoles River, one of four rivers flowing out into the Nicoya Peninsula, and home to one of the world's largest crocodile populations in the wild with individuals up to fifteen feet long. The Tarcoles is located in the Central Pacific region of Costa Rica, close to Carara National Park.

In addition to the crocodiles, over fifty different kinds of birds can be seen on site, including the very rare scarlet macaw and a great variety of resident and migrant waterfowl. Iguanas and Jesus Cristo lizards are very common as well.

Jungle Crocodile Safari's tour time is two hours. A bilingual tourist guide offers expert orientation about the crocodiles and other associated wildlife. On the way downstream, the boat heads along the Estero Guacalillo, a most awesome mangrove ecosystem that features four different species of mangrove trees.

In the mangroves of Guacalillo it's possible to observe the Mangrove Warbler, Mangrove vireo, Panama Flycatcher, and the American Pygmy Kingfisher among others.

The tour also includes an informative bird pamphlet and bottled water.