Mangrove Boat Tour

We took a boat tour through the mangrove forest/swamp and it was pretty neat! We saw a bunch of wildlife: white-faced capuchin monkeys, an anteater, caimen lizards, crabs, birds, black lizards, but sadly no crocodiles. Boo was really disappointed we didn't see those, ha ha :) Right, Boo?

The mangroves grow along the banks of the river, where we went by looking for snakes (didn't see any, I'm kind of glad about that).

Then we went into the mangrove forest, look at those roots! They actually are kind of beautiful in a strange, swampy way :)

Here we are on the boat, Boo's ready to move into the middle of the boat at the first sign of crocodiles!

Me and Chels

Here's the first white-faced capuchin monkey we saw.

Our guide Danny had some food for them and they came right into the boat!

They were a little shy at first, coming into the boat, taking the food, and jumping back into the mangrove.

This monkey took it right out of her hand. That little devil took the whole piece of fruit!

This is what it looked like further into the forest.

This little crab was hanging onto a branch. I was surprised by how many crabs, lizards, and other creatures were way out on the branches of the mangroves. We saw a caiman lizard jump up and grab a crab, but it was too quick to get a picture!

The monkeys got a little braver, climbing around the boat to get the food. This was a little too close for me, yikes! Chels was brave, meanwhile I was in the back of the boat, ha ha :)

The white-faced capuchins have little fangs and they show each time they "smile" at you. Rachel is making friends with this one!

Chels was excited to see the monkeys!

Danny got out of the boat and climbed into the mangroves to try and wake up an anteater that was sleeping on top of the trees. It didn't seem very interested in us, though, and kept right on sleeping.

Here's Dan and Barry trying to get a picture of the anteater, but it just looked like a blob on top of the trees.

A picture of the mangrove as we were leaving. It was a very interesting tour!