Iguana tours offers an experience for all type of family, couples and all ages people we will be glad to show you the magic of this mangrove
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 7.
This tour around the mangrove of Isla Damas will introduce you to several animals and a different landscapes of this mangrove.
any transfer outside Quepos or Manuel Antonio will include an extra fee
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Damas Mangrove Boat Tour lasts about 2–4 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $95 per person for this Quepos experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. any transfer outside Quepos or Manuel Antonio will include an extra fee Pickup points include Hotel Mono Azul.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 15 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Travellers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 96 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Iguana Tours.
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Our guide was excellent, giving great commentary from hotel pick up to Damas and on boat. Delicious fruit, lunch and juice. Captain Freddy was a super spotter too. Saw monkeys, bats, boa and numerous birds. Good length trip.
Thank you for your kindest and supportness ¡ it very pleasant to begin the week with positive vibes. Pura Vida - Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
This was a pretty nice tour through the Damas mangroves. Juan, our guide was pretty funny and engaging. We saw a decent amount of wildlife, including a troop of capuchins. It might have been a tad too long, but it was still good overall. We had a nice dinner of chicken fajitas afterward.
We would like to thank you for kind support and comment. We appreciated and will share it with the guide and captain. Best regards, Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
We had an amazing experience with Iguana Tours! We took the Damas mangrove boat tour at night with our family of four with two small children. Honestly, it was one of my favorite parts of our whole trip! Our bilingual guide was very charismatic and educational, and the environment was so unique, dense, and unforgettable! We saw crocodiles, lots of very young iguanas, and hundreds of crabs in every color imaginable! A truly special experience on a river at night, and a very different glimpse of this amazing region than some of the more crowded adventures. There was even a delicious meal included afterward! Highly recommended!
This is like exactly how we expected to react on this Damas Mangrove tour by night. It is just a different invoiroment and scenery. Thank you for your great description and sharing your experience. Best Regards, Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
Juan was a fantastic guide! He is well educated and gave us so much information about the area on the drive, as well as the mangrove. His English is fantastic also.
Well, well so good to ready it, Juan is a very good friend and a very profesional guide. He make lot of effort to stay active as you noticed. Thank you for your kind support. Best Regards, Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
This trip duration could have honestly been cut in half. I found it incredibly boring. If anyone hadn’t already seen the capuchin monkeys that are plentiful throughout the area, they would appreciate that part of the boat ride. Otherwise all we saw were a few single bird specials and the actual mangrove trees and that is it. I was led to believe we would almost be guaranteed to see crocs and rainbow boas from the description of the tour that my hotel shared with me. This is not worth the money at all. The boat seats are incredibly uncomfortable. Everyone was complaining about it after the ride. They could invest in some cushions. Our guide was Monica and although she was friendly and seemed knowledgeable and her English was great, she had little to point out to us. There were very long periods of complete silence. Not her fault at all. There were 10 tourists on the boat. They were going to feed us dinner at their office afterwards and 6 of us asked them if they could just return us to our hotels rather than sticking around for a meal. I would suspect everyone was just done…bored out of their heads. I think most of us would much rather prefer to select where and what we eat so it’s an unnecessary add on. At least charge people less, do an hour long mangrove tour and get people back to civilization. If there were bountiful crocs, boas or anteaters it would be a completely different story. Our guide even told us it’s rare to see a croc, so why is it advertised in the e-brochure through my hotel property (Parador)? Dissappointed and wasted half a day.
Hello dear friends, on behalf of Iguana Tours, we would like to apologize for not giving the experience you expected to be. We understand sometime expectations are a little higher than reality becuase the sales person is doing his best to sale an activity. In our side we word in a total natural invoiroment who can be in our side and some time not help at all. It is the natue as it self and we can not promise to see anything. We inform always there is a posibility, but not gurantee. We have use this kind of seat for many years and first time we received a comment like your about them, but we will consider your opinion about to improve. We are always open to improve our self. Thank you for your feedback, we will make the friendly remainder to the hotel about the expectations of the fauna in the Damas Mangrove Estuary. Best regards and Pura Vida - Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
Juan Castro and Monica Thurman who were our guides are very attentive, during the tour is impressive as they see the animals and their knowledge about these is very good. It is definitely a tour that those who visit Manuel Antonio should take.
Buenas tardes Don Daniel, un gusto saludarle desde Iguana Tours y muchas gracias por su amable comentario y por apoyarnos. Esperamos sus vacaciones en Costa Rica fuesen todo un éxito, esperando volver a atenderles en el futuro. Atte. Adrián Martínez - Iguana Tours.
We took the tour of the mangrove ladies, we were guided by Monica Thurman and it was spectacular, I totally recommend it, great experience and the guide is very professional.
Nuestras mas reciente incorporación Mónica, viene a darnos nuevas energías y el toque femenino a nuestros tours de Damas y Manuel Antonio. Agradecemos mucho su amable comentario, estamos a sus ordenes, Adrián Martínez - Iguana Tours.
Raul is an amazing guide! Very kind and knowledgable. He even helped us find a great guide in another part of Costa Rica after our trip. Freddie was a skilled boat captain and our trip through the mangroves was everything we hoped for!
Raul is our Corcovado expert and we apreciate very much your support on our Damas Mangrove Boat tour. Also happy to know he did an excellent tour for you. Thank you and Pura Vida - Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
We had a wonderful experience that we highly recommend to everyone. The safari was a perfect blend of relaxation and fascinating insights about everything we saw. Juan Castro was the perfect guide for this type of adventure – the kind of person who will definitely come to mind whenever we hear someone mention Costa Rica.
It very motivated to know how our team make experiences for our dear customers. We appreciate very much your excellent comment and support. Thank you, Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
Amazing experience! Juan Castro (and company) were fun, informative, and knowledgeable of local flora and fauna! He (and the boat driver) found some UNfindable animals, such as the silky anteater! Cannot recommend enough!
Thank you for your kind comment and sharing your experience with Iguana Tours and our Damas Mangrove Boat Tour. Your support is very important and we will share it also with Juan and Freddy your captain. Pura Vida - Adrian Martinez - Iguana Tours.
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