Sierpe: Terraba-Sierpe Mangrove Tour with Boat/Kayak｜Costa Rica

Explore the fascinating Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland, home to incredible biodiversity and invaluable cultural heritage. This tour offers a unique experience in Costa Rica’s most extensive and important mangrove forest.

Immerse yourself in Costa Rica’s largest mangrove ecosystem. Visit the Térraba -Sierpre National Wetland, an area with a great biological variety and an incalculable cultural heritage. It is represented by a forest ecosystem, which is periodically flooded by tidal action and comprises the largest and most important mangrove forests in Costa Rica.

The wetland is immensely prolific in vegetation, the most important flora is constituted by hydrophilic species whose life cycles must be carried out in association with the aquatic environment. In addition, it has a wide variety of fauna associated with wetlands, serving as feeding, breeding, and refuge site for many species of wildlife, both marine and continental, such as mollusks, fish, aquatic birds, and mammals.

In this area, there are sites of archaeological interest. It was inhabited by indigenous 300 years B.C. In this sector are the mysterious spheres carved in stone of more than two meters in diameter; as well as a variety of decorated ceramics, and gold objects, all of which constitute a very important part of the country’s archaeological wealth.

The exact meeting location will be provided upon booking. The guide will give a brief safety talk before embarking on the adventure.