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 Río Lagartos has the world's largest pink flamingo nesting ground. The intense colors of the birds create a striking
visual effect against the brilliant blues and greens of the estuary waters. Our Classic Flamingo Boat-tour consists of taking a boat like the one below (usually with a canopy but these folks wanted to sun-bathe) into the mangrove swamp to where the flamingos are flocked.
Flamingo trips are important for the town of Río Lagartos because of the money they bring in. When people see how important the flamingos are to the town's economy, they want to take better care of the area's ecology, and know more about it. At the left a friend and I are rescuing a flamingo entangled in fishing line. I'm biting through the line. You can contact me by email elmer_flamingos@hotmail.com or in the following phones |
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We also ride up the
estuary several kilometers seeing many kinds of wading and water birds and, usually,
crocodiles sunbathing along shore. We end up where you can float in water five times
saltier than the ocean, and take a "Maya bath," like the folks have at the
right.
The classic tour
takes about two hours and costs from 400 to 700 pesos, depending on how far we have to go
to see the flamingos. Sometimes they are right across the estuary but other times we have
to travel a good distance.