Learn about our Monkey River/Manantee Watch Tour & Placencia Visit

You will take a 1 hour ride on the Southern Highway to the Village of Placencia where a boat will pick you up for a ride through the lagoon and out to sea and to the mouth of the Monkey River.

You will travel south by boat along the mangroves and up the Monkey River with a Monkey River resident and Licensed Tour Guide leading the walk.

You will travel south by boat along the mangroves and up the Monkey River with a Monkey River resident and Licensed Tour Guide leading the walk you will go through a pre-cut trail and have the unique opportunity to see green iguanas, gibnut, crocodiles, and black howler monkeys.

For bird lovers, this is your opportunity to add some exotic species to your list.  The trip also includes a visit to the Village of Monkey River and a local style lunch.

Monkey River Town is the northernmost village in the Toledo District. This small, sleepy Creole village of 200 people sits on the southern bank of the mouth of the Monkey River.