The Crocodile Sanctuary at La Manzanilla

January 4, 2025  
On one of the days, while visiting with my parents, we all went to the large crocodile sanctuary. 
Narrow board walks and bridges led us around and through the large 264-hectare crocodile sanctuary that apparently has a population of 400-500 crocodiles of various sizes. 
There was also a museum where we talked to one of the workers and were told that the waters of the sanctuary itself support the crocodile population. 
The crocodiles eat shrimp, crabs, and fish, and we witnessed first hand, a bird. 
The majority of the crocodiles that we saw were at the beginning and end areas of the walk, and we moved slowly through these areas as we stopped to look at all of the crocodiles. 
Falcon really liked seeing them, and he took it upon himself to point them out to people who where coming behind us.  He would point and say, “crocodile, crocodile” to the different groups of people.  It was quite cute. 
 At the end of the walk we came to an area where they had young crocodiles in caged areas to protect them, as well as to allow them to be viewed by visitors. 
We saw the very small crocodiles all the way up to the very big giant ones. 
We also saw two large male iguanas sunning themselves and displaying their colours on a sunny branch. 
Once we were out of the sanctuary and looking in through the fence near the entrance my Mom heard a noise and looked over to see a large crocodile with parts of a large bird sticking out the sides of its mouth.  She called us over and we got there just in time to see the crocodile open its mouth, reposition the large bird that was now fully motionless and seemingly swallow it whole. 

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  1. ColleenMarch 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM

    Crazy! Hold on to Falcon. I think Crocodiles are one of the most dangerous creatures on earth. Probably because they just lay there in their camouflaged environment and can attack so quick you can't see it coming.

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