Coatimundis

March 23, 2025 

Early one morning we headed to shore with our shoes in our kayaks.  After walking the length of the beach we put on our shoes and headed up onto the sand road. 

As we got to the back of the resort, the road became cobblestone and we followed it up the back of the hill to the resort gate. 

We had heard that it was often possible to see Coatimundis around the area of the gate, as the security guards seemingly fed them. 

 Sure enough, when we got there, there was one Coatimundi around.  It appeared to be an older adult and we watched it for a while.  Coatimundis are related to the racoon, but they have longer faces and much longer tails.  They are also diurnal, unlike racoons that are nocturnal.   

We carried on outside the gate and up to the top of another hill where there was a lookout, and we got a lovely view out over the anchorage with the crashing waves far below.    

When we made our way back, and went past the resort gate again, we were in luck.  There was a family of Coatimundi eating in the grass. They were all so cute with their long tails sticking up in the air. 

Then, as we watched, the larger, older Coatimundi that we had seen earlier came running over from across the road and scared all of the young ones down the hill and up the trees.  It was cool to get to see them climbing so easily in the trees just like racoons do.  Once the larger Coatimundi had settled down, the family returned and we saw them all wandering around on the grass. 

They were so cute and we were very glad that we had gotten to see them so well.