Ocean
Night Mangrove Tour by Kayak
Paddle into the mangroves as the light goes, with lamps on the banks and the night sounds starting up.
The mangroves as the light goes.
The Damas estuary is a different place after dark, and in a kayak you are down among it: the roots at arm's length, the night sounds starting up, and lamps picking out what is on the banks.
The tour goes out on the evening tide, so the night it runs and the time it leaves depend on the water, and some nights have no departure at all. We confirm your date with the operator before you plan around it.
The roots at arm's length, and the night sounds starting up.
More about this tour
It is paddling on protected water and the guide sets the pace, but it is paddling, in the dark, so it suits people who are comfortable in a kayak. Groups on the water stay small. If you would rather sit back, there is a night tour of the same channels by boat.
Roosting birds, snakes on low branches and the eyes of a crocodilian above the waterline are what the lamps usually find. Fireflies and bioluminescence happen on the right night; treat them as a possibility, not a promise.
What might you see out there?
Your naturalist knows where they hide, when they move, and how to find them.
Likely 
If you are lucky 
Likely Wildlife sightings are nature, never a guarantee. Your guide knows where to look.
Here's how the 3 hours unfold
Every step is planned so you can focus on the experience, not the logistics.
Picked up at the hotel.
Collected from the lobby and driven out to the estuary. The tide sets the time, and on some nights there is no departure, so we confirm your date first.
Life jackets and a briefing.
Single or tandem kayaks, lights checked, and onto flat water as the light goes.
Paddling the banks.
Slowly along the channels behind the guide, stopping whenever the lamp finds something.
Back to the hotel.
Dropped back at the lobby.
Everything included, and everything to bring
What is included
- Hotel pickup
- Kayak tour
- Naturalist guide
- All equipment
What to bring
- Water shoes
- Bug spray
- A towel and a dry change of clothes
- Camera with low-light capability
Photographs from this trip
Real photos from this tour. Click any image to open the gallery.
The local shortcut.
We check the tide first
The night tour does not run every night. We confirm your date with the operator before you plan around it.
Same rate, no markup
You pay what the operator charges direct. Our value is the coordination.
Door to door pickup
Collected at the hotel lobby and dropped back the same way, which matters more when it is dark.
Kayak or boat, we will tell you
A boat runs the same night tour. Tell us who is coming and we will tell you which one to take.
Before you book, a few answers
Let us get you out there.
Reserve your spot, or message the concierge team with questions.