Animals of Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve, Nicaragua Estación Biológica Laguna de Apoyo Among the best ecotourism destinations in Nicaragua for wildlife watching is Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve. Lots of fauna occupy the forests in the interior of the Apoyo volcanic crater. Howler monkeys abound along the entrance road, and throughout the area. More than 225 species of birds have been identified in the Reserve to date. Endemic fish species inhabit its clear waters. Butterflies, iguanas and even white-tailed deer can be seen. Bring your camera and binoculars, hire a guide and trek into the jungle, always just a few minutes from the lake. Do you have photos of wildlife from Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve? We would like to post your wildlife and nature photography on our blog. Mammals Order Carnivora Common Opossum Variegated Squirrel Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse Golden-mantled Howler Monkey Birds Turquoise-browed Motmot Montezuma Oropendola Long-tailed Manakin White-throated Magpie-Jay Pacific Screech-Owl Fish Chancho Cichlid Arthropods Butterflies Tarantulas Culture and Arts in Nicaragua Katia Cardenal Carlos Mejia Godoy Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy Salvador Cardenal Donate to FUNDECI/GAIA In Defense of Nature email us Scuba Diving in Lake Apoyo Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua FUNDECI/GAIA homepage This baby squirrel was raised after falling from a tree. Today she has her own family in the trees above Estación Biológica. Photo by Jeffrey McCrary The environment of Laguna de Apoyo is natural and nearly unspoiled, a great site for birdwatching. Wild animals such as howler monkeys, squirrels, snakes, iguanas, and birds can easily be seen here. Seed collection is performed locally to promote the conservation of local genetic varieties of native trees in our reforestion project. Photo by Jeffrey McCrary. The forest inside the crater in Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve contains dozens of reptile species.
Animals of Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve, Nicaragua
Estación Biológica Laguna de Apoyo
Among the best ecotourism destinations in Nicaragua for wildlife watching is Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve. Lots of fauna occupy the forests in the interior of the Apoyo volcanic crater. Howler monkeys abound along the entrance road, and throughout the area. More than 225 species of birds have been identified in the Reserve to date. Endemic fish species inhabit its clear waters. Butterflies, iguanas and even white-tailed deer can be seen. Bring your camera and binoculars, hire a guide and trek into the jungle, always just a few minutes from the lake.
Do you have photos of wildlife from Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve? We would like to post your wildlife and nature photography on our blog.
Mammals
Order Carnivora
Common Opossum
Variegated Squirrel
Salvin's Spiny Pocket Mouse
Golden-mantled Howler Monkey
Birds
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Montezuma Oropendola
Long-tailed Manakin
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Pacific Screech-Owl
Fish
Chancho Cichlid
Arthropods
Butterflies
Tarantulas
Culture and Arts in Nicaragua
Katia Cardenal
Carlos Mejia Godoy
Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy
Salvador Cardenal
Donate to FUNDECI/GAIA
In Defense of Nature
email us
Scuba Diving in Lake Apoyo
Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua
FUNDECI/GAIA homepage
This baby squirrel was raised after falling from a tree. Today she has her own family in the trees above Estación Biológica. Photo by Jeffrey McCrary
The environment of Laguna de Apoyo is natural and nearly unspoiled, a great site for birdwatching. Wild animals such as howler monkeys, squirrels, snakes, iguanas, and birds can easily be seen here.
Seed collection is performed locally to promote the conservation of local genetic varieties of native trees in our reforestion project. Photo by Jeffrey McCrary.
The forest inside the crater in Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve contains dozens of reptile species.
