Refugio de Vida Silvestre Cuero Y Salado Travel Information and Travel Guide - Honduras

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Introducing Refugio de Vida Silvestre Cuero Y Salado

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On the coast about 30km west of La Ceiba, the Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge takes its name from two of three rivers, Cuero and Salado (the third is San Juan), which meet at the coast in a large estuary, creating waterways, mangrove forests and coastal lagoons along the way. A reserve since 1987, it protects varied and abundant wildlife; manatees are the most famous and most elusive, but there are also (among others) howler and white-faced monkeys, sloths, otters, iguanas, caimans and 196 species of birds.