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Originally Posted by BushBaby
Next time you are up that way Chris, take a SLOW boat out & see what you can see. "SWMBO" saw some when SHE was tour guiding, so should be able to advise the tell-tale signs for what to look for!! - Grahame.
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The area certainly looks ideal for manatees. While waiting to sail off into the sunset around the Florida Keys one time, we had two manatees (momma and baby) come to drink the fresh water from a hose that we were using to hose down the boat. They are amazing animals and we saw a lot of them while in Florida. The Manatee Education center in the US (I think it is in St Pete, Florida or thereabouts) teaches that there are only two habitats for Manatees in the world - the one in Florida, and the other somewhere on the African West Coast, where there are smaller manatees. So, I was quite surprised to see that there is a manatee habitat here in the DR. I would not be surprised however if there are manatees to be found. The area looks exactly right and the main enemy of manatees is humans and boats. So, there are really not many humans or boats around the area. But I don't think a manatee will jump out to be noticed just because somebody comes by on a boat
Next time we go to the area, I am planning to take a long, slow boatride and see what I can see.
We loved exploring your place HB!