Wildlife in the Marina area of Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area Wildlife

We are staying in the Marina area of Puerto Vallarta which is about 5 miles from downtown. These are some pictures around this area. This is a very upscale area with million dollar homes, golf courses, a marina that is home to some really expensive yachts and some interesting wildlife as well. You can click here to see pictures of the Marina area. This page shows some of the local wildlife!

The nearby golf course is a natural home to iguana's, ducks, turtles and crocodiles! Yes crocodiles and there are rumored to be approximately 5 that make their home in one of the ponds along the 18th hole.

Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area Iguana . Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area - Igunan

This is a tropical environment with a mix of palm trees and flowers everywhere. We have seen iguana's in the trees eating flowers. The peacock below was on the grounds of one of the local hotels.

There are iguana's in the rocks around the marina, on the golf courses and in the ponds. The largest we have seen so far was about 6 feet long.

Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area .Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area

This particular area is also a crocodile habitat on the local golf course and we did see it in the water. This croc is estimated to be 12 to 15 feet long. Needless to say we kept our distance. There are also turtles as shown on the left below.

Puerto Vallarta - golf course pond - turtles . Puerto Vallarta - golf course pond - crocodile

The crocodile habitat contains at least three of these massive animals. On the left below, this one is appearing to be asleep, enjoying the hot sunny weather. There is a rumor that in 2008, a construction worker got too close and was killed and eaten by one of these croc's. Since this is a habitat that is well signed, nothing was done about the incident. In other words the guy should not have been there!

The picture on the right is at the Velas hotel which also doubles as a timeshare and some units are also owned by the owners. The grounds are beautiful, the food is excellent and the pools look very inviting.

Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area .Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area

The beaches are fantastic, great for walking as well as jumping off a dock as can be seen in these pictures of Puerto Vallarta beaches.

Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area beach .Puerto Vallarta - Marina Area

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