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Hiking Around the island Ceiba

Humedal Los Machos

A mapped hiking route near Ceiba, looked after by Para La Naturaleza.

ModerateCommunity-mapped

About 82 ft of climb in 3.5 mi.

  • 3.5 mi each way5.6 km, measured along the mapped route
  • 2 h 50 min to 4 h 15 minRound trip, at an easy pace with stops
  • 82 ftOf climb; the highest point is 71 ft
  • Packed gravelUnderfoot
  • TrailheadThe parking area at the end of the route, near Ceiba
  • ParkingA mapped parking area 90 m from the trailhead

Route from OpenStreetMap's volunteer mappers; nobody posts its conditions, so ask locally before you go.

Directions to the trailheadDirections to the parking

Where it goes

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Distance3.5 miElevation1–71 ftClimb+74 ft

Trailhead, 11 ft3.5 mi, 5 ft

  • Easy
  • Moderate
  • Hard
  • Closed

Up and down

  • Climb74 ftgoing out
  • Descent82 ftgoing out, so you climb it on the way back
  • Lowest1 ftabove sea level
  • Highest71 ftabove sea level

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What to bring

  • Water
  • Shoes with grip
  • A charged phone

Parking

  • A mapped parking area 90 m from the trailhead

Along the way

The Los Machos wetland in Ceiba
The Los Machos wetland in Ceiba.Ligocsicnarf89, CC BY-SA 4.0
A red-tailed hawk over the Los Machos wetland
A red-tailed hawk over the Los Machos wetland.rawcomposition, CC0

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