The Cayos Perlas System is located on the continental shelf of Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea, in front of the coastal marine coast of the Laguna de Perlas bay, between Punta de Perlas and the communities of Set Net Point and Tasbapauni. Small indigenous peoples of the Garífuna, Creole, Miskito and Mestizo ethnic groups inhabit this protected area.
The Perlas Cays System, declared by law 738 in 2010. It has an area of 146,946 hectares; composed of 18 named cays and 7 bodies of land above sea level: Askill Cay and its two islets, Baboon Cay, Black Mangrove Cay, Bottom Tawira Cay, Buttonwood Cay, Crawl Cay, Cay, Esperanza Cay, Grape Cay, Jeff Cay (Walter), Lime Cay, Maria Crow Cam Cay, Maroon Cay, Rocky Boar North (composed of three islets), Rocky Boar South (Billbird), Savanna Cay, Little Savanna Cay, Seal Cay, Top Tawira Cay, Vincent Cay, Water Cay, Wild Cane Cay. The associated reefs that are within the Pearl Cays ecosystem are also part of the system.
The natural wealth that the municipality of Laguna de Perlas has in its wild territory is the coastal lagoon that keeps its natural state and has various interesting points, such as mangroves, river deltas and internal keys. In Caribbean waters, there are also the paradisiacal Pearl Cays (white sands, turquoise waters and green palm trees), and the less known Man O'War Cays. Laguna de Perlas exhibits as main attractions the Pearl Cays and the Aguas RUTAS ESCONDIDAS tourist center and the Garifona culture that the protected area has.
Activities
- Diving
- Sport fishing
- Bird watching
- Sighting of sea turtles spawning
