Green Iguana

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Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Tortuguero National Park leads · 40 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Green Iguana during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
2 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~70%
3 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~70%
4 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
5 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
6 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
7 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
8 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~50%
9 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
10 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
11 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
12 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
13 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
14 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
15 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
16 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~40%
17 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
18 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
19 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
20 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
21 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~40%
22 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
23 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~40%
24 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~40%
25 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Green Iguana?

Tortuguero National Park

In Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green Iguana sighting on a given day, the highest of the 40 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Green Iguana?

Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas and more

After Tortuguero National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Green Iguana are in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (Brazil, about 70%), Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 70%) and Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 70%). Outside Central America, the best options are Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in South America (about 70%) and Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in North America (about 60%).

When is the best time to see a Green Iguana?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are August in Tortuguero National Park (about 90%), May–July, October and December in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas (about 80%) and August and September in Tayrona National Natural Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Green Iguana on a given day. Each park's Green Iguana page has the full month-by-month chart.