Iguanas at Your Doral Golf Resort or South Florida Timeshare

Don’t worry… they are friendly. Some golf fans (and tournament officials) at this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship, along with hotel and Doral, Florida timeshare guests, have been taken aback by the iguanas that live at the golf course. The locals stroll by them casually, unperturbed by the over-sized reptiles, but the iguanas that range in color from tan to chartreuse to vivid orange, have been known to startle unsuspecting hotel and timeshare guests and golfers on the famous Doral golf courses. They seem to have even gotten the best of some of the pros playing in this week’s PGA Tour event there, the WGC-Cadillac Championship, the golf tournament known for many years at the Doral Championship.

Typically, the iguanas are quiet observers, doing little more than taking in the sunshine. Occasionally a territorial dispute will ensue between two rowdy male iguanas, but most of the time these herbivores want nothing more than to observe passersby, nibble a few leaves, and soak up as much sunshine as possible. A few years ago, when temperatures dipped unseasonably low in tropical Miami, vacationers were startled to see iguanas falling from the trees. This happens as a natural response designed to protect iguanas from cold temperatures; their bodies simply drop into a state of deep sleep allowing them to focus energy on staying warm rather than on other body functions. Unfortunately, if the sleep state occurs while the iguana is resting on a tree branch, they almost always lose their balance and fall to the ground. Luckily for the iguanas, they are typically not hurt by this and later awaken when the temperatures around them start to rise. (See: Is it Raining Iguanas at Your Florida Timeshare?)

To go with sunshine, nearby beaches, nightlife of Miami Beach, and world-class golf, the Doral Golf Resort timeshares offer something most other resorts can’t:  some very fascinating resident reptiles.