The pollution of water by heavy metals has received great attention in the environmental scenario, especially with regard to toxicity for the aquatic environment and human health. The search for new technologies to treat effluents has been focused into the use of biological materials for heavy metal removal. In this work we present the results of biosorption process using coconut shell powder (Cocos nucifera) as biosorbent, for removal Pb (II) and Mn (II) ions. The tests were conducted both in batch and continuous process. Physical characterization of coconut shell powder was carried out by particle size and infrared spectrum analyses. The uptake capacity was evaluated in batch tests analyzing the following parameters: particle size, pH, concentration of both biomass and effluent solution. The Mn removal in batch process was 82 percent for concentrations of 50 ppm, and the percentage of lead removal at concentrations of 300 ppm was 95 percent. The mathematical models of Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Dubinin-Raduskevich were evaluated; the Langmuir model fit the experimental data for both metals, under the experimental conditions tested. the kinetics of biosorption process of Pb(II) and Mn(II) was evaluated using the models of de pseudo first and pseudo second order. The latter shows best correlation coefficient, and presented better results of K and q, compared with results of pseudo-first order model. The biosorption process conduced in a continuous system, were evaluated the initial metal concentration, bed height and the flow rate. Those results show that the biosorption process using coconut shell powder (Cocos nucifera) as biomass has suitable characteristics for removal of Pb (II) and Mn (II) ions from aqueous solutions.