COSTA RICA - Caribbean coast
Sloth Sanctuary
Judy Avey-Arroyo and her husband Luis Arroyo built a hotel on their property and finally created the sloth sanctuary where orphaned baby sloths can be rescued. At the time, very little was known about sloth biology. By observing what the wild sloths on their property ate, the couple were able to hand-rear the sloths. In 1997, the Sanctuary was officially recognized as a rescue center, becoming Costa Rica's first sloth-only facility.
The lives of the Sanctuary's sloth residents were documented in the 2013 Animal Planet television series, Meet the Sloths.
You’ll experience the lush lowland tropical rainforest and its wildlife as you glide in a large canoe on the Estrella River with an experienced boatman.
BEST TIME to VISIT LIMON
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to COSTA RICA
From September to October
Sloth Sanctuary - sloth climbing slowly in a tree
Sloth Sanctuary - sloth climbing slowly in a tree
Sloth Sanctuary - sloth climbing slowly in a tree
Sloth Sanctuary - the visit includes a boat tour searching for sloths
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - Colorful crab
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - water lilies
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - jacanas
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - Self defense for this tree to avoid animals to climb
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - The sanctuary can be very crowded with a lot of tourists at the same time and boats are full
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour -
Sloth Sanctuary - Boat tour - teeshirt of one guide
Sloth Sanctuary - sloth in a cage !
Sloth Sanctuary - where Slots and their relatives are found
Sloth Sanctuary - sloth in a cage
Sloth Sanctuary - Sloths family and their relatives
Sloth Sanctuary
Sloth Sanctuary - Santuario de Perezosos in spanish
Road signal warning about sloths crossing the road, obvioult very slow.
Sloth Sanctuary - this sloth statue is representing with its real size, the sloth when he was at the megafauna period a long time ago.
Sloth Sanctuary - a guide is paddling the tourist boat
After the boat tour, you finish your visit in a dark room where sloths are behind bars. A bit depressing and you can avoid that step.