Sloth Watching Trail: Hiking Through Rainforest with Naturalistic Guide to Discover Wildlife

Embark on a thrilling sloth watching trail in the rainforest with a naturalistic guide. Discover wildlife, including sloths, birds, frogs, and insects, on this gentle hike through a 30-acre property.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sloth Watching Trail - You don’t need to venture deep into the rain forest to see Costa Rica’s spectacular wildlife on this guided nature walk in a La Fortuna nature center. On this tour, a guide accompanies you on an easy, kid-friendly walk through the forest, pointing out wildlife like sloths, birds, and tree frogs along the way.
What's Included
  • Expert-led guided tours
Additional Information

Venture on an outdoor trek through the rainforest led by a naturalist guide, where we’ll seek sloths in their natural habitat. On average, we’re likely to spot four to six sloths in the vicinity. Our route spans about 2 miles, teeming with a rich array of biodiversity, so we’ll have opportunities to observe birds, frogs, insects, and other local…

Location
Sloth Watching Trail La Fortuna, Arenal Volcano Private Trail
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Komator
Dec 21, 2024
Spectacular night hike - We took the night tour, not to see sloths, but to spot amphibians. The hike takes place on private land, which is essentially someone’s (very large) backyard. This land was deforested years ago for timber but has been protected in recent years. It’s amazing to see how nature has reclaimed the area. The main goal was to see frogs and other amphibians, like snakes. The hike did not disappoint; we spent almost two hours and were lucky enough to spot many types of frogs, as well as snakes and other animals. The guides were very professional.
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464anettz
Nov 16, 2024
Much more than expected! - We booked a guided sloth tour at Slothpark in La Fortuna today. It was really an experience. The park is not large, located on the main road of La Fortuna. But it was really worth the money, we wouldn't have thought. The tour lasted 90 minutes, rather longer...because the likeable guide: - Wesler - is his name, took the time - so that enough photos could be taken from the best position. Wesler showed us many birds, frogs, lyzards and of course sloths, more than ever before...and even which ones were moving. Wesler took very good photos and videos with our phones for us. Thankyou Wesler, it was a pleasure for us, great Fotos!
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Lesley_m
Nov 14, 2024
Great experience - Great tour. Saw lots of creatures: sloths, frogs, lizard, owl, birds and viper. Abel is a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. Saw and learned so much more than we would have done if we didn't have a guide.
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Ivy
Aug 1, 2024
Sloth Walk - Amazing experience of a lifetime and our guide (Elius) was educational, informative, and excellent! Highly recommend! We saw so many different animals including sloths and had a very close encounter with a baby sloth! This is an excursion I will never forget! Book them today! I’d rate more than five stars if I could!
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Sarahtw1048ny
Jul 3, 2024
Don’t miss this fabulous sloth (and so much more) adventure! - The sloth walk we took with Brandon was so much fun! We saw so many amazing animals and creatures besides the very cool sloths, and sloth moms with their babies. We saw a viper, armadillo babies, basilisks, an agouti, a black and white owl and so many other astounding creatures. Brandon was incredibly knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. We saw so much more than we would have ever seen ourselves and learned so much about so many different species, and it was ridiculously fun! Can’t wait to go again some day!
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Kaltenberg0799
Jun 8, 2024
Just do it, it’s worth it! - After we were unable to see sloths in person without a guide, we decided to take the tour. The price of 50 USD is quite high, but we are glad we did it. We would never have seen the animals. Many thanks to Alfonso for the explanations and the sighting. We also saw owls, but even here there was no chance without knowledge.
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Biancaboogz
May 4, 2024
Worth a visit! - I’m so happy we got to visit Sloth Watching Trail during our time in Costa Rica! Thanks to our awesome guide, Randall, on educating us about different types of sloths, frogs, birds, plants, etc. We definitely took in all the nature sounds, soothing and a peaceful environment. Highly recommend! Also, don’t forget the bug spray!
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Lollipop076
Mar 31, 2024
Great experience - Joseph was a great guide! Very knowledgeable, found us many sloths and birds. He is also great with kids! Especially my son who was very nervous about the frogs!
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Fpkroll
Sep 16, 2024
Nice walk with a knowledgeable guide - Nice walk through a Rainforest. The sloths are high up on the trees, rarely move, so difficult to find and see. The guide was very knowledgeable and with his binoculars we were able to see a few
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791yixinx
Nov 30, 2024
Terrible experience no - We bought tickets but no one was able to help us spot Sloth. Guide refused to help us. Don’t recommend this tour. False advertisement - don’t recommend.
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