Sloths move slowly, and so does this tour. A quiet half day on forest trails near La Fortuna, split between sloth watching and tropical birds.
Nothing about this walk is hurried. You follow peaceful forest trails at the pace of the animals you came to see, with an expert naturalist keeping your eyes pointed the right way.
The sloths come with context: what they eat, how they behave, and the conservation work that protects them. The birds bring the color: toucans, motmots, trogons, hummingbirds, identified through the binoculars and spotting scopes provided.
It's a calm, reflective outing, better suited to watching than adrenaline, and photographers tend to do well here.
Final price depends on your pickup point.
We pick you up at your hotel or the airport and handle the full route, door to door.
Driving times are approximate.
One of them plans your day, picks you up and brings you back. Who exactly depends on the date.
Around twelve years in Costa Rican tourism. On the drive between Guanacaste and Arenal he points out how fast the landscape and climate change, and shares the history of both regions along the way. His picks: the Palo Verde boat safari and Rincón de la Vieja's Pailas trail.
Twenty years guiding Costa Rica as a general and naturalist guide, with a special passion for botany: he points out plant adaptations, ecological relationships and the quiet work that trees, flowers and lianas do in the ecosystem. His favorite day is Palo Verde, where wildlife, tropical wetlands, cultural traditions and history meet — and the birdlife is spectacular.
Twenty-two years in tourism, from restaurants to tour sales to driving and guiding. Místico is his favorite trail: rich in wildlife, easy to walk, and full of the forest's secrets. On transfers north he loves the moment the dry Pacific crosses an invisible line into rainforest green.
