Sloth Safari: Wildlife Tour Near Arenal Volcano

Embark on a sloth tour in La Fortuna and get up close with Costa Rica’s iconic rainforest creatures. Discover the favorite hiding places of 2-toed and 3-toed sloths, as well as monkeys, toucans, iguanas, and poison dart frogs.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Callidryas Tours - Costa Rica. - On the search for these three beautiful animals, the knowledgeable guide will drive you around la Fortuna’s beautiful spotting areas for more wildlife. Birds, iguanas, and monkeys are among the animals that you might encounter. In this tour, you can use the special spotting scope or take nice pictures of the sloths, toucans, and frogs with your camera.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Snacks
  • Naturalist, bilingual guide
  • Tea and coffee
  • Spotting scope and binoculars
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

This expedition brings you intimately close to some of Costa Rica’s most adorable and furry creatures as they dwell among the treetops near the Arenal Volcano. The sloth, one of our most cherished symbols in the Costa Rican rainforests, is the highlight of this tour designed specifically for nature lovers. Enjoy a leisurely drive around the scenic…

Location
Callidryas Tours - Costa Rica.
Callidryas Tours,. 4 km Oeste de la iglesia de, Provincia de Alajuela, La Fortuna, 21007
Cancellation Policy

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

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Sophiebn4828gg
Apr 17, 2025
Beautiful morning meeting with the sloths - Excellent morning outing to discover the lazy. Beautiful photos and beautiful memories. Several meeting opportunities and excellent explanations from Mercedes and thank you Freddy the driver
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Sch848
Apr 17, 2025
Very professionally run tour - Very professionally run tour with small groups of people. Get to see sloths in their natural habit, we saw several! It is not set up, you go looking for them based on the guides knowledge of the sloths preferred trees/areas to live. We were all given binoculars plus the guide had an amazing one on a tripod that he set up for us to view. Our driver and guide took us to several spots and the sloths were not bothered at all. Both guide and driver were amazing at spotting them and took some excellent photos for us from his super duper binoculars
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Guilbaudv2025
Apr 16, 2025
Great experience - Great experience with Javier and Jonathan, very good guides. With them, the observation of sloths becomes very pleasant!
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Sunshine09241136297
Apr 15, 2025
Wonderful activity with a toddler! - Such a fun experience! If you are hesitant to do this with kids, it’s much less hiking and more just a few short walks. My 2.5 year old loved the adventure and seeing different parts of the area while searching for sloths. You’re with a very small group and our guide was fantastic. This company really cares about wildlife and not disturbing their environment.
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Jen_n
Apr 14, 2025
Diego! The Magnificent! - Fantastic opportunity to see sloths in their natural habitat! Diego and the other sloth spotters are great guides and we saw a total of 8 sloths. We went to multiple locations. They shined a laser pointer where the sloth was and also used their scope. They also had 2 pairs of binoculars. I brought my pair. I recommend bringing your own. It was very educational and Diego assisted in helping get some great pictures and videos through the scope. We also saw howler monkeys. The snack at the end was a perfect way to close the tour. I recommend booking with Callidrylas Tours!
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Neslinkaragoz
Apr 12, 2025
Lovely - This was a lovely experience. Seeing sloths in their natural habitats. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. Its also nice that theyre reserving their natural space and not bothering animals. Theyre just living life and we were admiring them from far away. We went to couple different spots to locate them. Rain or shine it was very enjoyable experience.
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Lambertsimnel99
Apr 11, 2025
Sloth tour in La Fortuna - Great tour, with a very friendly and knowledgeable guide (Merco). Many sloths spotted and photographed! Excellent driver too! Would happily recommend.
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Nasreen_h
Apr 11, 2025
Lazy tour to see lazy animals! - This is a nice slow paced activity to see wildlife. Aaron, the guide, and our driver were very good at spotting animals and pointing them out. They also explained about the ecosystem and climate in the area. We saw multiple sloths, a toucan, monkey, turtle, and lots of other wildlife. The snack offered was super tasty and vegetarian friendly.
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Passenger08253790232
Apr 10, 2025
Beautiful family experience 😍 - An incredible experience accompanied by a guide with exceptional sight and smell!! Accompanied by his sidekick Coco they both struggle to find the sloths. They make beautiful photos and videos through its long view. He speaks perfect French, which allowed the whole family to understand the explanations of a nature he knows by heart. In short, you will have understood a guide and a more than perfect experience!!! Many thanks to both of you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼
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Rafael_c
Apr 9, 2025
Worth the money but location is a little hard to find! - Our family of four went on a sloth tour with Javier and Beatrice. We were running late because we were coming from a far distance and the store front is a bit hidden by trees so we passed it twice! Thankfully, they were kind enough to wait 15 minutes for us to arrive. We saw a number of two toed and three toed sloths, including one that was literally on the side of the road, fo which our driver quickly pulled over. We also saw toucans, howler monkeys and several different types of birds. The guides were friendly, knowledgeable, and easy to speak with. Our snack stop was at a cute and shaded restaurant/bar where they served us fruit, coffee, water and a fried plantain with delicious black beans on top. It was a good expenditure of our money and met our expectations.
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up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).