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Shore Excursion: Sloth Lovers Tour At Cahuita & Tortuguero

Starting From From $135.00 per person Current Project Expedition rate
6 Hours 4.17 / 5 7 reviews Easy activity level Single Day Group Tour Operated by Greenway Nature Tours
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The Experience

What your day looks like

If seeing a sloth in the wild is at the very top of your Costa Rica bucket list, this is the excursion for you. The Sloths Lovers Tour by Greenway Nature Tours is a dedicated, shared group eco-adventure focused on finding and observing these fascinating, slow-moving creatures in their natural habitat. Led by our certified local naturalist guides—who are experts at spotting camouflaged wildlife—this tour takes you deep into the lush coastal rainforests and freshwater canals of Limón for an unforgettable, multi-sensory wildlife experience.

At a Glance

The experience, in brief

  • The first stop at Cahuita National Park, where the search for sloths will begin
  • A boat tour in Tortuguero Canal to see more sloths
  • Enjoy a Boat Tour and wildlife watching with our naturalist tour guide
Detailed Itinerary

The journey, in full

Your breath-taking adventure begins with a pickup from the entrance of the pier and a relaxing drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation and recent model minibus. Your professional bilingual guide will point out many sights of interest including banana and chocolate plantations, diverse fruit stands and rural farming communities. You will be heading to Cahuita National Park, located about 1 hour from the pier. At Cahuita National Park, the search for sloths will begin with a peaceful and picturesque nature walk into the park. At this park, many sloths are in their natural habitat and free. In here, you will learn about their natural history, behavior and many other interesting facts of this lovely animal. Besides sloths, you will be able to enjoy many other wildlife species such as monkeys, iguanas, snakes and others. After Cahuita, you will continue the tour but this time taking a Boat Tour in Tortuguero Canal. During this nice journey, you will be able to see more Sloth’s, due they love to live close to the rivers. Sometimes, they are in the branches of the trees and at several meters from the boats, but sometimes they are very close, and you can take amazing pictures of them. On our tour we do not manipulate the wildlife because we respect it. Our company is certified as an Environmental and Sustainable Tour Operator and for this reason we do not agree with the wildlife species manipulation. We do our best in order you have a real eco tour. During our tour, we do not go Sanctuaries or Rehab centers. It is an experience for enjoy them in their natural environment. Our tour includes driving along the beautiful countryside and beaches of the Caribbean coast of Puerto Limon. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Tour include: Round trip transportation from Puerto Limon pier, bilingual guides, fruits snack, water, Entrance fee to Cahuita Park, Visit the local souvenirs, a prospect plantation, Tortuguero Canal boat tour and City Tour What To Bring: Long or short pants, tennis shoes, sunscreen, sunglasses, mosquito repellent, a hat or cap and money for extra expenses. Tour Meeting Time: 30 Minutes After Ship Arrival (Earliest tour 8:00 AM) We operate all our tours accordingly with the ship arrival. We know sometimes the ships are running late OR early. For this reason, we have our pickup 30 minutes after the ship arrival. First departure 08:00 AM Meeting Place: Main entrance of the pier. In there you will see our tour guides holding a sign with your name. We do not pick up INSIDE the pier. Arrival Port: Puerto Limon.

Your Itinerary

Your day, step by step

Day 1

Cahuita

Eco Tour at Cahuita National Park.

Continued

Tortuguero

Boating at Tortuguero Canals.

Before You Go

What to know before booking

Included

Transportation Bilingual guide (English/Spanish) Entrance fee to Cahuita National Park

What to Bring

Hiking Shoes Binoculars Camera Sunscreen Hat Mosquito Repellent

Meeting & Pickup

We will meet you at the pier upon your ship's arrival. Entrance of the pier. 8:00 AM pickup time general. In case the ship arrives later, pickup time will be 30 minutes after ship arrival

Languages Offered

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Planning Notes

Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Manual By Business

Traveler Impressions

What travelers are saying

2023-03-25 5.00 / 5

I really enjoyed the excursion. The guide we had was very knowledgeable and made it very entertaining during the whole trip. I would totally do this tour again!

2023-02-24 4.00 / 5

Couldn’t see much from a distance but tour guide was excellent

2023-02-24 4.00 / 5

Didn’t see much up close

2023-02-21 4.00 / 5

The guides were friendly and informative. It was relaxing and enjoyed being out in nature. We saw sloths, monkeys, and some lizards and birds. Enjoyed the organic banana farm and all the beautiful flowers/plants. Would have liked to see more at Cahuita but you can't predict nature. We did get a kick out of a raccoon grabbing a ladies bag on the beach, don't mess with those raccoons!

2023-02-17 3.00 / 5

I know was a ‘sloth lovers tour’ but the river boat tour to observe them was short and we were repeatedly told the same facts about two & three toed sloths. We then took a bus ride to a banana plantation/souvenir stop and then another bus ride to a guided wildlife rainforest tour. The tour consisted of a short walk to nowhere to see pretty much nothing. That said, our guides were very pleasant and quite knowledgeable about sloths and other fauna.

2023-02-11 4.00 / 5

We enjoyed the Tortuguero canals very much. Cahuita was awesome too. But the banana plantation was boring and took way too much time. Wish we had more time at the cahuita park. Guide was good and informative. It was a fun day

2023-01-27 5.00 / 5

It was a wonderful tour. Alberto and the driver were great. Only complaint is that no water was provided.

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