Though renowned for its wildlife, spotting the Arenal and La Fortuna area's favorite animal residents can be notoriously tricky. Tour a number of locations where wildlife sightings are all but guaranteed on this Arenal wildlife tour—expect to see sloths, toucans, dart frogs, and more with the help of your guide. Tour includes use of spotting scope and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Arenal and La Fortuna area wildlife tour
Opportunities to see sloths, frogs, toucans, and more
Guide helps you spot the animals you most want to see
Use of spotting scope included to better your viewing opportunities
Hotel pickup and drop-off included

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Naturalist, bilingual guide
Spotting scope and binoculars
Bottled water
Snacks
Coffee and/or Tea

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Food and drinks, unless specified

Meeting And Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Callidryas Tours - Costa Rica.
800 metros sur de Entrada principal de Z-13, La 21007, Provincia de Alajuela, La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

We offer pick up in Hotels in La Fortuna Town, San Carlos or you can drive directly to our office (Callidryas Tours)

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
A maximum of 9 people per booking
For snacks, please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Most travellers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 9 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveller Photos

Traveller Tips

Just be sure to bring your sunscreen and insect repellant.

Reviews

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417 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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Pura Vida!

Andrea_B, Mar 2023

Great tour! Saw 7 sloths and other wildlife including toucans, parrot and frogs. Extremely knowledgeable and friendly tour guide. Ended with a great local Costa Rican breakfast.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

What a pleasure that you enjoyed the tour and the breakfast as well. Thank you very much for your comments.

Great Sloth Experience.

Christopher_P, Mar 2023

Saw some two and three toed sloths and some super photos taken. One was with her baby, which was very cute. Also saw Toucans, a Boa Constrictor and plenty of other birds. Nice breakfast at the end too.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

What a pleasure that you enjoyed the tour and the breakfast as well. Thank you very much for your comments.

Sloths!

Jackie_I, Feb 2023

We were able to see multiple sloths as well as frogs and various birds. Our guide and driver were very knowledgeable and knew all the spots to take us to see sloths. Breakfast was awesome as well!

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Thank you Thank you Thank you for your nice comments. And again thank you for enjoying the tour with us. Best regards.

Knowledgeable guide and...

Yasmeen_K, Jan 2023

Knowledgeable guide and convenient pickup from hotel. We saw several sloths and had a nice Snacks and drinks after the tour.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you very much for your comments. Thank you for sharing with us this tour so important for us. Best regards

Excellent!!!!!

Jannah_S, Jan 2023

Louis was our guide and was so knowledgeable and wonderful! We saw over 10 sloths on our tour and loved every second of it! Definitely do this tour!!

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you! Thank you for enjoying with us the sloth tour. Thank you for your good comments. Regards

Amazing experience in this wonderland!

Jill, Jan 2023

Christopher did a fantastic job. He made our trip very memorable. He explained a day in a life of a sloth. We were able to sight 6 sloths, 2 toucans, 1 howler monkey, 2 bats, 1 owl, 2 iguanas, and 1 wasp’s nest.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

We are very glad that you enjoyed and learned from our tour. We will pass on your good comments to Christopher. Thank you very much for leaving us your comments.

Great experience. Thank you for the excitement.

Lane_F, Dec 2022

Enjoyed the stories about the various Sloths. Great to find them in their natural habitat. Pictures and videos are excellent.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

We are so happy that you enjoyed our tours. Thank you very much for leaving us your comments.

Torrential rains should cancel

Toni_L, Nov 2022

This trip probably would have been great but there were torrential rains. Which meant the areas we were in had flooded streets and huge puddles of water. It was slippery and wet. Any sloth we did see was curled up because it was raining so hard. They really should have cancelled due to the weather.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

We are very sorry to hear that the experience was not as expected. The weather in this area of Costa Rica is unpredictable. Thank you very much for your comment, we will take your suggestion into account.

Adventurous &...

Darlena_J, July 2022

Adventurous & educational!!! Great scenery and the guides were professional. It was magical!!!!!! I will refer my friends to this tour

Great excursion

Chris_F, May 2022

I would highly recommend this tour. The tour guides were very friendly and went above and beyond to ensure you see sloths and toucans! During our 7 days in Costa Rica, we only saw sloths on this tour. I highly recommend it!

Response from Host, May 2022

Hola Chris!! Thank you so much to share your experience with us.!

Thank you

Amy_W, Apr 2022

Perfect for a family with small children. Really knowledgeable and friendly guides. So much wildlife (not just sloths). Provided binoculars, umbrellas and water as well as a little afternoon snack in a little jungle restaurant. Really enjoyable. Saw around 8 sloths in total.

Response from Host, May 2022

Hola Thank you so much for your review.!

Fun and Easy

Robert_W, Mar 2022

Very nice and professional. We went to the river and walked a small easy path. We saw 11 sloths, frogs, leaf cutter ants, multiple birds including a toucan. It was great. Then we went for a hot chocolate coffee break before ending the trip. Well worth it. The guides had laser pointers they used to point a meter or so under the sloths to not bother them. It helped to see them. They also had spotting scopes for all to see the sloths up close.

Response from Host, May 2022

Hola Robert. Thank you so much for your review.!

Perfect for people who love sloths!

Daniel_H, Feb 2022

We had an amazing afternoon on the sloth tour. We saw 7 sloths as well as howler monkeys and various beautiful birds. Our guide Edson was so knowledgeable and we were very happy to have chosen this tour!

Response from Host, May 2022

Hola We are so glad to read your review, thank you so much for your visited.

Great Experience Seeing Lots of Animals

Eric_E, May 2021

We had a great time on the sloth tour and saw several different animals. In all we saw 6 different sloths, a poison tree frog, an iguana, a basilisk , and a couple toucans. The tour guides were knowledgeable and friendly.

Response from Host, July 2021

Thank you so much for your comments, we are very happy about your experience with us.!

Enjoyable afternoon following nature in Costa Rica!

Mary_C, May 2021

We were hesitant to make the tour - but we are certainly glad we did. Within a few minutes of departing our hotel - our driver/guide spotted a sloth - we were amazed. During the tour we spotted numerous sloths (both two and three toed) - some sloths were on the move - while others were content to just hang in the tree. We also spotted toucans, vultures and a pack of monkeys. We were also lucky enough to see the ever so tiny red blue jeans frog. I am sorry to have forgotten our drivers name but he was very knowledgeable and was very easy to communicate with.

Response from Host, July 2021

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience, this inspire us to keep offering great experiencies to our guest.!

Wonderful !

Heidi_F, Mar 2021

We saw a mother sloth with her baby - we watched one climb down the tree, we looked at them through the telescope Oscar had set up. We also saw two different kinds of toucans and heard the growls of the howler monkeys

Absolutely incredible tour

Linda_C, Mar 2021

A young female with took great interest in my us, came very close and even reached out towards us. We didn't go touch her but was amazing. She then went down onto the ground and (very slowly!) Crossed the road while we stood guard for cars and dogs

Great tour

Andrew_W, Jan 2020

Fantastic tour with Oscar and Alvaro. Alvaro was great a spotting sloths. We saw all types of sloths and got some great photos. We also saw monkeys toucan etc. Was best tour we have done

Epic Tour finished with Food made with love

chris_l, Dec 2019

This tour was awesome! my small group saw 10 sloths, toucans, poisonous frogs, Cara Cara and other beautiful animals. Our guides (guide and driver - sorry horrible memory for names) were super knowledgeable, gentle with our children and fun to hang with for a few hours. The tour was finished by a short hike through the rainforest to a wide open restaurant that is surrounded by animal activity. Amazing experience and the food was the best I had on the 10-day trip.

Sloth and Bird Tour

Lindsay H, Dec 2019

Oscar is amazing. Very knowledgeable, funny, friendly and made sure we all had a great time. Found 5 sloths and many birds

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