Sensational Sloths

Sloths were the original attraction that pushed Costa Rica to the top of the travel destinations list this year. We realised this morning we’ve only put 2 pics of 1 sloth on the blog so far, but we’ve been extremely lucky to see tons of them. Pierre, one of our excellent tour guides, said there’s on average 9 sloths per square km in Costa Rica, so here’s just some of the heartbreakingly adorable ones we’ve seen. Ther s a few photos here from the Jaguar centre but they’re so delightful I had to include them. We’ve seen more than what’s here in their natural setting but not great photos.

Happy looking sloth on the aptly named Sloth Tour at La Fortuna

 Sleepy sloth on the sloth tour, with a lovely coat of green algae

 Delightful mumma and bubby in a tree just across the road from our Arenal Paraiso hotel

 One of a number of sloths on our Cahuitq NP walk

Rescued sloths enjoying life at the Jaguar Centre

 

Living in harmony - sloth flanked by 2 iguanas in a tree in Cahuita NP - no faces but we love this photo

 

Happy feeding face - jaguar Centre

 

The very first sloth we saw on the way to the Punta Uva treehouse - sooo cute!

 

 Mumma and bubby just outside restaurant at Caño Negro

 

Same bubby  heading  off for an outing away from mum - Caño Negro

 

A pile of baby sloths at sloth kindergarten- jaguar centre