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The Buttercup Tour: Your intro to the real sloth life

• Meet our sloth ambassadors in their protective enclosures
• NOTE: Due to government COVID precautions, we are unable to hold our regular canoe trips through the rainforest. We appreciate your understanding.
• Total tour time: About 2 hours

Appreciate the sloths, but no touching! Conservation regulations limit handling only to Sanctuary staff, no exceptions.

US$28 Adult/Teen age 13+
US$15 Childage 5–12
n/c Young childup to age 4
Children 12 and under must be accompanied by adult.

Book your tour
ButtercupTours@SlothSanctuary.com
+506 2750-0775
If you have a Costa Rican cedula, please call 2750-0775.
Please contact us at least two days prior to when you plan to visit. The reservation line is open Tuesday–Sunday from 8AM–3PM.

Tours begin on the hour: 8:00AM / 9:00AM / 10:00AM / 11:00AM / 12:00PM / 1:00PM / 2:00PM

Payment: Cash or credit card when you arrive, US$ or CR colones.

For groups of 20+, please call to arrange advance payment.
US$25 for each adult in your group
US$22 for each student in your group holding valid school/university ID

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PARKING: Remove all valuables and lock your vehicle.

Dogs/pets strictly prohibited on site, in your car and outside the gate. Service animals excepted, but email us to learn the regulations.

The Insider’s Tour: Enjoy quality time with baby sloths

• Morning Tour // 8:45AM arrival & registration / Tour begins at 9:00AM
• Afternoon Tour // 12:45PM arrival & registration / Tour begins at 1:00PM

Everything in the Buttercup Tour, plus go “behind the scenes” to the Slothpital clinic and visit baby sloths in the NICU/Nursery.

• Guests limited to 6 total
• Total tour time: About 3 hours

Appreciate the sloths, but no touching! Conservation regulations limit handling only to Sanctuary staff, no exceptions.

US$150 Adult age 19–64
US$75 Youthage 6–18
US$85 Seniorage 65 and up
n/cChildthrough age 5
Children 12 and under must be accompanied by adult.

If you have a Costa Rican cedula, please call 2750-0775.

How to book your tour:

• Use form below. We confirm availability and send your invoice by email. Using PayPal, pay the invoice using a credit card (no account required). Your tour is booked when we receive your payment!
• Please bring a printout of invoice to your tour. Please read the cancellation/rescheduling information detailed on your invoice.

Insider’s Tour Gift Certificates
Send details to Tours@SlothSanctuary.com. We will respond promptly with a PayPal invoice that you may pay by credit card. Once paid, we will email a Gift Certificate for the lucky recipient. Valid for two years from issue date.

BUTTERCUP INN

Booking the Insider’s Tour is required to stay at the Inn. Available Tuesday through Saturday night. Stay up to three nights and explore other area attractions. Room rate includes continental breakfast.

> Click to request your Insider’s Tour & stay at the Buttercup Inn

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FLY
From USA: Southwest Airlines to San José, Costa Rica
From San José and Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast: Sansa Airlines to Limon (2 flights a day from San José)
From Liberia, Costa Rica: Nature Air to Limon

DRIVE
Set GPS to Latitude 9.799565 Longitude -82.915112 Route 36

BUS/SHUTTLE
Interbus:Take route Limon/Cahuita/Hone Creek/Puerto Viejo. Ask driver to stop at Aviarios del Caribe/Sloth Sanctuary. See large yellow sloth crossing sign at the bus stop near front gate.

TOP 5 MOST-ASKED QUESTIONS • Click here for full FAQ

I want to hold or touch a sloth. May I?
No. Per MINAE conservation regulations, only Sanctuary staff are allowed to handle sloths. When handled by unfamiliar people, sloths exhibit tachycardia (abnormally fast heart rate) that weakens the heart muscle, a cause of premature death. Also, foreign microbes and allergens attached to guests can compromise rescued sloths’ immune systems.

Note: Avoid roadside locals who lure tourists to pose for a photo holding a sloth. They will tear a baby away from its mother to exploit it for money. After they take your photo is taken, they discard the baby inhumanely, leaving it to die from malnutrition or dehydration. If you see someone trying this, please take a photo of them, then call 911 to report them to the police. top of page

Can I volunteer, work, intern or help at the Sanctuary?
We are not hiring volunteers or staff. We are proud to employ local Costa Ricans and also offer veterinary clinical rotations solely to university students who reside in Costa Rica.
For other Costa Rican wildlife volunteer opportunities check here.
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I’m coming to visit! Where can I get bottled water & snacks?
Purified bottled drinking water is essential for your comfort & health in tropical Costa Rica. On your way here, seek out a local market or our favorite, Auto Mercado (multiple locations). top of page

Where can I learn about sloths?
See our About sloths entries, newsletters or Facebook page. top of page

Media inquiries
We require 60 days’ notice to film at the Sanctuary or interview Judy Avey-Arroyo. Send details of your request to Support@SlothSanctuary.com

Phone +506 2750 0775 • ContactUs@SlothSanctuary.com

Urgent sloth rescue: +506 2750 0775

• If you find an injured, orphaned or abandoned sloth, tell us the exact location where you found the sloth. Use your mobile phone to take a screen capture of the GPS coordinates.
• Si encuentra un perezoso que requiere ser rescatado, es muy importante que nos indica su ubicacion exacta. Se puede obtener la ubicacion exacta tomando una captura de pantalla de las cardinales GPS desde su celular.

Located on the southeast Caribbean side, we are a 320-acre nature preserve and rescue center. The Sanctuary is funded solely by proceeds from educational tours, the gift shop and inn and generous donors around the world.

The Sloth Institute (TSI)’s mission is to enhance and expand the welfare and conservation of sloths.

The Sloth Institute has a 3 pronged approach to realizing its vision:

1) RESEARCH of captive, wild and recently released sloths including collaborations with conservationists and scientists around the world
2) EDUCATION to generate and disseminate responsible information about sloths
3) CONSERVATION programs that negate human encroachment issues impacting sloths welfare and habitat.

PLEASE NOTE: The Sloth Institute is not a sloth sanctuary. TSI is a non-profit organization specializing in research and education with a particular focus on the behavior, health and welfare of recently released, wild and captive sloths. Sloths are not available to be seen by the public as it is in their best interest to have as little human contact as possible. If you are staying at Tulemar Resort and are interested in a nature walk to see WILD sloths then please contact your concierge to schedule.

Sloth Institute Staff:

Sam Trull – Co-founder/Sloth Director

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Sam Trull, also known as The Mother of Sloths, is the co-founder and Sloth Director of The Sloth Institute Costa Rica located in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.

Sam also worked closely with Kids Saving the Rainforest where she spent two years caring and rehabilitating the sloths in their program. Her passion for working with animals started as a teenage volunteer at the Duke Lemur Center, Durham, North Carolina, where she worked for over 10 years while completing a Bachelors degree in Zoology in 2003 and a Master of Science in Primate Conservation from Oxford Brookes University in the UK in 2006.

After multiple expeditions to Madagascar, West Africa, and Central America, in January 2013, she settled in Costa Rica as the Wildlife Manager at Kids Saving The Rainforest. During her tenure, she realized her passion for working with sloths and co-founded The Sloth Institute in August of 2014. She is also a photographer who focuses on wildlife conservation through intimate and compelling photos. Her first photo book, “Slothlove“, was published by Inkshares and released April 2016.

Seda Sejud – Co-founder/Chief Sloth Ambassador

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As Chief Sloth Ambassador/President at The Sloth Institute Costa Rica, Seda’s vision is to help facilitate global awareness of the sloth to ensure their conservation.

“I’ve had a full and rich life and feel it’s my turn to give back”. This best defines Seda’s second act bio, to be in service. Her first act, after receiving a BS degree from University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA, included working in the corporate tax departments of several Fortune 500 companies, including AMD and McGraw-Hill, Inc.; Founder/CEO/Chairman of the Board of a venture backed web based software company, Planitax, Inc.; designer/builder/proprietor of the top-rated Costa Rican vacation resort, Villa Perezoso. She loves to mentor people and is a huge perezoso (sloth) fan.

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TSI is a 501c(3) organization sponsored by Global Impact Fed. ID #52-1273585