No trip to Costa Rica is complete without a visit to the country's only Sloth Sanctuary, a place where abandoned baby sloths and those with physical disabilities are rescued, rehabilitated, and given another chance to thrive.
In other words, it's a place where dreams come true.
Here's what it's like hanging out with the sloths:
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Costa Rica is famous for lots of things. Zip-lines. Coffee. Environmental tourism. I was going for the sloths. I wanted to spend a day with my spirit animal, which is known for moving so slowly that it looks like it was recorded in slow motion.
So naturally I carved out a full 24 hours to spend in the country's only sloth sanctuary (formerly known as the Aviarios del Caribe). If you're starting in the capital city of San Jose, getting to the sanctuary, on the country's east coast near Limon, is a bit of a trek.
Lucky for me, I'd been traveling up and down the country's coast for a few days by the time I planned to stop by the sanctuary. From my Airbnb, in the neighborhood of Cahuita, all I had to do was walk to the local bus depot.
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