In January 2024, my husband, Neil and I had a wonderful holiday in Costa Rica. I had wanted to go there for a long while, mainly because of the vast varieties of wildlife. I love sloths and was looking forward to seeing one in the wild. We were very fortunate and saw several sloths, four of them with babies.

One thing which will stay with me is how colourful everything was, from the birds to the insects, the flowers and lush green trees. A holiday I won’t forget!

Keel-billed toucan in Arenal National Park, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a sloth mother and baby in a tree, along the Tortugero Canals, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a brown and white butterfly in the Monteverde Butterfly Gardens, Monteverde, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a male and juvenile king vulture, along the Tortugero Canals, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of two red-eyed frogs, mating in the gardens at Laguna Lodge resort, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a Summer Tanager red bird, in the gardens of Laguna Lodge Resort, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of two red macaws squabbling in a tree at the Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph taken at night of a green grasshopper insect on a branch in La Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a mother and baby sloth hanging from a tree and taken at night at the Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an iguana in the gardens at Laguna Lodge, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a howler monkey in a tree at Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an anhinga drying its wings along the Tortugero canals, Tortugereo, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of two upside down scarlet macaws at Laguna Lodge Resort, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a tarantula taken at night in the La Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a rufous motmot in the grounds of Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a sloth hanging from a tree by the road on the way to Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a rufous motmot on a branch in the grounds of th Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a tree frog, taken at night in the La tirimbina Biological Reserve, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a mother and baby sloth in the grounds of Sarapiquis Rainforest Lodge, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a Mexican dwarf hairy porcupine, in the grounds of the Laguna Lodge Resort, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a sloth in a tree along the Tortugero canals, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a scarlet macaw in a tree in the grounds of Laguna Lodge Resort, Tortugero, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of brown pelicans in the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a yellow-crowned night heron along the banks of the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a terrapin on a rock in the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a humming bird in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a keel-billed toucan upside down in Manuel Antonio National Park, Dominical, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a roseate spoonbill in a tree along the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a butterfly in the Monteverde Butterfly Gardens, Monteverde, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a hummingbird hovering by a plant in the gardens of Monteverde Country Lodge, Monteverde, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of Photograph of a streak-headed wood creeper in the gardens of the Monteverde Country Lodge, Monteverde, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an osprey fishing in the Tarcoles River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a juvenile black hawk on a branch by the Tarcoles River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a brown pelican in flight along the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of two howler monkeys in a tree along the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a basilisk shedding its skin in Manuel Antonio National Park, Dominical, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a white ibis in a tree along the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an anhinga with a fish in its beak on the Tarcole River, Tarcoles, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an acorn woodpecker in a tree at San Gerado de Dota, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a sloth in a tree in Manuel Antonio National Park, Dominical, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a male resplendent quetzal in a tree at San Gerado de Dota, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of two iguanas in a tree in the grounds of Villas Rio Mar Hotel, Dominical, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of a white faced capuchin monkey near Manuel Antonio National park, Dominical, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
Photograph of an anteater in a tree in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, taken by Sandy Cowley
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