Where to see
Choloepus hoffmanni
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Volcán Barú National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
In Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Cahuita National Park and more
After Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, the next-best odds of seeing a Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth are in Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 70%), Manuel Antonio National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January–February and August–October in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (about 80%), May, August and December–March in Cahuita National Park (about 70%) and May–June and December–February in Manuel Antonio National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth on a given day. Each park's Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth page has the full month-by-month chart.
