Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary

Sloth that has medical issues and cannot be released. at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary in Dominical

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Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary
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Ethical, non-profit, hands off wildlife sanctuary offering tours. Tour focuses on educating the public about wildlife and human interference. Alturas goal is to release all animals back to the wild. The permanent residents of the sanctuary are there due to having physical or neurological problems that prevent them from being released. Tour meets at Alturas Eco lodge, where there is a cafe with scenic views offering vegan and vegetarian options. NOTE: Guided tours only of 1 hour and a half, at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm. There is no entry without a tour guide. Open Tue-Sun 9:00am-3:00pm. Closed Mon.

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Calle San Martin Norte, Dominical, Costa Rica
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alturaswildlifesanctuary.org
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4 Reviews

First Review by BriggitteJ

TreeHugger44

Points +111

Vegan

20 Aug 2022

Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. - Edit

They offer tours of their grounds with opportunities to see some nonreleasable animals in their sanctuary and learn about local wildlife. They have a trained veterinarian on site as well as many staff and volunteers. They really care about wildlife and do an excellent job rescuing, caring for, and releasing many animals back to their natural habitats.

Pros: Rescue, rehab and release wildlife, Provide sanctuary for unreleasable animals, Educational tours

Motherfox

Points +174

Vegan

12 Mar 2022

A lovely sanctuary - Edit

A genuine animal sanctuary where you can view only the animals that are permanently homed there. This includes sloths, a crocodile, monkeys and an ocelet. All these animals were either raised as pets or have long term injuries so wouldn't survive in the wild. Our tour guide Joanne was really knowledgeable and a lovely, kind person who was super respectful of the animals.
They also do a lot of work helping injured animals so they can return to the wild but you can't meet these as they don't want them integrating with humans too much, obviously!
They take on volunteers which I imagine would be a fantastic experience.

Pros: Animals are well cared for and respected, Lots to see (from a safe distance), Kind and informative staff / volunteers

AnnFromIllinois

Points +792

Vegan

30 Jan 2020

Great tour and organization - Edit

Really interesting tour of a legitimate wildlife rehabilitation center and sanctuary. Florian was a fantastic guide. Definitely not to be missed. Lunch at the hotel was not spectacular. Only one option that was potentially vegan — the black bean burger. The hostess didn’t seem to understand our question about the pesto mayo so we had them leave it off. But with that said the burger and fries were good. However, the real point of the visit was the sanctuary and that is a highlight for sure!

Pros: A real rehab center, Great guide, A good way to see native wildlife up close

Cons: Lunch options limited

BriggitteJ

Points +3002

Vegan

13 Feb 2019

One of the highlights of our trip! - Edit

We did our tour with Neil and he was great! You actually only get to see a very small amount of the animals housed at the sanctuary because they don’t want to stress or get the animals that are going to be released used to humans. Their goal is to release as many of the animals that come in to them as possible. The sanctuary actually started because another sanctuary was shutting down and going to euthanize all the animals. The hotel owner donated the land and they started Alturas Wildlife from that. They don’t let you touch any of the animals, but you do get to observe them from a safe distance. Neil was telling us about how the permanent residents get their areas changed and constant stimulation so they don’t get bored. I felt good helping support their work, it was nice and sad to hear some of the animals stories. A great learning experience for adults and children!

Updated from previous review on 2019-02-13