Meet Sid, the wonder sloth! Oh, I just made that up. He is just a sloth that you can hold at the Monkey and Sloth Experience on Roatan in Honduras. I have to say this is one of the best excursions that I have ever been on. We did not book the excursion through the cruise line but took the chance on booking through a third party – and boy am I glad we did! The experience was AMAZING! There were six of us in our party – and we were the only ones on our excursion. We were met at the port by our driver that took us to the sloth experience, where we got to meet Sid the sloth – and hold him (which was our only goal). And did I mention it was AMAZING!!!!!
The sanctuary has eight sloths that they rotate through the holding experience. They make sure not to stress out the sloths and limit the number of people that visit each day. We learned about the sloths and got to see them in the mangrove trees that they hangout in when not being held. We learned how to tell the difference between a male and female sloth. The markings on the back of the male sloth are something I had never seen before. And did I mention being hugged by a sloth is AMAZING!!!
After each of us held Sid, we then got to experience the spider monkeys and birds that are also part of the sanctuary. The monkeys were very playful and inquisitive. Make sure you don’t have anything in your pockets that they might find interesting. This little friend tried to take the money out of my husband’s back pocket. I’m sure he thought my husband was hiding sunflower seeds in there.
After finishing up with at Daniel Johnson’s, our driver took us on a tour of the island. We stopped at a little gift shop, drove through a beautiful beach resort area and then we made a visit to the rum factory. It was truly a great day!
To learn more about this excursion or schedule your hug from Sid the wonder sloth today, click here.
Until next time,
Danielle