Throughout the course of a year, the park receives over 25 feet of rainfall on average. Talk to an Expert about where to go during your travel dates. Getting to Corcovado National Park is an adventure. You will first need to travel to your eco-lodge located near the small towns of Drake Bay or Puerto Jimenez.
If traveling to Drake Bay from Manuel Antonio or the South Pacific Coast, private ground transportation can be arranged to Sierpe where a boat will bring you along jungle waterways to your eco-lodge in Drake Bay. However, the Drake Bay airstrip is temporarily closed so travelers can fly into the Palmar Sur domestic airport where they will take a short ground transfer to Sierpe and then travel down to their Drake Bay eco-lodge by boat. Many Drake Bay eco-lodges have a day tour to Corcovado National Park included in their standard packages.
Alternatively, a minute domestic flight will bring you to the town of Puerto Jimenez from San Jose. Sound like a headache? Talk to a Costa Rica Expert and we can arrange this all for you. Prepare yourself for a wet landing upon arrival at both stations. San Pedrillo Ranger Station is the most northern ranger station in the park and about minutes away from the Drake Bay lodges by boat. Sirena Ranger Station is about one hour from Drake Bay by boat and one of the most biologically diverse locations in the park attracting scientists from around the world.
The Sirena Ranger Station is also the headquarters and largest station in the park. Surrounded by secondary rainforest, many animals can be seen from the network of trails accessible from the Sirena Ranger Station. The facilities of the ranger stations are very basic. Sirena Ranger Station is the only ranger station that serves food from a restaurant. Please note that park service has greatly reduced the guest allowance into each park entrance and lodges cannot guarantee which ranger station you might be permitted to enter from.
There are no roads within the park. After the entrance points, park exploration is on foot. Humidity and heat can be intense. Corcovado National Park averages about 20 feet of rain each year.
Dress accordingly! Hiking in the park can be especially muddy during the rainy season. Encounter with a tapir on the beach, watching a herd of peccaries sainos and observe the fins of a bull shark when it enters the river seem to be scenes from an adventure film, but could be part of your reality if you visit the Corcovado National Park, It is 2.
It is an experience for environment lovers who want to venture and are willing to travel paths with a certain degree of difficulty to witness the wonders of nature. We cannot assure that you will live all possible experiences as this will depend on many factors such as weather, tides, moons and seasons. But certainly tou will live a wild adventure. The communities are joining efforts and offer additional services for the enjoyment of tourists.
Dry season : From mid-December to mid-April, with sporadic rains. Rainy season : from mid-April to mid-December. Annual rainfall : an average of 18 feet millimeters in the mountainous area. It encompasses the only remaining old growth wet forests on the Pacific coast of Central America, and 13 major ecosystems including lowland rain forest, highland cloud forest, jolillo palm forest, and mangrove swamps, as well as coastal marine and beach habitats.
It is wet, remote and rugged, but the trails are relatively good, and the camping areas near the ranger stations are grassy and well drained. If you have ever imagined yourself swimming up to a deserted golden sand beach lined with coconut palms, then rinsing off under a waterfall surrounded by the verdure of the rainforest.
We walked 11 miles 18 km of beach one day and saw one other person. Lowland rain forest, highland cloud forest, jolillo palm forest, and mangrove swamps, coastal marine, and beach habitats support a spectacular variety of wildlife.
All four of the monkey species including the highly endangered Red-backed squirrel monkey , and all six of the feline species found in Costa Rica inhabit Corcovado. All four of the sea turtle species that nest in Costa Rica visit the beaches of Corcovado as well. Over 40 species of frogs including red-eyed tree, rain, glass, dink, and poison arrow varieties, dozens of snakes including a variety of Boas and the dreaded bushmaster, as well as 28 species of lizards.
More than species of butterflies and at least 10, other insects call the Osa peninsula home including a few you may wish were endangered. More than species of birds including 16 different hummingbirds and the largest number of scarlet macaws anywhere in Central America.
There are a total of six ranger stations for Corcovado. Five stations are inside the park and two have camping areas, potable water, and radio or telephone contact with the outside world.
There is also sometimes space under a roof for your sleeping bag. Park contact information — Monday to Friday a. There are several ways to enter Corcovado. From Carate you can enter the park on foot at the La Leona Ranger station camping sites with an outdoor shower 1.
Camping sites with restrooms, a hand wash laundry area, and an outdoor shower are available. Sirena ranger station is 9 miles 15 km west along the beach. At high tide there are several rock outcroppings that block the way. In addition to camping Sirena has a large old bunk house renovated in where you can set up your mosquito net, and roll out your sleeping bag under a roof reservation required.
The airstrip at Sirena is open to charter or private flights with advance notice. From Sirena you can continue mostly along the beach again only at low tide to the San Pedrillo ranger station 14 miles, 23 km. Bunks and showers are available in addition to camping reservation required.
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