WHAT THEY SAY ON TRIPADVISOR.COM
“I stayed two nights in a beachfront tent and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.” More…

WHAT THE GUIDEBOOKS SAY
Away.com (2005), Costa Rica's Amazon: Penetrating Corcovado Nat'l Park: "...Costa Rica Expeditions' Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp on Playa Carate is the park's most inviting domicile. Its beachfront setting near the coastal walk trailhead assures both isolation and beauty. And, lest you feel a touch overwhelmed by Corcovado's beauty, the camp's 120-foot tree platform will be able to put it all into perspective as a misty veil enshrouds the dense forest canopy." More...

Frommer's Costa Rica 2004: "If you're looking for a balanced blend of comfort and adventure, check out Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp, which is built on a low bluff right above the beach. Forested mountains rise up behind the tent camp, and just a few minutes' walk away is the entrance to the park. Accommodations are in large tents pitched on wooden decks." More...

1,000 Places To See Before You Die, Workman Publishing, 2003: "At the park's southern border, the Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp is the highlight of a Costa Rica trip for many ecotourists. A unique canopy tour hoists awed guests up eight stories by pulley into the dense jungle canopy." More...

Costa Rica Handbook '99 : "Fabulous is the word for Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp, a civilized, safari-style tent camp fronted by palms immediately behind the beach." More...

DESCRIPTION
Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp is an absolutely unique experience. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world. Located right on the beach on the southern border of Corcovado National Park, it is the only lodge that provides comfortable accommodations with such close access to the famous southern half of Corcovado National Park.

While by no means easy or probable, here the visitor will have the best chance in Costa Rica to actually see the large mammals - jaguar, tapir, ocelot and peccaries - which have come to symbolize the tropical rainforest. There is a good chance that the visitor will have the thrill of seeing recent signs of their existence and knowing that they are in the habitat of these almost mythical creatures. Our professional Naturalist Guides are enamored with Corcovado and most guests consider it the highlight of their trip. The most frequent complaint is that we should have recommended longer stays. Most guests book 2 or 3 night stays and wish they had added at least a day.

On a low grassy bluff above the Pacific Ocean beach sit 16 comfortable 10-foot-square tents pitched on wooden platforms, each with two single beds, providing a base for our 198 acre private reserve. The Lodge includes a screened, thatched-roof dining room and kitchen, a thatched-roof hammock house and bar, and two common bath houses, each with four showers, four toilets, and four hand basins. Electricity is supplied by a small generator, and guests should bring flashlights for illuminating paths after dark.

The most popular activity at the lodge is wildlife observation from the canopy platform in an emergant tree over a 100 feet above the forest floor. Corcovado National Park is the protected wilderness area with the greatest biodiversity in Costa Rica.

Corcovado Guides are either Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the Corcovado area or bilingual personnel who are familiar with the trails of the region. Their knowledge of the area and its natural history together with their ability to spot wildlife makes them invaluable.

Adjacent to Corcovado National Park is another protected wilderness area that covers a large portion of the western sector of the Osa Peninsula. On the southern Pacific coast, it protects 136,347 acres of shallow lagoons, marshes, mangrove swamps, rivers, rainforests, low altitude cloud forest and 46 km. of sandy coastline. More than 500 species of trees have been identified, as well as 140 of mammals, 367 of birds, 40 of freshwater fish, 117 of amphibians and reptiles, and it is estimated that there are some 6,000 species of insects. The climate at Corcovado is generally hot and very humid, with about 280 inches of rain each year. Dry season usually lasts from late December through April.

The Lodge was featured in both Travel & Leisure (Nov. 1995) as well as the New York Times Sunday Travel Section (Feb. 16, 1996).

Corcovado Lodge is fast becoming what we predicted: a world class nature tourism project on the perfect spot in one of the most remote, richest wildlife areas on the planet.