Zum Corcovado National Park

The Nationalpark Corcovado on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica is the most biodiverse spot on the earth, National Geographic. Of course, we did not want to miss and decided to start the trip around the world with a jungle trip.

The small town of Puerto Jimenez is the perfect starting point, we thought anyway!! Upon arrival at the hostel, a leader offered to us, but we wanted to definitely again to check with an agency. We wanted if possible to spend 2 nights at the Sirena Ranger Station, so three days walking in the rain forest in search of clues.

In the agency we were told that there is only one night sleeping possibilities, everything was fully booked, both the campground and the cabins. Thus we called the leader and this immediately came over at the hostel. He told us that the National Park would like to limit the number of visitors and thus made everything as complicated as possible.

His friend the pilot (the only one in the area) could us still book his relationships a place to sleep, but of course only if we fly a distance with him. After drafting a budget, we all agreed that this was the best solution:

Day 1: Flight from Puerto Jimenez to Sirena and there hiking
Day 2: Hike around Sirena
Day 3: Hike back to the coast by Carate and a taxi back to Puerto Jimenez

We had to bring your own food, there, everything was booked in the restaurant where every dish costs 25 USD and the Guide should provide for the camping gear he should have on site.

First, it is different and as you think ....... as we should the morning to take our flight 10h, it was announced to us that there will be no flights on that day, as the motor of the airplane has reached the maximum number of hours and thus be replaced had ....

..... So we decided to make the trip the other way around and took a taxi to Carate to sadly a bit late with the approximately 8 hours to begin trek. The road to Carate is a hilly gravel road, so you have to einrechnen 1.5 hour drive for about 40 km here. Thus, we had to hike in 7 hours to make, so we arrived at our hostel before sunset. That was hard but we made it!

Sirena Ranger Station im Nationalpark Corcovado

And then the next surprise - the campsite was not a campground but a kind of roofed wooden floor, where normally sometimes a few moldy foam mattresses lying around free for the taking, but which have already taken advantage of the guests that have arrived before us. So much for camping equipment our Guides .....! He had then still distended us a mattress and we stretched our mosquito net on - pretty close to second on a mattress to lie .....

Anyway, then another (something bemühtere) Guide so kind to give us his tent, as he was not on the station for the night. What a luxury!

On the second night, in the supposedly everything was fully booked, no one was almost at the "campsite". Apparently reservations agencies often places in advance and the tourists take this then is not it.

In these two days we were able to hike all the trails and observe many animals (more about that in a separate article).

However, to want to last but not least was not sure if and when our friend, the pilot, because would pick us up (no matter if we had stayed also like an extra night) .... and our guide seemed like forever for anything to take responsibility Although promising much as ever, but has almost nothing of the retained what he had promised us.

To 13h on 3

Conclusion: Our guide Vilmar was as they say a "Dampfplauderer" much bla bla and nothing behind it. We also had the opportunity to speak with other leaders at the station over the course of the tour, however, and have found that these incidents in Costa Rica are on the agenda and the Lord guides each amount of Proffessionalität missing .... Well, anyway, our guide was with distance the one who has shown us most of the animals and thus our trip was followed by a memorable experience .... photos!