First: Get to Carate
Sunday, January 20th, 2008I was up early and caught the 6am collectivo to carate, the gateway to corcovado if you are approaching from the south. Carate is really just a restaurant that also have a few basic food items you can buy. If you are camping or staying at the La Leona Park Station (reservations required) it a 3.5km walk from there to carate.
The collectivo is a small pickup truck with benches in the back covered by a tarp-covered frame. It’s very basic transport for your $7 one way ticket. It takes about 2 hours from PJ to carate. Here is a pic of the collectivos ☺.