La Leona Tent Camp, Corcovado
I stayed at this tent camp right on the boundary of the park, next to La Leona Station. It’s owned and run by a tico family and the land has been in the family for years. The place is immaculate, has meal plans available (since there are no restaurants, stores etc.) and also has their own trails behind the lodge. Since animals know no park boundaries you are likely to see much of the same wildlife here. I thought the food was great. My tent had a great view of the ocean and sunsets and backed right up to the jungle.
When I say tent I mean a wooden-floored, framed structure with tent top and sides. Like in a regular tent it has “screen” windows with flaps that roll up. Since my tent was rather secluded I could keep these up all the time and maximize my view (and breeze). As you can see in the pic below it had a nice porch for lounging, tho most of my lounging time was spent on one of the many hammocks, catching the ocean breeze. The tents just have basic beds and no other furniture. There is no electricity in the tents.
The common area where meals are taken runs off a quiet generator which shuts down around 9. They have nice wildlife documentation available and people gather in the evening to talk about what wildlife they have seen and compare notes. Boli (short for Bolivar), the guide at the lodge (extra $), was great and really funny, too. We had a good time.
I really enjoyed hanging out and doing the guided morning hike in corcovado with Duncan and Nancy from San Diego. They like bird-watching as much as I do so our pace was in-synch. I was also thrilled that they were very generous with their binoculars since, as you know, I lost mine. Thank you!!
I splurged for the 3 meal package with lodging for $75 per night. It is $65 if you have 2 people per tent. they have a donkey cart waiting at the collectivo stop to pick up bags and guests walk 3.5km down the beach to the lodge. All in all a pretty good deal.
Tags: central america, corcovado, costa rica, la leona, osa, Travel
Peggy Rehm