Corcovado National Park
Costa Rica

• Sirena ranger station: The station is inside the park. You reach it with a guide, by boat or a long beach walk. It is a hard day, or a night there, not a roadside view.
• Carate and La Leona: The rough road ends at Carate, then a beach walk enters the park. Go in daylight. Do not start after lunch.
• Drake Bay boat: The launch from Drake enters with a guide. A late start misses the tide window. You do not go in alone.
• The trail: Stay on the marked path. If a section is roped off, do not step around it. Do not leave the path to follow an animal.

The forest is why you go. Scarlet macaws cross the Osa, and the useful hour on the trail is first light, with a guide. By late morning the heat is up. Do not leave the path to follow an animal.

You enter by boat or the long track from Carate. Sirena is inside, with a guide, by boat or a long beach walk. From Drake Bay the launch goes in with a guide. Do not start after lunch.

This is lowland forest, and it is hot. On this Pacific side the dry window is December to April. May to November is wetter, and the rain usually builds in the afternoon. Leave at first light.

The Osa is a long drive or a domestic flight to Puerto Jiménez. From town you continue by boat or the Carate track. Drake Bay is a launch from Sierpe. Go in daylight.

Yes. Book through ACOSA before you go. Corcovado is not a SICORE ticket. A guide is required on the trails to Sirena.

A foreign adult pays US$16.95. IVA is included, as of Oct 2026. Fees differ for residents.

It is open every day, 7:00 to 15:00. Leave at first light. A late start can miss the tide window, and you do not go in after lunch.

Yes. A guide is required on the trails to Sirena. That is the rule here, not a rule for every park. You do not go in alone.

Book before you go. A guide goes on the trails to Sirena. Stay on the trail. If a section is roped off, do not step around it. Do not start after lunch.