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CORCOVADO NATIONAL PARK & LIST 
COSTA RICA

Region (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (15-18th February, 2005)

 

Birding Site Guide

The Corcovado National Park is a phenomenal place. It is accessed from the town of Puerto Jimenez which is the best place to plan and buy supplies for the trip. All reservations for the park must be made at the office. They are very helpful and can suggest itineraries. Entry to the park is $8 per day and camping an extra $4 per day. A special 5 day pass is available for $17. Rustic accomodation is only available at Sirena. Flights or water taxis to the Sirena ranger station are available but are expensive. We took a communal taxi to Carate which left at 6am. This is organised by Tonsa travel and leaves from outside a Soda (cafeteria) in town. Tonsa also rents camping equipment. From Carate it is a 3.5km walk along the beach to the La Leona ranger station where entry and camping fees can be paid. From here it is a further 16km to the Sirena ranger station partly through forest and partly along beaches. This is a very tough (8-9 hour) hike especially with food and camping equipment. Some parts are impassable at high tide so tide charts must be checked before leaving (available at the national park office in Puerto Jimenez). We stayed 2 nights at Sirena which has many trails through forest and is good for birdwatching (Great Currasows are common) and even better for mammals. Tapirs can be seen in the nearby river at dusk. We saw anteaters, coatis, peccaries, agoutis and 4 species of monkeys. After the second night we hiked a further 20km (8-9 hours) to the Los Patos ranger station. On this hike, we saw many Three-wattled Bellbirds and Black-cheeked Ant-Tanagers. From Los Patos it is a further 13km to La Palma from where buses run back to Puerto Jimenez. I saw 132 species including 18 lifers.

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Species seen 


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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