Carate Beach - End of Airstrip | Wild Camping

Costa Rica

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Verified:
10 months ago
Altitude:
0.0 masl
Website:
None
Contributor:
Life Remotely

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
No
Water:
Natural Source
Toilets:
No
Big Rig Friendly:
No
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes

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4x4 may be required. Most river crossings are now bridged, but it is a very long and bumpy road. Do not leave anything unattended on the beach. Pack your trash out. There are no facilities in the area any longer. If you're headed into Corcovado you can park your car across the airstrip for $3000col/day.

OK to camp according to locals and park rangers. The jungle just behind this campspot is private and owned by an expat Canadian who is no longer remotely friendly to tourists. Do not enter it for any reason, especially to use it as a bathroom.

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Beautiful spot, end of road before enormous roadless wilderness of Corcovado begins. Right next to a Rio with clean and refreshing water, great views of rugged coastline. Perfect for self guided hike to Corcovado.

Trying to clean-up several pins relating to Corcovado/La Leona and the self guided hike in hopes that this option remains open to overlanders. Locals as well as the ranger at La Leona told us it was fine to camp here. Unfortunately the expat Canadian who owns the property behind this area is no longer as friendly as he apparently was at the first posting a 11 years ago. Avoid his property for any reason and enjoy this wild and incredible place. If your bathroom solution involves digging a hole, take a nice long discreet walk down the beach. Pack out all your trash and any you find. We dug a bag's worth out of the fire pit.

If you are able, please pay Bonnie at the stand across the airstrip to watch your car while you are hiking, buy a coconut, or offer a propina. He keeps this place cleaned up and if no-one has any benefit from people camping here, we are in danger of losing it.

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This is the place where you can park to go visit Corcovado. It is 3000C or $5 for the day.
You do NOT need a guide to visit the park !! I wrote the info on the Corcovado park point

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Slept here one night before our tour into Corcovado. We were standing near the little spot with coconut selling, not al the little well at the end of the airstrip. Quite some ants, but we were able to park around. And some songs kept us company (from the shop)
We did puncture our tire driving there, it's a bumpy road (after Puerto Jimenez) but they are repairing it every now and then

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Great place at the end of the airstrip next to a small well. Much shore wood.

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Spent one night. COVID times. No one around. The road is not that bad and the rivers were (at this moment) shallow creeks.
The path along the airport is really narrow, as the jungle is taking over.

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We slept here after the visit of Corcovado. Good spot to spend one night. During the day there is a small shop, where a guy sells cold drinks and coconuts.
In the morning at around 7am the first cars with the tour guides arrive to go inside The NP.
Parking was free for us here.

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didn't camp here but just parked to walk to the first ranger station and back.
saw a big snake and jaguar on the road between Puerto jimenez and Carate
the free walk had lots of aras, coats and an anteater
the road was okay atm with our 2wd van but we did puncture a tire

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The road down here from Puerto Jimenez is very bad and bumpy. You for sure need an 4x4 to get down here. There are a lot of potholes in the street and sometimes they are huge. You really need a lot of time to make it all the way down. The beaches tho are really nice and we also saw some Aras flying by.

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Super endroit très tranquille avec plein d'animaux attention 4X4 obligatoire

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when you want to do the hike, you just need a guide from luane ranger station. the 3.5 km trail to go there is free and no guide is required

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the drive in was rough the dirt road was oil canned all the way approx. 2 to 3 hours The river crossings were easy . the water level was low. the temp on our thermometer read 44 C. there is a nice place beside the landing strip where you can eat or just have a cold coke or beer. there are several places to camp on beach with shade. on the way in we saw several blue butterflies the size of your hand. well worth the drive charters and jennifer

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Took a camper van here and did not need 4x4, but if it was raining, I probably would have gotten stuck. Used palm and coconut fronds to drive up on the sand. Worked pretty well but had to dig out when we left. Definitely 4x4 recommended out here but you can manage if you are careful and lucky. You won't find a more secluded, beautiful area! You can use bathrooms/ showers other establishments have if you ask around and are friendly.

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4x4 required. River crossings can flood if rains are bad. Do not leave anything unattended on the beach. Pack your trash out. There's a shop at the end of the road offering cold beer, bathrooms, showers and food for a cost. If you're headed into Corcovado you can park your car behind the store for $5 a day. Buy the old Canadian expat a beer and listen to some of his stories!

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