Carate · ★★★
La Leona Ecolodge
An oasis along the Carate Beach
La Leona Ecolodge, tent cabins on Carate beach beside Corcovado
La Leona Ecolodge is a family-run camp of tent cabins on the beach at Carate, right beside Corcovado National Park. The rainforest is behind you, the Pacific in front, and the park trail starts at La Leona Ranger Station nearby. It suits adventurous hikers, birders and nature lovers who want to be at the doorstep of Corcovado and do not need walls of brick to sleep well.
Why we choose it
- At the gate to Corcovado. Tours into the national park leave from La Leona Ranger Station, so you are on the trail early, before the heat.
- Sunset from your deck. Every tent cabin has a front deck looking at the ocean and the sunset.
- Camping, done comfortably. The tent cabins stand on wooden platforms with private bathrooms, so it feels like an adventure without roughing it.
Rooms and views
There are two kinds of tent cabin, both facing the beach. The Beach Tent Cabins suit couples and friends, and the Beach Family Tent Cabin gives a family more room. Each has a private bathroom and a front deck with a view of the ocean and the sunset. The cabins sit on raised wooden platforms, with wide windows for the breeze and mosquito netting over the beds, and a garden bath where you shower under the trees.
On the property
The restaurant cooks with local ingredients and fish caught along this coast, and the coffee comes from a family cooperative on the Osa Peninsula. The family behind the lodge has run it with future generations in mind, buying locally wherever it can.
From the lodge, certified guides lead hikes into the rainforest, and there are kayaking and horseback tours. Macaws, monkeys and sea turtles are among the animals people come here hoping to see.
Location and getting there
Carate is at the end of the road on the Osa Peninsula, the southern entrance to Corcovado National Park. The lodge arranges transfers between Puerto Jiménez and Carate, and we plan the rest of your Osa days around it. See more of Carate.
Rooms & suites
Our favourite rooms, and why
Bungalow Garden View
Family Bungalow
Rooms With Shared Bathroom
How it compares
Hotels we book in Carate
From our own hotel records: stars, themes and amenities. Nothing here is a price.
| La Leona Ecolodge | Corcovado Adventures Tent Camp | Danta Corcovado Lodge | Lookout Playa Tortuga | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Team favourite | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Check availability | See hotel | See hotel | See hotel |
On the property
What you will find there
Getting there
Where it is
Your Costa Rican driver waits at arrivals and stops whenever you like on the way: fruit stands, a sloth in a tree, a bathroom.
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