Departure from Paradise
I awake to the gentlest alarm clock: a wren stopped in the hedge surrounding my tent and loudly sang her sweet song. I find a cloudy, drizzly morning has settled in and I enjoy a hot cup of coffee.
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The Corcovado Lodge Tent Camp offers several other guided hikes that I did not have time to enjoy including bird watching in the Carate River, a hike to the Peje Perrito Lagoon and other riverbed hikes in the Madrigal and Carate Rivers. They also offer guided night hikes looking for frogs and nocturnal mammals.
It is a good idea not to have any immediate plans for the afternoon if flying out of Corcovado during the rainy season (May- November). The stormy weather has delayed our morning flight. Our 9:30 am flight arrived at 11:30 and instead of flying directly from Carate to San Jose, we are re-routed to Puerto Jimenez, where will switch planes for the voyage over the mountains back into the central valley. A quick, turbulent plane ride brings me back to reality as the crowds and concrete of the city surrounds me once again. I hope that Corcovado will be in my travel plans again soon.