Maze Lodge
Where the jungle meets the sea.
There is no other place in the world like the Osa. Half of it is Corcovado National Park; one side is a tropical fjord full of whales; the rest is gravel roads, small towns, empty beaches and more biodiversity per square kilometre than almost anywhere on Earth.
The park that covers half the peninsula.
Corcovado National Park is undoubtedly one of the greatest attractions in Central America: over 163 square miles of magnificent tropical rainforest covering nearly half of the unspoiled Osa Peninsula. It is one of the largest remaining lowland rainforests in the region, one of the most remote corners of Costa Rica, and the premier destination for wildlife watching in the country.
From Maze Lodge you enter by boat to Sirena (the deep-park station) or by car to La Leona on the southern edge. See the Corcovado tours →
One of four tropical fjords on the planet.
The majestic Golfo Dulce is surrounded by lush mountainous rainforest and mangrove wetlands — an essential sanctuary for endangered sea turtles, several species of dolphin, and the humpback whales that come here to give birth, mate and socialise. Boat tours leave from the Puerto Jiménez pier, ten minutes from the lodge; at night the water glows. Boat & snorkel tour → · Bioluminescence →
A small town with everything you need.
Puerto Jiménez is the Osa's main town and 5.8 km from our gate: an airstrip with daily flights from San José, supermarkets, a bakery where the Corcovado tours meet, good restaurants (we'll send you our list), ATMs, the pier for every boat tour, and the kind of pace where the scarlet macaws in the football field are the main traffic.
Further afield: the wild beaches towards Carate and Matapalo on the tip of the peninsula, waterfalls in the hills behind us, and Drake Bay on the far side of the park.
By the numbers
- 140 mammal species · 370–460 bird species · 10,000+ insect species
- Over 50% of Costa Rica's animal species live here
- Some of the largest populations of scarlet macaws and squirrel monkeys in Central America
- Five of Costa Rica's six wild cats
- Maze Lodge → Puerto Jiménez: 10 min · → Corcovado pier: 10 min · → zipline: 2 min on foot
Stay in the middle of all of it.
Four private lodges between the park and the reserve, from $110 a night.