A ten-acre rainforest estate of seven hand-built houses.
Howler monkeys at dawn, sloths in the Cecropias, a private 300m of Caribbean coast. 5-leaf certified sustainable since 1999.
Not a hotel. A private estate.
Ten acres of botanical garden behind one gated reception. Private beach access. EV charging. Seven self-contained houses scattered across the property. You will see staff at check-in and not again unless you ask.
Seven houses. No two alike.
Where the jungle meets Punta Uva.
Caribe Verde began in 1999 with a single stilted house built around a hundred-year-old Sangrillo tree by Edsart Besier — a Dutch architect who'd come to Costa Rica looking for a place where building could happen on the rainforest's terms. Pamela Rodríguez joined a few years later, bringing yoga, Pilates, and the slow rhythm that now sets the pace of the estate.
Over twenty-five years, six more houses appeared — each built from what fell, what could be salvaged, or what local craftsmen could shape by hand. Nispero wood from a hurricane tree. Guadua bamboo from a neighbouring grove. Recycled glass bottles. A real 1980 American school bus. No two are alike; none of them sit on the same axis.
The Iguanaverde Foundation maintains a green-iguana reserve on the property. Howler monkeys and three-toed sloths visit the trees daily. The 5-leaf rating from the Costa Rican Tourism Board is the highest the country gives.
What lives here with you.
The estate is shared with sloths, howler monkeys, green iguanas, toucans, frogs, and hummingbirds. We feed nothing, fence nothing in, and use no insecticides anywhere on the ten acres.
The Caribbean coast has its own weather.
Sunny and reliably dry for the Caribbean side. Clear turquoise water, peak snorkelling. Book early — North-American holiday weeks fill months out.
Lush rainforest, most active wildlife, short tropical showers in the afternoon. Beaches stay quiet — our favourite stretch of the year for the gardens.
The coast's secret mini-summer. Calm seas and best visibility for diving the Manzanillo reef. Mostly sunny days, rare and brief showers.
Heaviest showers of the year and the biggest surf swell — dramatic skies, empty beaches, lowest occupancy. Our cheapest rates and the deepest quiet.
Book any house, direct.
Each of our seven houses has its own page and its own booking calendar — reserved direct, never through an OTA, with the same calendar staff use at reception.
We will match any rate you find for the same house and dates, no questions asked.
Full refund up to thirty days before arrival. Travel insurance covers anything closer.
A quarter holds your dates. Balance is due fourteen days before you arrive.
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