Mist moving over a broadleaf jungle canopy at first light.

Warm waterunder big trees.

Cahuita, Costa Rica

The Caribbean side.

Big trees hold the garden and keep the heat out of it. Rain comes early, then it clears. Cross the road. The path drops toward the sea, under canopy the whole way.

Palm crowns in a lowland jungle canopy, seen from above in low light.

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The day happens outside.

Each one keeps a terrace of its own and a kitchen to go with it. The pool and the garden sit in the middle.

See the units

A pool lit from under the water at night, lamps warm along the deck, the last of the sunset behind.

After dark

Night on the water.

The lamps come on along the pool. Steam sits on the jacuzzi, and the jacuzzi belongs to one terrace only. The air cools. The water does not.

Journal

What we see from here.

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Wildlife

Seven to a Hole: The Collared Aracari Around Cahuita

The lodge is named after a bird that travels in company, sleeps in company and raises its young in company. It is rarely alone.

Places

A Gate That Asks: Cahuita National Park and Its Donation Entrance

A park with two entrances and two prices. At one of them there is no fixed fee, and the amount is left to the visitor.

Seasons

When the Alisios Drop: Why September and October Run Drier on the Caribbean Side

Two coasts, one country, opposite calendars. The rain that soaks the Pacific in September comes from the same weather that quiets this side of the mountains.

Dark sand at dusk, palms leaning over the far end of the beach.

Eight hundred metres of shade.

The path ends on Playa Grande.

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