Aracari Lodge
Lodge terraces lit at dusk on a wooded slope, banana leaves in the foreground.

Stay

An outside of your own.

Each one has a kitchen and a terrace nobody else crosses. Two of them cook outdoors, under a roof of their own. By evening the steam stands on the water and the garden gets loud.

Four units stand in one garden of tall trees, above Playa Grande at Cahuita. They sit far apart. The pool and the kitchen beside it are shared. The rest stays with one unit.

The pool runs 8 metres by 4, flat at 1.35 metres, with a bench sunk into one corner.

The units carry Bribri names for animals that live here, taken from the University of Costa Rica's dictionaries with Bribri speakers.

A wooden house on stilts beside an open carved pavilion, tall trees behind.
01Suite

Batsù̱

One wide room with a king bed, and a terrace that does the cooking.

King bed · Outdoor kitchen · Private jacuzzi · Very large walk-in shower · 5 m from the pool

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A raised timber house among big trees, golden light on its balustrade.
02Suite

Buà

A king bed facing the garden, warm water outside, and nobody crossing the terrace.

King bed · Outdoor kitchen · Private jacuzzi · Very large walk-in shower · 5 m from the pool

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Palms in mist, the ground dark, warm light behind the trees.
03The house

Wìm

Two bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen people end up standing in.

Two bedrooms, queen beds · Kitchen around an island · Private jacuzzi · A garden of its own · 12 m by 8 m

Room enough that people who arrived together can still spend an evening apart.

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A covered wood terrace at sunset, banana leaves dark against the low sun.
04The apartment

Sèlë

One bedroom, a living room the light gets into, and a terrace along the façade.

Queen bed · Kitchen indoors · Very large walk-in shower · Washing machine · No jacuzzi

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Shared

The middle of the garden.

The pool sits between the house and the suites, under the tall trees. Beside it, one roof shelters the shared kitchen and the lounge. Each terrace and each jacuzzi serves one unit alone.

  • The pool

    Eight metres of flat water in the shade of the garden. The lounge next to it keeps out of the sun most of the day.

  • The kitchen by the pool

    One more kitchen stands under that roof, with a barbecue. Any guest can cook there.

  • A corner for moving

    A small space to exercise in, off the lounge. It keeps the shade through the morning.

  • Bikes and water gear

    Bikes for the road into Cahuita. Snorkel masks, surfboards and bodyboards to borrow for Playa Grande.

  • The shop corner

    Beside the kitchen: jam, honey and chillies from around here, repellent for after dusk, crafts made locally. Our own t-shirts and mugs sit on the same shelf.

  • The sauna

    A sauna and a cold plunge, beside the pool. The cold one comes second.