Our garden

The hotel is an oasis embedded in a large tropical garden with native trees that home a wide variety of wildlife. Being able to live side by side with many different species since the very beginning, a quarter of a century ago, is like a gift and it is a great pleasure for us to share this treasure with our flora and fauna loving guests.

Our garden consists of a wide variety of native trees and abundant ornamental plants, which home and attract a vast diversity of wildlife. Thanks to a large amount of our organic waste and the production and application of 100% organic fertilizers, our lush garden has become a safe place for all forms of life. The large variety of flora species provides wildlife a site to feed, mate, nest, rest or move freely.

Throughout the hotel garden we have kept biologically natural corridors and paths, connected to outside forest areas, to provide wildlife the possibility to travel around in a safe way in their pursuit to find habitat and food inside, as well as outside, our gardens.

The biological corridor connects our property with a protected area across the street. This protected area measures more than 2 hectares. In the past, trees allowed the howler monkeys and squirrels to enter the hotel area. In April 2006, a tree fell down right in front of the hotel and the passageway was disconnected, therefore we built the first monkey bridge in Tamarindo which has been used not only by them but also by porcupines, squirrels and anteaters. The following map is arepresentation of the main routes maintained by the hotel as biological paths for wildlife.  Read more…

WILDLIFE

In each corner of the hotel one can observe the magnificent beauty of Costa Rica’s nature. Birds, howler monkeys, squirrels, gray iguanas, green iguanas, geckos, skunks, frogs and raccoons are just some of the animals that can be seen almost daily throughout the hotel’s garden. With some luck, sometimes nocturnal wildlife such as porcupines, anteaters, armadillos and opossum can also be seen.

If you would like to know more about the wildlife you can spot in our garden, please visit: Wildlife

plants

In our garden we have more than 60 different species of trees and ornamental plants, most of them are native species but some are also very conspicuous exotic tropical species. Tamarindo tree, Guanacaste tree, Star fruit tree, Cotton plant, Flamboyant, Spiny Cedar, Kapok tree and Calabash tree are some of the species that you can find here. 

If you would like to know more about our plants, please visit: Illustrated Review of some Garden Plants