Ciudad Perdida Ecolodge

Ciudad Perdida Ecolodge, at the edge of Cahuita National Park

Ciudad Perdida sits on the edge of Cahuita National Park on the south Caribbean coast, a few steps from the easy-going town of Cahuita. The lodge is a cluster of small wooden houses in tropical gardens, and it suits couples and families who want privacy, a kitchen and the national park as a neighbour.

Why we choose it

• The park next door. Cahuita National Park is right at the edge of the property, so a morning walk among sloths and monkeys needs no car.
• A house, not a hotel room. Every room is an independent house in the garden, with its own terrace and hammock and a parking space outside.
• Kitchens for longer stays. The larger houses have a kitchen with everything you need, which suits families and anyone staying a week on the coast.

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Rooms and views

The standard rooms are small independent houses with two double beds, a bathroom, a refrigerator, a safe, air conditioning and a coffee machine. Outside is a garden terrace with hammocks.

The kitchen-equipped houses add more living space, a dining table and a full kitchen with pots, pans and plates, so you can cook what you find at the market in town. The houses are built of wood and painted in the Caribbean Victorian style of the old houses along this coast, which is what makes the lodge so pretty to walk through.

On the property

Breakfast is served at the lodge, and there is a restaurant and a laundry service. The gardens are planted with tropical flowers and trees, and birds and animals from the park come through them all day. The lodge began as an ecolodge design project, with care taken over where the wood for the houses came from.

Location and getting there

Cahuita is the quieter neighbour of Puerto Viejo on the south Caribbean coast, a small town of reggae, rice and beans, and coral reef. From the lodge you can walk into the national park and its beaches, and we can arrange snorkeling on the reef, a chocolate tour, or a day at the beaches further south, all with a private driver. See more of Cahuita.

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