Enjoy beautiful Santa Teresa Beach at your back door.
Location: Santa Teresa, Mal Pais Area, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America (4 miles from Mal Pais, 45 minutes from Tambor Airport) View Map
Accommodations: Private Beachfront Bungalow, 2 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths (Sleeps 4)
BEACHSONG
The best house at a great reduced low price. Compare our price with others that have this ocean view, Beachsong is the best deal on the Santa Teresa beach. There are not many homes where you can see the surfers from your bedroom or from anywhere in the house.
Tucked away on the exclusive north end of Playa Santa Teresa, within walking distance of the Flor Blanca and Milarepa resorts and restaurants, this home enjoys a pristine, beachfront location with no close neighbors to intrude upon your holiday. This one-of-a-kind beach house at the end of a long driveway is obscured from the main road by natural foliage and secured by a remote controlled gate. Located on the best white sand beach on the Nicoya Peninsula. Surfers can easily catch waves directly in front of the house, or you are a short paddle from “Suck Rock”. The stylish fully air-conditioned two bedroom, 2 ½ bathroom house is sophisticated enough to please the most discriminating guest with contemporary design elements and amenities. Yet, it retains the casual ambiance of a beach front Eden, where one can relax on one of two, spacious, roofed porches after an afternoon spent in the sunshine and waves with a cold beer in one hand, a book in the other and sand between your toes.
Beachsong comes fully furnished with a gourmet kitchen complete with a Viking range and dishwasher, satellite TV, DVD, iPod connectivity (Bose ipod dock), clothes washer and dryer and a safe to store valuables. Relax in each of the bedrooms’ king size beds while enjoying views to the beach, or luxuriate beneath the hot water in the glass walled showers. The house is fully enclosed, so it is free from bugs. For those who prefer ocean breezes to air conditioning, sliding glass door lead to the front porch to enable your desires.
While one can retreat into the fully air-conditioned house, it’s the natural elements of this property that are most alluring. White-face and howler monkeys greet one another as they transverse the canopy of native trees, hermit crabs trace intricate roadways in the sand as they forage for fallen coconuts, iguanas bask in the midday sun, and tropical birds who alight on nearby branches call out to one another. Beyond the edge of this organic front yard, the azure expanse of the Pacific Ocean beckons you. For those who prefer to leave their iPods at home, the soundtrack of waves that crest and break just yards from the front door may prove to be all the music you need.
The home is limited to four (4) guests total, including children, and we request that all guests be at least eight (8) years of age. The one story home is elevated to take advantage of the ocean views and breezes, making the open porches unsafe for small children. A security deposit of $300. is required, and will be refunded to you upon your departure.
Getting to Playa Santa Teresa is half the adventure, and a variety of transportation options are available to you. We are approximately 6 hours from San Jose by car, and the nearest airstrip is approximately 30 minutes away. If you are renting a car make sure you get a GPS, they take the guess work out of a complicated drive. We are located halfway between Flor Blanca Resort and Casas Pura Vida , log on to malpais web for more info and maps. If you need advice on where to stay, please call me at my toll free number (800-830-8508).
Just imagine how many waves have crashed onto the white sand beach since you have read this… We invite you to be one of the privileged few to indulge in this private paradise, Beachsong.
Do We need a Rent-a-Car? Yes, better a 4X4. Most of the local roads are gravel, with potholes, a 4x4 gives you a more comfortable ride, higher clearance and is safer. I don't think the rental companies will allow you to rent a small car if they know you are going to Santa Teresa.
How Do We Get There?
Fastest: Fly from SanJose on Sansa or Nature Air to Tambor, arrange your rent-a-car to meet you at the airstrip. Drive one hour west through Cobano to MalPais/Santa Teresa.
Easiest: Montezuma Expeditions operates a door to door van shuttle service, $40./person. They pick you up in the SanJose area and deliver you to the house. They also own a small hotel near the SanJose airport called Los Volcanes, to make the transfer even easier. A rent- a-car should be pre-arranged for delivery to the house.
Cheapest: Rent your car in SanJose and drive yourself to the beach. Allow 2.5 hours for the drive from San Jose to Puntarenus, aim to catch the big Tambor2 ferry a one hour sailing time, then a 1.5 hour drive from the dock in Paquera to the beach. 6 hours, depending on the wait time for the ferry.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: The house is fully air conditioned, each bedroom has it's own AC machine or if you prefer there are cieling fans.
- Washer: Full size washing machine in laundry room off the kitchen.
- Dryer: Full size dryer, be green and use the clothes line, there is a good chance you will see the monkeys in the trees by the clothes line.
- Linens Provided: Beach Saroongs are supplied to use instead of beach towels (or clothes), beach towels are supplied preferably for use at the tide pools, or in the boat, anywhere but on the sand. Sandy beach towels destroyed the water pump in the washing machine.
- Off Street Parking: The house is well off the street down a long private driveway with lots of room to park.
- Beds
- King Bed: Lots of pillows, fluffy white blankets, reading lights over beds.
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV: Sky TV
- DVD
- Video Library: We have a box of 20 DVD 's
- Stereo System
- Music Library: Bose i-pod music dock/ bring your i-pod
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen: Side by side fridge, viking stove, microwave, blender, juicer, baking dishes, pot & pans, fry pans, toaster oven
- Cooking Utensils Provided: Good quality pots and pans and non-stick fry pans. Electric kettle and coffee maker.
- Refrigerator: Brand new side by side fridge
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Catering Available
- Outdoor Features
- Charcoal BBQ Grill: We have a bar-b-que fashioned from a rim of a car tire. It works well and the charcoal sold in CR is far superior to brickettes.
- Lanai: Features seating for 4 at the table plus 2 at the sacrifical altar, you can comfortably watch the waves while seated. There are ceiling fans over the seating areas.
- View/Location
- Beachfront: Surf directly in front of the house. The house in built on the sand, no shoes necessary. Go to the beach in your PJ's, there is no one around. We have a wooded bench on the beach to watch sunsets from or to watch the waves so you can sit in comfort..
- Communications
- Telephone: There is a telephone in the house, 506-2640-0148, local and long distance is calling is free. You do have to share the line with Yammy, I have been waiting for a year and a half for a new phone line but apparently they have run out of numbers for now.
- Free Long Distance: Free long distance, I have a inexpensive call service for you to call home.
- Other Amenities
- There are 2 folding beach lounge chairs, 2 new masks & snorkels (fins are not recommended), hairdryer, remote control driveway gate, straw beach hats, jigsaw puzzles, Jenga, playing cards, Bose ipod dock, small safe, lock-up closet, sandy foot washing bucket on front deck.
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed: We feed the iguanas around the house to the point of them being pets, we don't want to upset the balance with dogs or cats. I was gardening in front of the deck the other day on the ground, and the iguanas came running, it was almost intimidating.
- Not Suitable for Children: Hazardous to small children, as the balconies do not have railings. We have ropes like on a boat between the balcony posts, babies don't perceive the danger and older kids like to swing on the ropes, not good either. it is a 5 foot drop onto super thorny cactus, they would only do it once.
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters: Sorry, no party teenagers.
- Smoking Not Allowed: One of my friends smoked once inside the house, it took weeks to get the smell out of the AC. Smoke outside.
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Boating
- Shelling
- Swimming
- Snorkeling/Diving
- Surfing
- Biking
- Wildlife Viewing
- Hiking
- Fishing
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Horseback Riding
- Other Activities
- There are 2 Canopy Tours nearby, Boat Tour/Fishing out of Mal Pais, Surfing right in front of the house, Boogie Boarding in front of the house, Snorkeling at several different tide pools, Feeding the iguanas off the front deck, there are some great nearby hikes, instructions for all of these activities are described in the 'Welcome to Beachsong Info Book' inside the house.
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
Peak Season ... Jan 05-Apr 2 ................ $350/night (4 persons) .. $2450/week
Holiday ....... Dec 13-Jan 04/10. Apr 3-12/09 $400/night (4 persons) .. $2800/week
Holiday ....... Nov 21-30 ................... $400/night (4 persons) .. $2800/week
Green Season .. Apr 13-Dec 12 ............... $150/night (2 persons) .. $1260/week
Green Season .. Apr 13-Dec 12 ............... $220/night (4 persons) .. $1750/week
NEW REDUCED GREEEN SEASON RATES! Savings of over $200 / week
2 persons....................was $180. .NOW...$150./night . . . .. . . .$1050/week
3-4 persons..................was $250. .NOW...$220./night . . . .. . . .$1540/week
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
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Map & Owner's Profile
Surf Directly in Front of Home, Santa Teresa, Ac,Reduced Rates
Year Purchased: 2002
Why the Owner Chose Santa Teresa
I grew up in this area and after moving away I greatly missed it. I would escape to Santa Teresa whenever I got the chance. I love the quiet beaches and the monkeys and the surrounding cattle country. It is definately more developed now, I can't ride my horse naked on the beach anymore, but it's still pretty laid back.
The Unique Benefits at this Private Beachfront Bungalow
Beachsong is located at the north end of Santa Teresa Beach away from the hustle of the village at the south end. We are near the Flor Blanca Resort and a new super market. Actually Beachsong is centrally located with Playa Hermosa and Manzanillo to the north and Playa Carmen and MalPais to the south. It is approximately seven miles from Mal Pais to Manzanillo, nothing is very far away. When I want a respite from the waves, there is an olympic size tide pool very near the house that I snorkel and just float in. Other times I just go take a hike and do some birding.
This is where the 2 banks are located and other shops in the 'Mall Pais, a great surfing beach, and the road in and out of town to Cobano.
A Big waterfall and swimming hole, a 10 minute hike up the river valley in Montezuma 40 minutes from Beachsong.
Sansa & Nature Air are the 2 companies that fly in here. A one hour drive to Beachsong, the last half on gravel road.
Owner's Map of Santa Teresa
Hi, I have lived in Costa Rica for 30 plus years. Beachsong is my third home I have built. In Costa rica they say it takes three to get it right. This time I've gotten it perfect.
Property Photos
- Enjoy beautiful Santa Teresa Beach at your back door. - Costa Rica Vacation Rental
- Beachsong, a new property, tastefully built and decorated - Beach view. Full AC - Costa Rica Vacation Rental
- Driveway view of Beachsong, well away from the street. - Costa Rica Vacation Rental
- An open eating / kitchen layout, or eat at the table out on the deck also.
- Two spacious bedrooms with king size beds, both with ocean views.
- Crystal clear glass-enclosed shower - plus 1 and1/2 other bathrooms
- Beachsong second bathroom
- Enjoy the waves, beach & birds from the comfort and privacy of your deck.
- Gated entrance to preserve your privacy, then down a long driveway to the house.
- Playa Santa Teresa. Could it get much better than this?
- Horses on Santa Teresa Beach, surfers in the waves, shot from our sunset bench.
- Where to find Beachsong among the beaches of Mal Pais, Carmen, & Santa Teresa
- Hooking two at a time, Randy & Betty shore fishing near Mal Pais.
- Road crew. Renting a 4x4 is recommended.
- Giant tide pool for swimming and snorkeling a two minute drive from Beachsong
- Howler monkeys cruising through our Pochote trees.
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