Casa Ibu Luxury Ocean View Tropical Villa

The Home:

Casa Ibu is a spacious and stylish modern luxury 4 bedroom (with A/C's and King size beds) home with surrounding gardens and pool located in the heart of Costa Rica's blue zone, on a large private estate with expansive views overlooking the jungle and ocean. You will enjoy the serenity and tranquility of nature up on the wide floating terrace surrounded by abundant wildlife while being only a 5 minute drive from North Santa Teresa's white sand, stunning and popular surfing beach, Playa Hermosa.

The Space:

Casa Ibu's tropical design and Balinese inspired interior decor lends itself to a mix of traditional roots with modern influences while prioritizing comfort and easy living. The high cathedral ventilated ceilings allow for cool open air living in the main central space of the home with consistent fresh air flow from both the ocean and mountain valley on the other side.
The 4 bedroom villa comes with a complete and professional kitchen with top of the line equipment and appliances, an en suite outdoor bathtub garden area for the principal bedroom, sliding screen doors, blackout curtains, and A/C's in each bedroom, ceiling fans throughout the house, and a fast 200 Mbps fiber optic internet connection. There is a pool down in the garden in front of the house for the guest's private use. The deck around the pool is an open canopy in the forest and a nice place to star gaze at night.

The Property:

Casa Ibu is the largest of 3 houses located on a 4 acre private property. The owners, who are the friendly and laid back hosts, Jonathan and Chantelle, live in one of the houses. The other house is an existing 1 bedroom short term rental home named Casa Khoisan. Away from the busy chaos of town, the secure and gated estate is surrounded by nature and wildlife with unobstructed views of nothing but the jungle valley and ocean. It is located in the tranquil and desirable Santiago residential neighborhood, on top of the ridge of hills that overlooks the area of Playa Hermosa in North Santa Teresa, Costa Rica.

The Surrounding Area:

Playa Hermosa is a popular beach that is well known for its beauty and incredible waves for all levels from beginners to experienced surfers. It is known to be the best beach in the Santa Teresa area for surf instruction. The small, united and friendly community has a few nice cafes and restaurants, a surf shop with board rentals and surf instructors, as well as a small grocery store. The coastline just north of the beach is a protected natural zone that is stunningly beautiful and a wonderful place for swimming and relaxing in the tide pools at low tide.
The drive from the house down to the beach takes a quick 5 minutes on a main public road, and the drive to the bustling area of downtown Santa Teresa takes around 12 -1 5 minutes. Walking to the beach takes 30 minutes, longer on the way back as you have to go uphill. Having your own transport is highly recommended.

Guest Access:

The house comes with parking spaces for 3 cars and 2 ATV's within the gated and secure property grounds.

Guests are welcome to walk around and take a tour of the property. They can follow a trail that leads downhill which passes through a growing food forest consisting of many varieties of fruit trees including mangos, starfruit, guanabanas, avocados, cacao and coffee to name a few. Guests are allowed and encouraged to harvest and eat any fruit that is ready to pick. They may encounter birds such as parrots, woodpeckers, lesson's mot-mots, long tailed manakins, or collared aracaris. They may also encounter animals such as howler monkeys, capuchins, armadillos, coatis, jaguarundis, ocelots, tayras, or kinkajous.

Further down the land they will pass a citrus orchard and eventually reach the bottom of the valley where the property ends at a small river that has a waterfall and pool in the rainy season (May to November). Here, guests will enjoy a beautiful and private place in the middle of the jungle surrounded by nature, feeling as if they had a national park all to themselves.