Tiny houses in Costa Rica

Monteverde sits high in the Tilarán mountains, where mist rolls through a genuine cloud forest thick with orchids, ferns and hummingbirds, criss-crossed by hanging bridges and famous for its canopy zip-lines. It has been a byword for Costa Rican eco-tourism for decades, drawing visitors specifically for the forest rather than any single sight.

Manuel Antonio, on the Pacific coast, pairs a small but celebrated national park — beaches backed by rainforest, with capuchin and squirrel monkeys often visible right from the trails — with a lively strip of hotels and restaurants along the road leading to it, making it one of the country's easiest wildlife-and-beach combinations.

Our verified stays span both regions: cabins and treehouses around Monteverde, plus a dome, a treehouse and a tiny house near Manuel Antonio — genuinely varied builds rather than a single style. December to April is the dry season and by far the easier stretch for both regions; May to November brings the rains, heaviest in the afternoons, with Manuel Antonio's coast generally drier overall than Monteverde's mountain cloud forest.