Tiny houses in Costa Rica

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€95median / night€71–€127 typical

66for 2 guests

67family-sized

2on wheels

8.9/10avg rating106 rated

Building types137 Cabin7 Tree house6 Geodesic dome3 Tiny house2 Safari tent1 Container home

Read the guide: The 12 best tiny houses in Costa Rica — from Arenal to the southern Pacific

Costa Rica's checked stays now split eleven ways, and the country's centre of gravity has shifted to the mountains. San Gerardo de Dota, a cloud-forest valley below Cerro de la Muerte on the road to San Isidro, is now the largest single cluster at 33 checked stays — quetzal country, with small cabinas built for birders and hikers rather than beach tourists. La Fortuna, at the foot of the Arenal volcano, still carries 18 — hanging bridges, waterfalls and the hot springs the region built its whole tourism trade around, one of the more active volcanoes on the Pacific Ring of Fire even in its current quieter phase. Monteverde, a genuine cloud forest of orchids, ferns and hummingbirds crossed by hanging bridges and canopy zip-lines, carries 10, and Bijagua, at the foot of Tenorio Volcano and its turquoise Río Celeste, rounds out the highlands with 6.

On the Pacific coast, Manuel Antonio leads with 15 checked stays, its small, celebrated national park backing directly onto the beaches. Santa Teresa and neighbouring Mal País, at the western tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, carry 14 — a surf town that grew fast around one long beach and now runs some of the country's most polished small-bungalow compounds. Uvita and Dominical, together known as Costa Ballena, add 9, built around the whale-tail sandbar at Marino Ballena National Park.

Further north, Guanacaste's Gold Coast — Tamarindo, Flamingo and Playas del Coco — is now the second-largest cluster at 20, a stretch of dry tropical forest and surf beaches an hour from Liberia airport, with leatherback turtles nesting at Playa Grande from October to March. Nosara and Sámara add another 10: Playa Guiones' surf-and-yoga scene, Sámara's calmer bay, and the mass turtle arribadas at nearby Ostional. And new to the checked list this round is the southern Caribbean coast — Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Cocles, Punta Uva, Manzanillo and Cahuita National Park, with 18 stays and an Afro-Caribbean culture distinct from the rest of the country — plus Tortuguero, reachable only by boat or small plane, where turtles nest from July to October and only 2 small stays have been checked so far.

Types skew heavily toward the timber cabin and casita, 137 of the 155 checked stays; the rest are 7 treehouses, 5 geodesic domes, 3 tiny houses, 2 safari tents and a single container home. Seasons vary by coast: the Pacific side and the mountains run dry from December to April and wet from May to November, with afternoon showers heaviest in September and October; Guanacaste is the driest region overall, sunny from November to April; the Caribbean coast keeps its own rhythm, driest from February to April and again from September to October, wettest in December and July.

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Tropical 3 Cozy Cabins with Pool in Central Uvita

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Uvita & Dominical (Costa Ballena) · Costa Rica

1. Tropical 3 Cozy Cabins with Pool in Central Uvita

10.0 1 reviews on Booking.com · 4 guests

In Uvita, about 8 km from Uvita & Dominical (Costa Ballena) · Coast

Whole home, checked

€144/ nightPrice checked August 8, 2026

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1. Tropical 3 Cozy Cabins with Pool in Central Uvita

2. M&M Container Home

3. Ananta Forest - Sunset & Gulf View - Glamping Dome and Mountain House

4. Tiny house PZ

5. Private Casita Jungle Treehouse Ocean View

6. Gecko Treehouse with Jungle View, Plunge Pool & WiFi

7. Casa del Árbol

8. La Comarca River Glamping Dome near Manuel Antonio

9. Igloo Beach Lodge

10. Treehouse Inn on the Beach

11. Samara Tarantela, Treehouse

12. Serenity of Nature - Tiny Home in Manuel Antonio

13. Jungle Living Tree Houses

14. A-frame cabin

15. A-frame cabin

16. My little cabin! Up to 6 guests

17. A geodesic dome surrounded by nature in La Fortuna, Santa Cruz, just 5 minutes from town.

18. Pura selva tree house

19. Sharma Costa Rica - Heliconia Casita

20. Chalet Escondido fifteen minutes from beaches Pura Vida

21. Surf Casitas - Mid Tide Bungalow

22. La cabaña del Colibrí

23. La cabaña del Dulce

24. Aloki Tsalu 1 Tu refugio entre la selva y el mar

25. Casa Iguana - Beach Walk Bungalows

26. Aloha Surf Nosara - Kahala Hui Cabins #3

27. Casita Jungle Nest, 5 minutes drive to Playa Linda, 15 to Dominical, Wifi Starlink

28. Cabaña con vista al mar y al bosque en Platanillo,Baru

29. Cabaña Ardilla Corralillo

30. Romantic Getaway Luxury Cabin with Whirlpool

31. Casita Amahia , Habitación 4 Centro Puerto Viejo

32. Steps to the Main Surf Break - Casita 1 Dos Hijas

33. Discover Arenal Romantic Cabin Near La Fortuna – Private Hot Tub for Couples

34. New Listing - Mimosa Casita AC/Pool/Paved Road

35. High Tide Bungalow _ Walking Distance To The Surf and Restaurants

36. Buena Onda - Bungalow Carmen few steps to the beach

37. Nosara Hideaway 2 - BREAKFAST AVAILABLE & Mountain View Cabins

38. ParadiseTropical Garden Cabin with private jacuzzi

39. Cabaña Joy-C Mariposa 0

40. Casita Don Eliber

41. Nosara Hideaway 3 - BREAKFAST AVAILABLE & Mountain View Cabins

42. Casa Mono - Beach Walk Bungalows

43. Discover Romantic Arenal Cabin Near La Fortuna w/ Private Hot Tub & Pool

44. Yarumo Lodge, Río Celeste Black Chalets

45. Pura Vista Glamping

46. Agutipaca Bungalows

47. Cabañas Bambú Pérez Zeledón

48. Montana Log Cabin

49. Buganvilia, Cabaña Privada con vista al Volcán Arenal

50. River Paradise Cabin with Private Jacuzzi

51. Cabaña ValFio Bahía Ballena

52. La cabaña de Eugenio

53. Cabaña Los Tucanes - Paradise for Couples!

54. Jaguar Inn Bungalows

55. Flora Glamping de Abuela

56. Aura Bungalow

57. Cabañas Los Jobos

58. Casitas Namaitami - Playa Chiquita

59. Casita Morpho, high speed wifi

60. MAR A MAR Nest Bungalow - Pool WalkTo Beach

61. La Magia Bungalows

62. Cabañas Barú Dota

63. Bitzu Dome-Bijagua Riverside Glamping

64. El Quetzalito Cabin

65. Sea song cabin with private waterfall and river

66. Casita Coco

67. Chalet in the mountain #1

68. Nest Bungalow _ Pool - Walking Distance To The Beach - Security 24/7

69. Glamping Tortuga Verde

70. Dantica Cloud Forest Lodge

71. Chalet San Juanillo

72. The Beach Bungalows

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