Once harnessed into a secure bosun's chair, you are whisked to a platform at the height of an eight story building, where you can study life in the forest canopy. Scarlet macaws often fly in to pluck seeds and fruits just a few feet from the platform railing. Monkeys swing in to do the same, occasionally taking breaks to demonstrate their urinary skills-with you as target. Livingston never had it so good. The beachfront facility has 20 roomy and comfortable walk in tents that are raised on pedestals at the base of the hill.
Guests sleep on sturdy bamboo cots raised well off the floor.
Electricity is supplied by a small generator and is limited to certain hours in the dining area and bathhouses. Family style meals are eaten in a screened palenque restaurant. An atmospheric bar has a large verandah on tall stilts. Quite rustic, but it is a marvelous experience being lulled to sleep by the sound of surf and good night wishes from the bull frogs and Pacific screech owl. A ten-meter inflatable pontoon vessel, Guacamaya, designed to navigate through the crashing Pacific surf, is available for reaching Corcovado National Park.