Ojochal · Puntarenas · Costa Rica
Built for a month,
not a weekend.
Three ensuite bedrooms on one floor, no stairs anywhere. Two offices. Starlink with fibre backup, both on solar. Not one neighbouring house in sight. Twelve minutes from the beach, twenty from the whales.
◐ Tonight’s sunset in Ojochal: 5:17pm
The way this house works best
Give it a month.
Starlink with fibre backup, both running on solar, so the internet survives a power cut. Two dedicated offices, a third desk in the Jungle Room, a full kitchen, and a pool you will use every single day. People arrive planning a week and start asking about the month.
Green season month
$6,500
about $215 a night
July, August, October
Shoulder month
$8,500
about $283 a night
May, June, November
High season month
$11,500
about $383 a night
January through April
Rates exclude 13% Costa Rican IVA. More on long stays
Whale season
Two seasons a year, which almost nowhere gets.
One of very few places on earth visited by humpbacks from both hemispheres, which gives Marino Ballena two whale seasons a year. Humpbacks arrive from Antarctica july through mid-november, peaking in august and september. Then a second population arrives from Alaska and California mid-december through march, sometimes into april.
The park gate is 20 minutes from ours. Most of the region treats August and September as the quiet months because it rains. Those are the best whale weeks of the year.
When to come, and what it costs- Southern season
- July through mid-November
- Peaks
- August and September
- Northern season
- Mid-December through March, sometimes into April
- Peaks
- January and February
- Park entry
- $6 per adult
- Boat tours
- $80–100 per person
What guests say
14 of our last 15 reviews scored ten out of ten.
“The property is great, private and secure… amazing views and it's super comfy and spacious.”
“We enjoyed seeing the toucans and other local birds that came around every morning and evening.”
“The sound of ocean waves ricocheting up the mountain and the morning birds are a natural alarm that you wake up to.”
Getting around
Measured from our gate.
Not copied from a guidebook. We drove these ourselves, with the clock running.
One piece of advice worth more than the rest: rent something with all-wheel drive. The coastal highway is fine in any car. The mountain roads here are not, and the rain arrives without asking.
Getting here, in detail- Playa VentanasSea caves, walkable at low tide12min
- Citrus restaurant, Ojochal12min
- UvitaNearest ATM, fuel and supermarket20min
- Ojochal waterfall24min
- DominicalSurf town; Friday Eco Feria36min
- Nauyaca Waterfalls49min
Book direct
The same house, without the platform fee.
Booking through us costs less than booking the same dates through Airbnb or Vrbo, because you skip the guest service fee. Our rates are published in full on the rates page — no enquiry required, no surprises at checkout.
- Local knowledge from people who live here, not a call centre
- Guaranteed late checkout when the calendar allows
- Direct WhatsApp to Jan and Sonia before you arrive
- Discount codes with local tour operators and restaurants
Your hosts
Jan and Sonia have looked after this house for years.
They meet you at the gate, they answer the phone, and they know which restaurant is worth the drive on a Tuesday. Guests mention them by name in review after review — which tells you more about a stay here than anything we could write.
We are Alan and Viveka. We named the house by combining our surnames, von Rosen and White, and we spend four months a year in it. The rest of the year it is yours.
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