Snorkeling at Marino Ballena Park
 Duration: 2-3 hours
Includes: Enjoy the Pacific Ocean and its coral reefs in Ballena Marine National Park, where we will take you to Uvita Point and Ballena Rock so you can submerge yourself and explore
Cleanup of Playa Arco
 As part of our efforts and as requested by many of our visitors, we are extending our project of Cleaning up Playa de Arco to include our guest. The process is simple, if you are visiting Playa de Arco and you want to volunteer you time to collect
Whales Watching and Snorkeling at Marino Ballena
 Duration: 3 hours
Includes: The Combo Tour is a good option to see the most of the Marino Ballena National Park; the tour leaves from Uvita Beach and visits the famous Punta Uvita or
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 ABOUT US
Hidden in the hilltops overlooking the pristine beaches of Costa Rica's still-virgin south pacific, where the ocean crashes into the jungle sits La Cusinga. Tucked away in a private reserve of over 600 acres, this rainforest lodge provides guests with sweeping ocean views, sandy beaches, natural pools, and the chance to experience the burgeoning forests and astonishing wildlife of the country's most famous ecosystem - OSA. The hotel offers ten rustic cabins

La Cusinga Eco Lodge is a coastal rainforest eco lodge dedicated to marine and terrestrial conservation and environmental education. Its location on the southern Pacific coast provides guests with sweeping ocean views and a relaxing beach vacation.
In addition La Cusinga is part of a private nature reserve that supplies the visitor with an unparalleled look at Costa Rican wildlife and rainforest. The reserve consists primarily of 200 hectares of virgin rainforest that borders thousands of more acres of privately protected forest.
On Costa Rica's still wild south-western Pacific coast,

La Cusinga and the CST:
La Cusinga's history began around 40 years ago, when owner John Tresemer came down to Costa Rica as a young sociologist student. Finding that the deeply-rooted, agriculturally based community set in the still virgin jungles of the south-pacific represented much of what was lacking in an increasingly modernized American society, John decided that here he would struggle to fulfill his dream of sustainable living: a balance between a respect for the area's natural wealth with the need to harvest a living off of its capital. Since the lodge opened 15 years ago, this family operation has developed into a
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Great coffee in a traditional style
A good coffee is done in the traditional style, one of the so many traditions that we try to conserve, as Costa Rican that we are.
They say that the traditions are something that you experience yourself and that are preserved over generations, and in the La Cusinga Eco Lodge, we have not only preserved our natural
Mysterious Humpback Whales of Costa Rica
The Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica, in the waters surrounding Ballena Marina National Park, is one of the best places in the world to experience dolphins and whales in their natural habitat.
The Pacific Ocean side of Costa Rica, in the waters surrounding Drake Bay, is one of the best places in the world to
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