Award-winning architectural masterpiece by world-renowned Studio Saxe, featured in DesignBoom, DesignWanted, and Architizer. Casa Solai took six years to perfect and stands as one of Costa Rica's most exceptional homes - where two floating wooden pavilions rise above the jungle canopy offering unrivaled privacy and panoramic ocean and jungle views. Nestled 220 feet above sea level and just 1200 ft (1 km drive) from a pristine beach. The Casa Solai Casita can also be rented for an additional fee
The space
Ultra-Luxury Estate with Breathtaking Views and Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living
This exceptional estate offers 4,261 square feet of refined interior living space and 3,513 square feet of expansive outdoor decking, designed for effortless indoor-outdoor living. The property includes a 3200 square foot four-bedroom main residence and a fully equipped 1,061-square-foot Casita (Casita not rented out separately and available for extra fee with main home rental) —each featuring floor-to-ceiling glass windows and doors that showcase panoramic jungle and ocean views.
Property Highlights
• Panoramic Views & Exceptional Privacy
Enjoy sweeping 30-mile ocean and coastline views with spectacular sunsets year-round. Surrounded by pristine jungle and mountain terrain, the property simultaneously provides spectacular views with unparalleled visual privacy. The outdoor copper shower, offering both hot and cold water, is an experience in itself—made unforgettable by its view. Unlike the typical tropical climate, Casa Solai sits on an elevated ridge that enjoys a constant gentle breeze, providing a surprisingly comfortable and even cool atmosphere, especially at night. It is a rare gem in the Costa Rican jungle just minutes from the beach.
• Elegant and Comfortable Accommodations
The main residence features four spacious ensuite bedrooms, including a full-second floor primary suite with a private stargazing terrace and ocean-view shower. The separate guest house offers a king suite with a private deck, indoor and outdoor showers, and a dedicated backup power supply for uninterrupted comfort.
• Artisan Pool & Cold Plunge
The green marble infinity pool is a handcrafted centerpiece, accompanied by a matching in-ground cold plunge. A shallow sun shelf invites you to relax, read, or lounge in the water, while luxury 4-meter Tuuci cantilevered umbrellas provide shade throughout the day.
• Smart Technology & Premium Features
The home includes 4-meter-tall automated glass doors in the main living area, a 160” 4K projection screen TV, high-speed internet, and integrated smart lighting and sound systems. The gourmet kitchen is fully outfitted with high-end appliances, including a Wolf induction cooktop, Vitamix blender, and Ninja dual-level air fryer.
• Comfort, Safety & Modern Infrastructure
Air-conditioning is available throughout the home and guesthouse, including all common areas. The estate features a private water treatment system that ensures safe drinking water and allows for toilet paper flushing—an uncommon luxury in Costa Rica. A gated entry with a nearby nightly manned guard station provides added security.
• Prime Location with Beach Access
Just a 10-minute walk from a quiet, unspoiled beach and a short drive to a private oceanfront beach club, Casa Solai offers both seclusion and convenience.
• Architectural Brilliance
Designed to celebrate the surrounding natural beauty, the home features floor-to-ceiling windows throughout. In the central living area, 13-foot tall automated sliding walls open with a simple voice command or the touch of an iPad, creating a seamless transition between indoor luxury and the vibrant outdoors.
• Outdoor Living Perfected
The estate’s expansive decks, private master suite balcony, and dedicated stargazing platforms provide ample opportunities for both solitude and social gatherings, all framed by breathtaking vistas.
Crafted for Extended Luxury Stays
Casa Solai was thoughtfully designed to harmonize with one of Costa Rica’s most scenic and temperate locations. Whether during the lush green season or the warm dry months, the home’s dual-wall glass panels allow guests to open the house to nature or close it off for air-conditioned comfort.
More than a luxury vacation home, this is a destination in itself—an extraordinary private retreat that offers unmatched privacy, modern elegance, and an immersive connection to Costa Rica’s captivating landscape. Ideal for extended stays of a month or longer, Casa Solai redefines the standard of tropical luxury living.
Guest access
There is a perimeter fence and passcode entry gate. A guard house is located about 100 feet from property entrance and is staffed in the evenings.
Other things to note
How would you describe the feeling or connection to the environment from inside the house?
The connection to nature from within this home is nothing short of transcendent. It is an immersive, almost spiritual experience—one that dissolves the boundaries between architecture and the natural world. With four-meter-high ceilings and dual walls of floor-to-ceiling glass doors that open with a simple voice command, the core of the home seamlessly merges with the surrounding wilderness, ocean, and sky.
Inside becomes outside. You live not adjacent to nature but within it. From the comfort of the living room, you can watch tropical storms roll in, safely enveloped by shelter, while rain cascades around you in a symphony of sound and scent.
Outside, the private backyard opens to an uninterrupted vista—thirty miles of pristine jungle, coastline, and mountains—all culminating in the vast Pacific Ocean. From this privileged perch, you can witness the sun set directly into the sea every evening of the year, painting the sky in evolving hues of fire and gold. At night, the sky opens up to reveal an unfiltered celestial canvas: stars in stunning abundance, only visible in remote, untouched places like this. The Milky Way arches overhead. Planets shimmer. It is a nightly reminder of our place in the universe—both small and infinite.
The green marble infinity-edge pool seems to float above the forest canopy, mirroring the ocean horizon and the ever-changing sky. Elevated on a landform that welcomes a continual, gentle breeze, the home enjoys a rare microclimate: cool, fresh evenings without the heaviness of tropical humidity.
The outdoor shower—tucked privately into the landscape—delivers both hot and cold water with exceptional pressure, and may very well offer the most breathtaking shower experience on the planet. Surrounded by jungle and open sky, it’s a ritual as invigorating as it is grounding.
The wildlife is part of the daily rhythm. You’ll hear the haunting calls of howler monkeys echo through the trees in the early morning and late afternoon. White-faced capuchin monkeys playfully traverse the canopy. A wide array of tropical birds—toucans, tanagers, hummingbirds—fill the air with movement and color. This is not a curated garden; this is a living, breathing ecosystem, and you are a welcomed guest.
Just below, a walking beach stretches for miles—wild, uncrowded, and timeless. You can wander in solitude for hours, feet in the surf, heart in the moment.
This house does not just sit within nature—it breathes with it. The feeling is one of intimacy with the Earth itself, where every element—light, air, water, and stone—converges to create a living harmony between the human experience and the natural world. Words can only hint at the depth of this connection. You do not simply see the view—you feel it.
