Casa Lanui

Casa stands for “home” in Spanish, and Lanui means “holiday” in Hawaiian. We guarantee you precisely this experience - a holiday of a lifetime.

Casa Lanui’s design is modern, classy, and hippie chic, ensuring you will feel at home away from home. This beautiful villa is located in the northern, most exclusive part of Santa Teresa, with direct access to the white-sand beach and some of the most consistent waves in Costa Rica, making it a surfer’s paradise.

This 7-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom villa comfortably accommodates large families or groups of friends in a unique and private location. Casa Lanui is part of North Creek Estate, sharing the property with Casa Taman (4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms). Both houses can be rented separately or together for large groups, accommodating up to 28 guests combined.

Casa Lanui features three primary bedrooms with ocean views, one primary bedroom with a garden view, and two kids’ bedrooms, each with two bunk beds, accommodating a total of 8. Additionally, there is a separate studio with a king-size bed, full bathroom, and kitchenette, ideal for accompanying staff or guests seeking more privacy. This studio has features that make it accessible for people with disabilities.

The enormous living area can be entirely opened towards the pool, deck, and beach. This area includes a fully equipped kitchen and preparation kitchen, with plenty of seating at the kitchen island and a console-style table for 8-10 people. The dining area includes an 18-foot-long table that comfortably seats 20 people. The cozy lounge area is perfect for relaxing and includes a 60” television

On the terrace, enjoy the infinity-edge pool with shallow hang-out areas, surrounded by several lounge chairs for tanning and enjoying your favorite drinks with friends and family. There is also an outdoor area with a massage, yoga, and workout area.

The spacious area between the house and the beach is naturally shaded by native trees and includes lounge chairs and hammocks. There is a large dining table located close to the beach where guests can enjoy cocktails or dinner with an amazing tropical sunset view. The white sand beach in front of North Creek Estate is beautiful. You can relax in full privacy in the shade of numerous trees while watching some fantastic, consistent surf or one of the world’s most beautiful sunsets.

• 2-minute walk to grocery store

• 2-minute walk to several restaurants and shops

• Short drive or bike ride to a big selection of restaurants and shops

• 10-minute walk to fitness center

• 10-minute drive to clinic & town Mal Pais

• 40-minute drive to golf course

Santa Teresa, a string of beaches on the southern tip of Costa Rica’s northwestern peninsula, has an edge-of-the-world vibe that still feels remote and inspires dreams of relocation. Driving down the dusty dirt road that connects the area’s four beaches — Playa Carmen, Playa Hermosa, Santa Teresa and Mal Pais —you will wonder what your life would be like in a town that experiences almost year-round sunshine (punctuated by the occasional biblical rainstorm, sure) and consistent 80-degree temperatures. This road that runs parallel to the beach has many cute cafés, restaurants, some galleries and the odd fashion boutique dotted among the surf shops.

Once a sleepy fishing village, Santa Teresa is now an increasingly luxurious surfer’s paradise filled with people who have made this particular fantasy their reality — and the occasional detox-seeking celebrity who likes living it for a week at a time. In addition to native Costa Ricans, or “Ticos,” there are American chefs, Australian surf instructors, French cafe owners and Argentine hoteliers.

An outer ripple of Costa Rica’s countrywide eco-tourism boom, Santa Teresa’s international community blossomed in the 2000s as foreign adventure-seekers discovered its confluence of natural attractions: white-sand beaches, reliable, long-breaking waves and innumerable species of wildlife. And while New Age hippies still populate the town’s scores of yoga studios, Santa Teresa is now evolving to cater to the growing number of comfort-loving families who have discovered its amazing beaches and lay back charms, including its proximity to the pristine 3,000-acre Cabo Blanco nature reserve, five miles to the south, and an increasing array of excellent small hotels, villas and restaurants.