The estate grounds below misty mountains, Nosara, Costa Rica
The property · Nosara, Costa Rica

Ready to live in.
Room to become.

16.3 acres on the Nosara River, with the water, the roads and the permissions already in place.
Overview

Sixteen acres, primed for a singular life.

The estate runs from rolling flatland to riverfront. Gravel roads thread through it, and prepared building sites open onto the mountains and the valley, one of them onto a sunset view of the ocean. It is move-in ready today, and it was built to be shaped: a private estate, a cluster of residences, or a retreat at scale.

Its foundation is rare in Nosara. Two sources of water, including a usage concession that can take years to secure. Solar with battery backup beside on-grid power. Two gated entrances, accommodation for staff, and secure storage. A water letter has already been granted, which shortens the road to construction permits considerably. And for anyone who works from here, two sources of internet: a fibre-optic line run directly to the house, with Starlink behind it.

Offered at
$3,995,000 USD
16.3 acres · the residence, the well and the gardens

Adjoining parcel also available. A further 16.9 acres with a seasonal pond that draws migratory birds, extending the estate to roughly 33 acres in all. Enquire for details.

The land I

The river, along the whole southern edge.

The Nosara River is the estate's southern boundary, with extensive frontage and a forested corridor the wildlife uses as a road. Horses come down to drink. The crocodile keeps to its stretch.

Horses at the Nosara River on the southern boundary
The river, southern boundary
The land II

Building sites, already prepared.

Several landings have been cut and levelled, each with its own outlook: the mountains to the east, the valley below, and from one, the sun going down into the Pacific. Gravel roads reach all of them. The main house sits on the highest, with the gardens falling away beneath it.

A landscaped garden with mountain views
From the upper landing
The land III

The entrance, and the road in.

Two automatic gates, opened by clicker or by a phone call. A paved motor court at the house with charging for electric vehicles. Gravelled roads throughout, a service road to the further reaches, and a seasonal waterfall across the road in the rains.

The service gate, one of two entrances to the property
Two entrances to the property
Mist rising over the estate canopy at dawn
The essentials

Built to run, off-grid or on.

The things a buyer asks about first, already answered. Everything below is in the ground, permitted, and working.

WaterTwo sources

  • Own well, drilled to 100 metres, legally permitted, on a solar pump
  • A ten-year concession that transfers with the sale
  • Concrete holding tank with pump house and pressure tank
  • Also connected to Santa Marta municipal water
  • Irrigation installed to sections of the gardens

PowerTwo sources

  • Solar with battery backup: runs the house six hours uninterrupted
  • On-grid through a newly installed transformer for the property
  • Designed for resilience, season to season

ConnectivityFibre and satellite

  • Fibre-optic line run directly to the house
  • Starlink for satellite redundancy
  • Long-range Ubiquiti coverage throughout the grounds

InfrastructureAlready in the ground

  • Two automatic sliding entrance gates
  • Gravelled roads throughout the property
  • Accommodation for staff

StorageIncluded in the sale

  • One 20-foot container of garden equipment
  • Two 20-foot storage containers, one powered with a dehumidifier

PermissionsThe rare part

  • Water letter granted, expediting construction permits
  • Well concession and municipal connection in place
  • Titled, surveyed, held in a Costa Rican SRL
An untamed sanctuary

The land is alive.

Mountain and river views throughout, and a landscape that the wild has moved back into. These have all been seen on the property over the years; none of them were invited, and all of them stayed.

  • Howler monkeymost mornings, in the canopy
  • White-nosed coatiin troops, along the paths
  • Capuchinpassing through the river corridor
  • Anteater and armadilloat dusk
  • Crocodilein the river
  • Jaguarthree sightings in the last decade
  • Turquoise-browed motmotresident
  • Owls, toucans, parrotsand birds without number
Plate of a white-nosed coati
White-nosed coati · Nasua narica · resident
Proximity

Close to everything, apart from all of it.

  • On foot
  • 1 MINWild Child School
  • By car
  • 5 MINRinde Más supermarket
  • 7 MINDel Mar Academy
  • 10 MINGuiones Beach
  • 10 MINOstional Beach
Pacific Ocean Ostional Beach Nosara Beach Pelada Beach Guiones Beach Nosara Guiones 10 min 7 min 10 min THE SANCTUARY ESTATE on the Nosara River N Driving times from the estate
Roseate spoonbills feeding on the pond of the adjoining parcel
Also available

The adjoining 16.9 acres.

Next door, and held separately, a second parcel completes the estate: a further 16.9 acres with a seasonal pond that fills in the rains and draws the whistling ducks and the spoonbills. Taken together the two parcels run to roughly 33 acres. It is offered by enquiry.

Enquire about the parcel
The estate

Sixteen acres, and twelve years.

The house, the well and its concession, the gardens and their register, the roads, the gates and the river frontage. Everything described on this page passes with the land.

Offered at$3,995,000 USD

Nosara · Guanacaste · Costa Rica

  • What passes with the land
  • I
    The residenceTwo bedrooms, made by hand, a year and a half young.
  • II
    The well and its concessionDrilled to a hundred metres; a ten-year concession that transfers.
  • III
    The gardens and the nurseryNine thousand trees and plants, and the means to keep planting.
  • IV
    The infrastructureRoads, gates, solar, fibre, storage and staff quarters.
  • V
    The riverFrontage on the Nosara River along the southern boundary.