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This tiny Dutch-run place with a lush garden has five tiled units with fans, mosquito nets
and hot-water showers in cubicle-style bathrooms, plus one five-bed dorm with cold
showers. There's also a nice shared kitchen with free coffee.
Cabinas Riverside
CABINA
Managed by friendly Cahuita local Peck Ferguson and family, this tidy budget place just
around the corner from Kelly Creek ranger station offers nine simple rooms with mosquito
nets and hot showers; five units also come with kitchens. The grassy yard abuts a swampy
area perfect for spotting caimans, monkeys and sloths.
Cahuita National Park Hotel
HOTEL
2755-0244;
hotelnationalpark03@gmail.com
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s or d US$45, tr or q US$60;
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The hotel-style rooms here are large and bare, with dowdy brown curtains and industrial
tile floors, but you still might be tempted by the prime location right at the national-park
entrance. Beach and ocean views from the upstairs terrace (and several rooms) are spectac-
ular.
Cabinas Smith 1 & 2
CABINA
2755-0068; s/d/tr with fan US$12/16/21, s/d/tr/q with air-con US$25/
31/36/46; )
These clean rooms spanning two properties between the main drag and the waterfront are
run by a friendly older couple with deep local roots. Eight newer units adjacent to the own-
ers' home have TV, air-con and wi-fi; five older fan-cooled units around the corner are
primarily of interest to the seriously budget-minded. All share a guest kitchen.
Spencer Seaside Lodging
CABINA
Rooms at this longtime, locally owned spot are rough around the edges but big - and noth-
ing at this price level can match the seaside setting within two blocks of the town center.
Upstairs units have better views, as well as a shared terrace strung with hammocks.
