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and families on longer stays. The service here is top-notch and the rainforest surroundings
magnificent.
CAMPING IN EL YUNQUE
At the time of research, there was an indefinite moratorium on camping within El
Yunque National Forest. A number of trails had suffered weather-related damage
from landslides and fallen trees, and authorities were conducting an assessment of
safety procedures for visitors. Check the forest website ( www.fs.fed.us/r8/carib-
bean ) or call for updates. In the past, it's been free to camp - within certain boundar-
ies - and a permit was required.
SOUTH SIDE
Casa Flamboyant INN $$$
( 787-874-6074; www.elunque.com/flamboy.html ; Hwy 191 Km 22.2; r incl break-
fast $200-250; ) Some hotels try to create their own 'faux' paradise, others are located
where paradise already exists. Tucked way up high in the mountains and offering panor-
amic views of El Yunque and three waterfalls, the Casa Flamboyant is of the latter variety.
It was once owned by a top New York City art dealer, and its past house guests include Fe-
derico Fellini and Robert Mapplethorpe. With its three gorgeous rooms with private bath-
rooms, and a curious Hawaiian screw pine that could have been lifted from a Dr Seuss
book, this is as elegant as Puerto Rico's rainforest gets. Guests love to watch storm clouds
march past en route to glowering El Yunque while lounging in the pool. Adults only.
Casa Cubuy Ecolodge GUESTHOUSE $$
( 787-874-6221; www.casacubuy.com ; Hwy 191 Km 22; r incl breakfast $110-125;
) If listening to a frog symphony, conversing nightly around the dinner table,
and relaxing on a shady balcony within hammock-swinging distance of a mystical tropical
rainforest has you dashing for your jungle apparel, then this could be your place. Cocooned
atop the winding Hwy 191 on El Yunque's wild and isolated southern slopes, Casa Cubuy
 
 
 
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