Cabinas Tito

Cahuita


Only 200m northwest of Cahuita, surrounded by extensive gardens, this quiet oasis offers six brightly painted, clean and simple casitas, plus a family-friendly Caribbean-style house with a kitchen. There's also a resident sloth named Lola, who's been living with her offspring on the property for years, as well as a three-toed cousin named Alexandra.

Tito has passed on, but his wife maintains his passion for the garden – filled with watermelons, coconuts, limes, mandarins, bananas and papayas. Breakfast can be arranged with notice.


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