A closer look
The romantic fantasy of living like a high-end Ewok quickly fades when you realize you have to zipline to your bedroom in the dark. Finca Bellavista is an entirely off-grid, sustainable treehouse community deep in the mountainous South Pacific region of Costa Rica. Built to protect the rainforest from aggressive logging, the structures are bolted directly into massive, living trees without driving a single nail into the trunks. It’s a remarkable feat of ecological engineering, but luxury comes with a wild price: your neighbors include howling monkeys, massive orb-weaver spiders, and eyelash vipers that occasionally decide your wooden balcony is the perfect place to sunbathe.
