finca las brisas a costa rica real estate community

Finca Las Brisas is a sustainable Costa Rica real estate community located in the hills above Playa Samara Costa Rica.

This part of Costa Rica is called a dry tropical forest with about 80 inches of rain each year. Much of the region has historically been used for ranching. The landscape may remind you a bit of Marin and Sonoma Counties in northern California - rolling hills that are golden and tan during the dry season, and a lush bright green during the rainy season (May through September).

The property (Finca, or family farm) is very diverse and features ocean views, pastures, rivers, streams. waterfalls, steep hills, trails, and more level land where two rivers join and then meander as far as we have followed. A wide variety of native plants and trees call the Finca home. Monkeys, donkeys, cows, horses, iguana, exotic birds, and occasionally a person (usually on horseback) can be seen in the distance.

Click to view a short video of Finca Las Brisas

Ocean view from building lot	Looking north from building lot	Guanacaste tree on highest point	Ocean view lot during dry season	Mountain view lot
Approach to Finca Las Brisas before the road was developed	Corral down by the Rio Frio	Mountain view from building lot	View lot during dry season	Mountain view lot
Howler monkey next to community center lot	Partners and prospects	Valley view lot		Valley view lot
			Ranchito from community center site	Horse back riding on the finca
	Corral in the valley	Mango tree	Visiting lots	Valley pasture
	Secondary forests	Pachote tree	Group hike
To the north the upper portion of our property looks down on an area where the Rio Frio and a large stream merge (noted in the picture below). There is a small wooden structure there that we would like to convert into an arts center. We peeked under this structure one day and saw thousands of bats hanging from the floor! We speculate that it is the bat population in Costa Rica which explains the absence of mosquitoes and other flying pests. The Finca is about 5 kilometers in from the main road. At about 4 kilometers is a plaza where there is a small school for about 10 young children, the school teacher's house and a soccer field. Recently we visited the school and found Alberto teaching a group of 6 boys and 1 girl in an outdoor classroom. Alberto welcomed us warmly and the children found us most interesting. We thought the high-five was a universal greeting among children but not in this part of Costa Rica. We got a list of supplies to purchase for the school and dropped off a bunch of soccer balls. There are two or three other smaller homes in the plaza area and just past the school. There is also a back road that heads up to the mountain village of Zaragoza where they grow coffee. In January of 2007 we improved this existing road for the locals and ourselves for better access through the mountains and over to Nosara. Rafa lives at the start of this road and he is the rancher who sold us a strip of land that connects our property to a public road (really just a trail at this time). He also provided us with the easement on which we put in our new driveway with direct and more easy access to the entrance of our property. At this time there is no electricity to any of these places including the school.