A Self-Sustaining Tree House Community in Costa Rica

Chris in Inspiration

6/10/13

[updated: 1/5/21]

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Inside the rain forests of Costa Rica, there’s an entire “neighborhood” of tree houses… a full community complete with a cafe, community center, and, oh yeah: a network of zip lines, which residents use to move among the tree top properties. The community is called Finca Bellavista, and My Modern Met calls it a “a pioneering, off-the-grid, self-sustaining tree house community. Founded by couple Erica and Matt Hogan back in 2006 as a way to save a large portion of rainforest, Finca Bellavista has transformed into an ever growing commune with 27 separate tree house style structures and more planned for construction.”