Since 1997
Our Story
A clifftop house that grew slowly, and stopped growing on purpose.
How it began
Built to hold, not to grow
Alta Selva began as a single house on this stretch of cliff above Playa Pelada, built by a family that had no intention of running a hotel. Word travelled before the rooms did, and what started as a spare bed for visiting friends became, slowly and without much planning, twelve rooms set into the rainforest.
We could have kept building. We chose not to. Every room still faces the ocean, every stay is still arranged personally, and the kitchen still cooks whatever the boats and the garden bring in that day.
Milestones
A brief timeline
1997
A single cliffside house is built above Playa Pelada by its founding family, with room for a handful of guests.
2006
The first six Jungle Canopy Rooms are raised into the surrounding forest canopy.
2014
Piedra Spa opens, built from stone quarried within a few kilometres of the estate.
2019
The Cliff Pool Suites and the Two-Bedroom Family Villa complete the property at twelve rooms — and it has stayed there since.