Moderately priced private eco-paradise, impressive views, wi-fi, lap pool

Support a healthy, green environment: We are contributors to several environmental organizations and particularly invite naturalists, birders, and those concerned with keeping our planet green and healthy, and support the Costa Rican government's initiatives to this end. So we offer a 15% discount to other such supporters. We have lived part time in Costa Rica since 1980, and can help renters with most if not all of their travel plans and we have a wide knowledge of the country's tourist areas, parks, and particularly local attractions. Renters should not hesitate to ask questions. For those interested in flora and fauna: coatis, sloths, tree iguanas, anteaters, squirrels, colorful frogs and geckos, and other fauna visit from the National Park. At night the lawn below the house twinkles with fireflies. Wake up to the reverberant trumpeting of howler monkeys, to a serenade of tanagers, thrushes and flycatchers, and colorful songsters galore. All while you enjoy our new 20-metre lap pool.

A writer's home: This property has been the seasonal home of Tekla Deverell, psychologist, and William Deverell, novelist since the early 1980s, so we are among the original extranjeros in the Quepos-Manuel Antonio area, and our villa has been home to many artists and writers (to whom we offer a 15% discount as well) and many others who are just seeking to escape for a holiday to this amazing paradise. If you wish to know more about us, Google William Deverell, author of 16 novels and one non-fiction work. See www.deverell.com.

Extras: Villa Tekla pays for all gardening and maid services by our trustworthy and valued employees who attend to the house and property twice weekly, and all utilities including cable.