Home > Country Estates Country Estates Country Estates Common Preserve  Development Map Services Estate Lots    Development Guidelines    NOW AVAILABLE: Fully serviced estate lots from 6,500 square meters (1.6 acres) to 82,000 square meters (20.3 acres) in a 280 acre development 12 km. east of San Isidro de El General in tropical southern Costa Rica, ready for your dream home in beautiful and hospitable surroundings.   Spectacular mountain and valley views, green year-round.  Bordered to the west and north by shade-grown coffee farms, green pastures, and the AltoMonte thoroughbred horse ranch, to the east by mountains covered in primary rainforest, and to the south by the Rio Penas Blancas Wonderful climate.  At an altitude of 1100 meters on the east wall of the Valle General the daily high temperature is about 25 to 27 degrees Celsius (77 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit).  Warmer, and less windy, than the San Jose area in the Valle Central, but not as hot or humid as beach areas Near Chirripo National Park (15 km. west of the peak of Mount Chirripo, at 3820 meters the highest peak in Central America and an adventure tourism destination) and La Amistad International Park, the largest protected area and the largest rainforest area in Central America     Directly across a river from, and looking upon, Las Nubes Rainforest Preserve, a permanent conservation area owned by York University of Toronto, Canada and administered by their Faculty of Environmental Studies Near Los Cusingos Neotropical Bird Sanctuary, founded by Dr. Alexander Skutch (co-author of “The Birds of Costa Rica”), and part of the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor Within easy driving distance of many beautiful tropical beaches on the southern Pacific coast  Services in the nearby villages of Santa Elena, Penas Blancas, and Palmares, and full services only 20 minutes away along the Inter-american highway south of San Isidro and in San Isidro itself, a city of 80,000 people which is the commercial centre of the southern zone.  VISTAS DE CHIRRIPO Country Estates is a Canadian-Costa Rican collaboration in a beautiful area of friendly Costa Rica, designed to be in harmony with its natural surroundings and with nearby communities.  It is an environmentally-conscious re-development of former cleared pasture land, with selected reforestation amidst large residential lots.  Selected reforestation is now taking place, and in addition the lots have large plantable areas ready for planned landscaping using native hardwood trees, fruit trees, and tropical plants.  Our objective is to provide our residents with large individual lots, with services and with common amenities, in a naturally beautiful setting.  With that in mind our development offers: A good, all-season public road to the development, with 2 alternative routes from San Isidro; Fully titled land, registered in the Public Registry and without encumbrances; Large lots, with stable building sites and much more usable land than most oceanside or oceanview properties; Levelled building sites on each lot, ready for construction (click here for the number and size of the building sites on each lot);   Entrance roads on each lot, completed to the building site or sites with grading and gravelling of the surface; Entranceway gates; Mountain spring water piped to each building site; Electricity provided to each lot; Cell phone coverage, with planned wireless internet connection, and the potential for a hard telephone line with high-speed internet; A common preserve area of 35 acres including a common rancho for residents’ use, a permanent caretaker’s house, a planned fruit orchard, and nature trails with access to the river and along the river frontage; 2.3 km. of river frontage on the Rio Penas Blancas that rushes down from the Talamanca mountains, with common preserve bordering the river.  Many lots have direct access to the common preserve and therefore to the river.  There are also several creeks and natural springs throughout the development; Lot maintenance services at a reasonable cost; Building assistance on request.  See Services LOT PRICING from $60,000. USD.  Click here for our prices on individual lots.   CONTACT US now while our selection of available lots is still good. Current prices are not guaranteed, as land values in Costa Rica are rapidly increasing.  We can offer advice on travel arrangements for your viewing of our development and provide local transportation.   AN INVESTMENT in your future!