San Isidro de Peñas Blancas · Costa Rica
Finca Luna Nueva Lodge is a lodge in San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica. This page records what the property publishes about its building, across the eight pathways this index reviews.
Listing details from Google Places, read 6 Aug 2026.
A lodge on a working farm at San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica, independently run, with six room categories including five Casitas Deluxe and four rooms in Casa Luna.
A lodge on a working farm at San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica, independently run, with six room categories including five Casitas Deluxe and four rooms in Casa Luna. The farm grows cacao, vanilla, black pepper, ginger, turmeric, allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon, and its kitchen is published as supplied with greens, vegetables, tubers, fruit, herbs and dairy from that land. Two of the rooms are buildings in their own right: Casita Esplendor, a bamboo guesthouse by the architect Rolf Ruge whose screen walls swing open to the forest, and Casa de Barro, an earth-bag house made from the farm's own red clay. The restaurant is open-air, beside the pool. Light Rhythm and EMF Harmony have nothing published.
Bamboo lights, desks and bedframes in many rooms are attributed to a named maker, the craftsman Brian Erickson, and the reception building's bamboo was cured by the Boucherie process, which the lodge publishes down to its constituents, camphor, borax and boric acid. The Dome Suite's bed and coffee cabinet are handmade black and blonde bamboo, and its shower opens fully to the rainforest. Casita Esplendor is the only room not air conditioned, ventilated through its screens with ceiling and floor fans. No mattress, linen, paint or cleaning chemistry is published.
All eight areas, for every record. Each row opens to what was published, where we read it and when.
Publishing something is not the same as it being good. Every line below was read and placed by a person, not scored by a machine. What each rung means
Named means the property published something you can look up: a brand, a product or a number. Stated means it says so with nothing behind it. Not published means we looked and found nothing, which is a gap in our reading and not an answer about the building.
The air in a closed room is what you breathe for eight hours. What decides it is the filter grade, the fresh air rate, and whether damp has ever been looked for.
One guest room, Casita Esplendor, is published as the only room at the lodge that is not air conditioned, ventilated instead through screen walls, with ceiling and floor fans available.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casita EsplendorIt is our only room that is not air conditioned, allowing us to use screens that permit the flow of breezes, the wafts of perfume from ylang ylang trees, and the myriad sounds from the forest.
The restaurant is published as an open-air dining area beside the swimming pool, with no enclosed dining room described.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Farm to Plate: Fresh Organic Dining at Its BestCome join us for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in our open-air dining area next to our beautiful swimming pool.
You drink it, cook with it and stand under it. What is in it depends on the source and on what, if anything, filters it, and both are things a property can name.
The swimming pool is published as ozonated and the jacuzzi as solar heated, naming ozonation as the pool sanitation method.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)The lodge offers many different accommodation options, full service restaurant, a small gift shop, on- and off- site tours, Wi-Fi, an ozonated pool, miles of trails, a yoga pavilion, a bird-watching platform, bamboo tower, and a solar-heated jacuzzi.
The lodge publishes that drinking water reaches guests from the tap and that it does not sell bottled water, without naming a source, treatment train or test panel.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)The water from the tap is potable.
The jacuzzi is published as fed from a spring and heated by solar, with no treatment step named.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Who We AreOur retreat center also features a spring-fed and solar-heated jacuzzi and a spa staffed by a professional masseuse trained in many therapeutic modalities.
The jacuzzi is separately published as chlorine free, an absence of a sanitiser rather than a named sanitation method.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Yoga / Retreat CenterWe offer gorgeous yet cozy accommodations, on and off farm tours, a rejuvenating spa, a spacious solar-powered and chlorine-free jacuzzi, and a nourishing farm-to-table restaurant featuring organic fruits, dairy, and produce from our farm.
Light is what tells a body the time of day. The part a building controls is what its fittings emit and when, which a named product or a colour temperature makes checkable.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
Wiring, routers and devices put electromagnetic fields in a room. What a building decides is where they sit relative to the bed, and whether anyone has measured it.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
The things you sleep on and touch: the mattress, the sheets, the pillows, and the paints, glues and finishes around them. A named fabric, a fibre content or a certification can be looked up. A structural palette tells you about the building, not about the bed.
The bamboo used for the lodge's reception building is published as cured by the Boucherie process, with the three preservative constituents named.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Imaginarium of Brian EricksonBrian cured it using the Boucherie process, which saturates the culms with a mixture of camphor, borax, and boric acid.
The Casa de Barro guest room is published as an adobe earth-bag structure built from clay taken from the property's own farm.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casa de Barro / Earth Bag HouseCasa de Barro is an adobe "earth-bag"house made from the deep red clay found on our farm.
Bamboo lights, desks and bedframes in many guest rooms are attributed to a named maker, the bamboo craftsman Brian Erickson.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: The Imaginarium of Brian EricksonAs you will in many of our guest rooms, where Brian's lights, desks, and bedframes will enrich your stay.
The Dome Suite bed and coffee cabinet are published as black and blonde bamboo, handmade rather than manufactured.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Dome SuiteFrom its luxurious black bamboo king size bed to its blonde bamboo coffee cabinet, every detail of our Dome was handmade by master artisans to give you a unique experience of the rainforest.
What a kitchen cooks with and where it buys are the parts of a stay you take inside you. A named oil, a named supplier or a published share is checkable; “healthy” is not.
The farm's biodynamic certification by the Demeter Association was announced in the then owner New Chapter's own release, dated May 2006, which names the certifier but publishes no certificate number or audit result.
Published by New Chapter, Inc., read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: New Chapter's Costa Rican Organic Spice Farm Now Certified Biodynamic(R) by DemeterLuna Nueva, Costa Rican headquarters of New Chapter, Inc., has received official Biodynamic(R) certification by the Demeter Association, the international accreditation agency for Biodynamic Agriculture.
The agroforestry consultancy that manages the farm records, in a 2021 case study, that the farm held organic and Demeter biodynamic certification and grew ginger and turmeric for export.
Published by Porvenir Design, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Syntropic Agriculture: Cacao, Costa Rica, Case StudyFLN was one of the first certified organic and Demeter certified biodynamic farms in Central America, focused primarily on growing ginger and turmeric for export to the United States of America.
The kitchen is published as supplied with greens, vegetables, tubers, fruits, herbs and dairy from the property's own syntropic farm.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Farm to Plate: Fresh Organic Dining at Its BestOur kitchen prepares delicious and healthy foods with the organic greens, vegetables, tubers, fruits, herbs, and dairy from our syntropic farm.
The crops grown on the farm are named individually: cacao, vanilla, black pepper, ginger, turmeric, allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: What Regenerative Tourism Really MeansToday, Finca Luna Nueva grows cacao, vanilla, black pepper, ginger, turmeric, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, and more than 300 other tropical fruits, spices, and medicinal plants.
The consultancy's case study records the cacao varieties planted in the one hectare syntropic orchard on the farm: Buffalo 1, UF 613, UF 653, ICS 95 and R6.
Published by Porvenir Design, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Syntropic Agriculture: Cacao, Costa Rica, Case Study500 cacao trees of the following varieties: Buffalo 1, UF 613, UF 653, ICS 95, R6
The same case study records that the orchard was designed in part to grow food for the lodge's kitchen, alongside export crops.
Published by Porvenir Design, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Syntropic Agriculture: Cacao, Costa Rica, Case StudyThe more specific goals of the farm were to grow food for the lodge's kitchen, while developing a few export grade cash crops (turmeric, cacao, ojoche) over all time scales.
The dairy served at breakfast is published as coming from the property's own herd, managed on pastures described as free of synthetic inputs.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: What Regenerative Tourism Really MeansIt maintains a holistically managed dairy herd on pastures free of synthetic inputs.
Ingredients not grown on the farm are published as sourced from small scale farms in the area rather than distributors, with no supplier named.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Farm to Plate: Fresh Organic Dining at Its BestWe are committed to source most of our ingredients directly from small scale farms around the area, rather than through big distribution companies.
The route from farm to restaurant is published as passing through a single named role, the Farm to Table Manager, who allocates the harvest.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Latest Finca Luna Nueva Updates (July 2023)All of the produce from our farm goes directly to Ariel's Kitchen where he designates what goes to our restaurant and what stays in his kitchen to be processed for our gift shop or tours.
Daylight, planting, outlook and the way a room meets the outside are what make a place feel the way it does. Named design decisions can be checked; atmosphere cannot.
The Casita Esplendor guest room is published with its architect named, Rolf Ruge, and with a stated design intent of opening the room to the forest through screen walls that swing open.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casita EsplendorThe famed Costa Rican architect Rolf Ruge designed this bamboo guesthouse to be open to the energy of the rainforest, with screen walls that literally swing open to a view of the forest.
The bamboo furnishings of that room are attributed to a named bamboo craftsman, Brian Erickson, alongside the bamboo structure itself.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casita EsplendorComplementing the bamboo construction are furnishings also created from bamboo, and we're thrilled that the great bamboo craftsman Brian Erickson once again worked his bamboo magic for us.
The Casa de Barro guest room's materials are published as chosen so the building reads as continuous with the land, a stated design intent rather than an incidental finish.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casa de Barro / Earth Bag HouseThe spacious circular structure was handmade by our farm team with local participation, and the building materials make it feel like this house is a natural extension of the land.
The Dome Suite bathroom is published as opening fully to the surrounding rainforest from the bedroom through an arched connection.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Dome SuiteThe bedroom opens to an arched connection to a separate domed bathroom, where the shower opens fully to the glories of the rainforest.
The shared yoga pavilion is published as a bamboo structure with a hardwood floor set within the surrounding forest, with no species, supplier or grade named.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Yoga / Retreat CenterOur bamboo yoga pavilion features a beautiful hardwood floor and is set in the lush rainforest.
What you can hear at three in the morning decides whether you slept. Insulation, plant and machinery, and what sits next door are what decide it.
The Casa Luna room page discloses that the wooden building may transmit noise between rooms and lists three responses: insulation in the walls, floor carpeting and a white sound machine in every room, with no product, grade or measured level published.
Published by Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Casa LunaWe have placed noise insulation in the walls, floor carpeting and every room has a white sound machine.
Not everything is published, and an empty row is a gap in what we could read rather than a fault in the building. If one of these matters to you, ask the property before you book. Send us something that updates this record
Issued by Demeter Association
Property
Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated · Source checked: 16 Aug 2026
Announced May 2006 by the then owner New Chapter, Inc.; recorded again by Porvenir Design in 2021 and not restated on the lodge's current pages
See issuer recordIssued by Instituto Costarricense de Turismo
Property
Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated · Source checked: 16 Aug 2026
Level not published on the lodge's own pages
See issuer recordIssued by Slow Food
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Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated · Source checked: 16 Aug 2026
Recorded in the property’s published sources.
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Published corrections Full assessment recordSan Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Costa RicaAmericas10.3878, -84.5975
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