Need to know
Rooms
Eight suites.
Check–Out
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates include à la carte breakfast (including lavish fruit plates, fresh juice, coffee and tea), free daily shuttles to various nearby beaches and a free guided meditation session.
Also
Yoga classes can be arranged at a studio downtown, just ask the team at reception to arrange them.
At the hotel
Spa; gardens; free WiFi throughout. In rooms: balcony with hammock, minibar, coffeemaker.
Our favourite rooms
Each villa is contemporary and open-plan, with teakwood panels, bamboo ceilings, giant floating beds and wide balconies that hold a hammock built for two. Of them, the top-floor Suite Villas are the brightest, with the most dramatic rainforest views.
Poolside
The pool is one of a kind: a sharply rectangular saltwater infinity pool lined with dark-green Balinese tiles. It offers bird’s-eye ocean views, a trio of semi-submerged sunloungers and calming under-water music. The lounge beside it is an ideal spot for afternoon reading and cocktails.
Spa
The open-air spa pavilion has jaw-dropping ocean views, which you can admire from the relaxation lounge. The menu has a relaxing role call of facials, massages, wraps and scrubs using local products; there's a special treatment room for couples' massages and a shower and bath tub for soaking and scrubbing in post-treatment.
Packing tips
Bring a swimsuit for the hydrotherapy tub at the spa, and surfing gear for tackling the perfect curls nearby. No need to bring binoculars for glimpsing passing toucans and monkeys: every room has a pair at the ready.
Also
Each room is equipped with an iPad that is fully loaded with spa options, the day’s menus and information about the property, not to mention music and books for enjoying by the pool.
Children
Leave them at home: Kurà's over-18s only.
Sustainability efforts
As a member of the Cayuga Collection of Sustainable Luxury Hotels and Lodges, Kurà works hard to protect it's surrounding; the hotel uses drip technology to water the lush gardens, relies on solar power, harvests local ingredients for the restaurant, has banned single-use plastic, uses naturally sourced teakwood to built all furnishings, and hires and trains all staff locally. The hotel also runs community development projects and works closely with a non-profit to support a primary school in Uvita, building new classrooms and providing teaching materials and school supplies.