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20°12′N 87°27′W · 11 M

Casa Raíz

Built around three chechén trees rather than through them.

6 guests3 bedrooms3 beds3 baths4.88(143)

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  • A tree in the stairwell

    The chechén runs up through the middle of the house and out through the roof. It is not decorative.

  • Freshwater cenote, private

    Eighty metres along the path behind the house. Cold, clear, and yours.

  • Off-grid, quietly

    Solar and a well. You won't notice, except that it's silent.

Casa Raíz is mostly open. Three of the four elevations are screen rather than glass, so the house is full of jungle noise at night and jungle light in the morning, and it never gets hot in the way a sealed building does.

The structure is chukum-rendered concrete and local hardwood, built around three big chechén trees that Renata refused to cut. One of them now grows up through the stairwell. There is a plunge pool on the roof deck and a proper cenote — cold, deep, entirely private — eighty metres down a path behind the house.

The beach road is fifteen minutes by bike. The house is deliberately not on it.

Where you’ll sleep

Canopy bedroom

King bed · screened, no glass

Ground bedroom

Queen bed · ensuite

Garden room

Queen bed · outdoor shower

What’s here

  • Private cenote access
  • Plunge pool
  • Solar powered
  • Outdoor shower
  • Hammocks
  • Fast wifi — Starlink
  • Bikes for four
  • Open-air kitchen
  • Mosquito screens
  • Parking

Renata Solís

Host and builder · hosting since 2019

“We moved the foundation twice to keep the big chechén. It's now inside the stairwell and it is the best thing about the house.”

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4.88

· 143 reviews

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Check-in
4.8
Cleanliness
4.9
Location
4.9
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“Falling asleep to the jungle with only a screen between you and it is the whole reason to come here. The cenote in the morning before anyone is awake — unreal.”
CamilleMontréal · August 2026
“Starlink actually works, which let me extend by a week and work from the roof deck. Renata is responsive and completely straightforward.”
BenAustin · July 2026
“Beautiful and unusual. It is genuinely open to the outdoors, which means insects exist. The screens work well but if that idea bothers you, book elsewhere.”
YaraSão Paulo · June 2026
“The tree in the stairwell sounds like a gimmick until you see it. It isn't. Best-designed house we've rented.”
NilsHamburg · May 2026

Reviews on Lumen are fictional, written for this concept.

House rules

  • Check-in after 3:00 PM
  • Reef-safe sunscreen only — the cenote connects to the aquifer
  • No smoking
  • Please close the screens at dusk

$540night

4.88· 143