Meet The Owner

Hello there, I am Edsart Besier .

Along with Pamela Rodriguez we are the hosts during your stay at Tree House Lodge . Pamela is originally from Argentina . We actually met here in Costa Rica six years ago .

When I was just 18 years old, I started traveling to South America with my cousin.   Back then we visited British Guiana, Suriname, the rainforests of Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador.

At young age I realized what I liked best was to visit areas far from the civilized world. Off the common track.

Indigenous people inspired me already early in my life with great interest. Together with my cousin I spend some time living with remote tribes in the rainforest of Surinam and Brazil back in 1989.

On my 21st Birthday I changed ´the course of destinations. Costa Rica had drawn my interests very much. During this first visit I bought a small cheap piece of land in Manzanillo, on the southern Caribbean coast. During these years this part of Costa Rica was not travelled much by tourists. The original Afro Caribbeans together with Indigenous where the people who lived traditionally in the area. Together with a hand full of early settlers and surfers, there was not much more going on.

At this time, I studied Business school in Haarlem, the Netherlands. As a young landowner I had lots of motivation to complete my degree as quick as possible. The day after my graduation ceremony at business school, I was on the plain to start this new life

While living in Costa Rica, I realize one of the most beautiful things I have always considered is that no day in the tropics is the same. You wake up and decide what you start to do. there is no routine. No every day the same the same. You start the day and that day shapes, as everything falls into place naturally. Every day again. No agenda. No hurry and we try to keep the stress low.

The so called” pura vida”, which means no more as pure life, gives me a sense of freedom that is unprecedented for Dutch standards.

The opportunities in Costa Rica are always up for grabs. This is the way I live it.  After I established myself on the South Caribbean coast, The Tree House Lodge was one of these things that came across my path. When I started the tree house in 1997, I had no idea this was going to be my legacy. A project which is never finished.

During the first years, I lived in an old school bus, which some locals might remember from that time. The bus was my home versus Car. Every Friday I filled up the Bus with tropical  Heliconia flowers and drove from Puerto Viejo to Manzanillo visiting the first hotels and restaurants in the area to fill up their businesses with flowers.

Over the years the Tree House underwent many changes and has now transformed into the magnificent Tree House that stands today. I live this wonderful life together with my partner Pamela from Argentina.

Now you know me a little better, I look forward meeting you at your stay

Edsart Besier & Pamela Rodriguez