Casa Canada

Big Corn Island , Nicaragua http://www.casa-canada.com/

(505) 8644-0925

The 20 cabanas make up the poshest hotel on the island—which means nicely landscaped grounds, an infinity pool, and a $99-a-night bungalow versus a room for $10 to $40 elsewhere. But it’s definitely, happily, not a sealed-off luxury compound: a few locals appear each night for dinner. Watch the hotel’s capuchin monkey, Pancho, scamper from branch to grass to beach and back up into his tree overlooking the sea.