Jungle Keva: Award-Winning Boutique Hotel in La Veleta, Tulum

A five-lodge Jaque Studio property in Tulum — hotel, villa, or event venue

In the La Veleta neighborhood of Tulum, between Fundadores de Tulum and Calle 16 Sur. Jungle Keva is a boutique hotel built as a village of five lodges among preserved jungle, designed by Jaque Studio. The property holds 5,880 sq ft of construction on roughly 980 m² (10,545 sq ft) of land, and over more than four years has run as a hotel, a private villa, and an event venue. It is offered at $1,400,000 USD, approximately MX$24,080,000 at current rates.

La Veleta is one of Tulum’s most walkable inland neighborhoods, and Jungle Keva sits within it, near Veleta Market and Holistika. The town center is about 2.5 km away and the beach roughly 7 km, a short drive east. The setting is the asset’s foundation: the design preserved 70% of the site’s existing vegetation and built around it, so the lodges sit among mature trees rather than on cleared ground — a quality that is effectively impossible to replicate on a new Tulum lot today. More on the neighborhood is in the La Veleta guide.

What is Jungle Keva as a building?

Jaque Studio, the Tulum practice founded by Jesús Acosta, designed Jungle Keva as five 50 m² lodges scattered along stone paths to read as a small village in the jungle. Each lodge pairs a double-height room with a mezzanine, a terrace, and an indoor-outdoor bathroom; one of the five is given over to communal space and the restaurant kitchen. At the back, a dining area and a yoga pavilion cantilever over the infinity pool, which was extruded from the ground around two preserved zapote trees so they appear to rise from the water. The work has been recognized widely — a multi-page Architectural Digest spread, Dezeen’s top-ten hotels of 2019 and an awards shortlist, the cover of Abitare, and coverage in Vogue Paris, ArchDaily, and Lonely Planet, among others.

Why Jungle Keva works as an investment

The value here is in three things at once: a turnkey hospitality operation with a track record, a piece of published architecture that carries its own demand, and a flexible asset that can be run as a hotel, occupied as a private villa, or booked as an event venue depending on the market and the owner’s intent. The restaurant is fitted with commercial appliances, and the five-lodge format allows partial operation while one keeps a private residence. For buyers comparing Tulum income properties, a comparable Tulum investment property Majaró La Veleta Tulum: 12-Key Boutique Hotel gives a reference point, with more in the Tulum city page.

To request the operating history, floor plans, and full award record for Jungle Keva, contact Heron Real Estate.

Last updated: May 2026

Accolades & Awards 2019 – 2023

Architectural Digest Anniversary Edition: multi-paged spread
Vogue Paris: The top 5 most picturesque pools in Tulum
Business Insider: The 5 new hotels around the world with the most incredible design according to experts
Dezeen: Longlisted hospitality award, shortlisted interiors award (2019)
Dezeen’s top 10 hotels of 2019
Cover of Abitare (#1 Design Magazine in Italy)
Cover of Peninsula Construye
Arquine: Mexican Architectures The Best of the 21st Century
Premios Cemex 2nd Place (2019)
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