The South Pacific is a unique region with some of the most impressive natural wonders that Costa Rica has to offer, here is the Manuel Antonio and Marine Ballena National Parks, Chirripo, sites in indigenous areas, the Terraba-Sierpe mangroves, the Piedras Blancas National Park, Golfo Dulce, Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park. The South Pacific of Costa Rica offers fantastic opportunities for adventure, whale watching tour, sports fishing, diving, surfing, rafting, paragliding, mountain climbing, bird watching, excellent beaches and natural attractions to enjoy.3094

Remaining in balance

Practicing a lot of one particular sport can lead to muscle generation in the areas of frequent use, leaving other parts of your body left to compensate. For example, surfers build most of their muscle in the upper body, lacking relative leg strength. For cyclists, legs get most of the workout, and the opposite can occur.

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The Chirripo Valley

Taking a walk through this place not only recharges you with good energy and happiness, but it is also a gift for the soul to appreciate such beautiful views. The diversity in attractions is fascinating. You can enjoy from the newly opened Butterfly Kingdom, fresh trout, hot springs, Swiss cheeses, chocolate factory, to delicious artisan bread. Restaurants offer unique cuisine, hotels, trails and birdwatching.

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Laughter is the best medicine

I remember one of my first was experiences with an ATM here. The ATMs are, naturally, in Spanish, and this made doing something simple like withdrawing money complicated. One day I entered the booth to use the ATM to take out 160,000 colones. My first problem was, and sometimes still is, was entering all those zeros!

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Mindfulness

Just take a deep breath, actively concentrate and put all our senses alert to discover these light life partner. Appreciate their teachings and let us be surprised by their intelligence.

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Jr. Lifeguards and Open Water Swim Clinic

The Costa Ballena Lifeguard Association is growing and as we’ve grown, we’ve been able to network and meet other individuals from like-minded organizations in Costa Rica. We’re all working together to help make Costa Rica’s beaches safer and take drowning off the list as the 2nd leading cause of accidental death in the country.

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Walking on hairy feet

Like all arboreal geckos, they have specialized feet; with these, they can adhere to any surface except for Teflon. They even can walk upside down thanks to the microscopic hairs or setae. They increase the ‘Van der Waals Forces’, which is the distance-dependent attraction between atoms or molecules, between its feet and the surface. The molecules interact with each other and create an electromagnetic attraction.

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The more we support each other, the better we will be!

Costa Rica is far and above the rest of Central America in terms of development, security, and quality of life. Those benefits come at a cost, and we must be willing to pay it. A significant portion of our local economy has been cash-based, meaning taxes not collected or paid, and therefore funds for essential services are sparse.

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Here you can find contact information and bus schedules to San Isidro de Perez Zeledon, Quepos, Dominical, Uvita, Palmar, Sierpe, Puerto Jimenez at the Osa Peninsula, Golfito, Ciudad Neily, Panamanian border and David (Panama).

The cheapest way to travel is always by bus, in Costa Rica the public bus transport is very good and you can find buses to reach any part of the country.

On almost all bus routes, there is at least one stop along the way where passengers can stretch out, make use of sanitary services and have a snack. Most units traveling to different destinations are modern and offer amenities to travelers.3094

BUS FROM SAN JOSÉ TO...

QUEPOS5:30 AM   6:00 AM   6:15 AM   7:00 AM   8:30 AM   9:00 AM   10:30 AM   12:00 PM   1:15 PM   2:30 PM   4:00 PM   4:45 PM   5:00 PM   7:30 PM
SAN ISIDRO2771-0412  2221-42145:00 AM   6:00 AM   6:10 AM   7:00 AM   7:40 AM   8:15 AM   9:00 AM   10:00 AM   11:30 AM   12:01 PM   1:00 PM   2:30 PM   3:30 PM   4:00 PM   6:30 PM
UVITA2221-4214  2777-0263

5:30 AM   6:30 AM   7:31 AM   8:30 AM   9:30 AM   10:15 AM   11:00 AM   12:15 PM   1:05 PM   2:00 PM   3:30 PM   4:30 PM   6:40 PM

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214  2777-0263

5:00 AM   5:30 AM   6:30 AM   7:00 AM   7:29 AM   7:31 AM   7:40 AM   8:30 AM   9:30 AM   10:00 AM   10:15 AM   11:00 AM   12:15 PM   1:00 PM   1:05 PM   2:00 PM   2:30 PM   3:30 PM   4:30 PM   6:30 PM   6:40 PM

SIERPE2221-4214 2777-02638:30 AM
PTO. JIMÉNEZ+506 2783 4293 

8:00 AM  12:00 PM

GOLFITO

2221-4214 2777-02636:30 AM  7:00 AM   3:30 PM
C. NEILLY2221-4214  2777-0263

5:00 AM   5:30 AM   7:31 AM   7:40 AM   9:30 AM   10:15 AM   11:00 AM   1:00 PM   1:05 PM   2:00 PM   3:30 PM   4:30 PM  6:30 PM   6:40 PM

PASO CANOASPAN. BORDER5:00 AM   5:30 AM   7:29 AM   7:31 AM   7:40 AM   9:30 AM   10:15 AM   11:00 AM   1:00 PM   1:05 PM   2:00 PM   3:30 PM   4:30 PM   6:30 PM   6:40 PM

 

BUS FROM QUEPOS TO...

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:15 AM, 4:30 AM, 5:00 AM, 6:15 AM, 6:30 AM, 7:45 AM, 8:16 AM, 9:45 AM, 10:40 AM, 12:15 PM, 1:00PM,  1:15 PM, 2:45 PM 5:15 PM

DOMINICAL2221-4214     2777-0263

11:30 AM

UVITA2221-4214     2777-0263

11:30 AM

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

11:30 AM

BUS FROM SAN ISIDRO TO...

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

7:30 AM, 8:15 AM, 9:00 AM, 9:05 AM, 10:20 AM, 10:30 AM, 10:31 AM, 1:00 PM, 1:15 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:45 PM, 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM

CIUDAD NEILLY

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:45 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 10:40 AM, 12:30 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:10 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:30 PM

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:45 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM, 10:40AM, 12:30 PM, 1:05 PM, 3:00 PM, 4,10 PM, 5:30 PM, 6:30 PM, 9:30 PM

GOLFITO

2221-4214     2777-0263

10:00 AM

BUS FROM UVITA TO...

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

6:30 AM, 6:43 AM, 7:21 AM, 7:30 AM, 7:45 AM, 10:00 AM, 11:05 AM, 11:10 AM, 2:00 PM, 4:30 PM, 4:40 PM,  7:57 PM

DOMINICAL2221-4214     2777-0263

7:21 AM

QUEPOS2221-4214     2777-0263

7:21 AM

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

9:43 AM, 11:00 AM, 11:01 AM, 12:30 PM, 1:20 PM, 2:28 PM, 3:00 PM, 3:58 PM, 4:30 PM, 5:18 PM, 6:13 PM, 8:02 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:53 PM

GOLFITO2221-4214     2777-0263

11:01 AM, 8:02 PM

CIUDAD NEILLY

2221-4214     2777-0263

 9:43 AM, 11:00 AM, 1:20 PM, 2:28 PM, 3:00 PM, 3:58 PM, 5:18 PM, 6:13 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:53 PM

BUS FROM PALMAR NORTE TO...

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:45 AM, 5:15 AM, 6:05 AM, 6:10 AM, 6:20 AM, 6:21 AM, 6:30 AM,  7:31 AM, 8:30 AM, 8:36 AM,  9:50 AM, 10:00 AM, 10:15 AM, 10:18 AM, 1:00 PM, 1:05 PM, 3:00 PM, 3:01 PM, 6:15 PM, 6:30 PM

SAN ISIDRO

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:45 AM, 6:10 AM, 6:20 AM, 7:31 AM, 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:45 PM, 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 6:15 PM

UVITA

2221-4214     2777-0263

 5:15 AM, 6:05 AM, 6:21 AM, 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 8:36 AM, 9:50 AM, 10:15 AM, 1:05 PM, 3:01 PM, 6:30 PM

DOMINICAL2221-4214     2777-0263

6:21 AM

SIERPE2221-4214     2777-0263

2:00 PM

PUERTO JIMENEZ

2221-4214     2777-0263

 9:30 AM, 1:15 PM, 5:30 PM

GOLFITO2221-4214     2777-0263

11:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 9:30 PM

CIUDAD NEILLY

2221-4214     2777-0263

12:42 AM, 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 10:45 AM, 12:39 PM, 1:15 PM, 14:24 PM, 3:05 PM, 3:30 PM, 4:02 PM, 4:39 PM, 5:30 PM, 6:13 PM, 6:30 PM, 7:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 9:38 PM, 11,49 PM

BUS FROM SIERPE TO...

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

 6:01 AM

UVITA2221-4214     2777-0263

6:01 AM

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

6:01 AM

BUS FROM PUERTO JIMÉNEZ TO...

CIUDAD NEILLY

2221-4214     2777-0263

5:30 AM, 2:00 PM

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

 5:00 AM, 9:00 AM

BUS FROM GOLFITO TO...

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 13:30 PM

SAN ISIDRO

2221-4214     2777-0263

6:00 AM, 1:30 PM

UVITA

2221-4214     2777-0263

5:00 AM

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 1:30 PM

BUS FROM CIUDAD NEILLY TO...

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214     2777-0263

 4:00 AM, 4:40 AM, 4:50 AM, 5:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 7:12 AM, 8:15 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 1:15 PM, 1:45 PM, 3:30PM, 5:00 PM, 5:10 PM

SAN ISIDRO

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:40 AM, 5:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:15 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:00 PM

UVITA

2221-4214     2777-0263

4:00 AM, 4:20 AM, 4:50 AM, 7:12 AM, 8:15 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:45 AM, 1:45 PM, 5:10 PM

DOMINICAL

2221-4214     2777-0263

 

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214     2777-0263

 4:00 AM, 4:20 AM, 4:40 AM, 4:50 AM, 5:00 AM, 7:12 AM, 8:15 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, 11:45 AM, 1:45 PM, 5:00 PM, 5:10 PM

BUS FROM PASO CANOAS (PAN BORDER) TO...

SAN JOSÉ

2221-4214 2777-0263

Lunes - Viernes: 4:00 AM, 4:20 AM, 6:50 AM, 8:00 AM, 8:29 AM, 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 11:15 AM 1:20 PM, 4:30 PM, 4:40 PM

Sabado - Domingo: 4:00 AM, 4:20 AM, 8:00 AM, 8:29 AM, 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 11:15 AM 1:20 PM, 4:30 PM, 4:40 PM

PALMAR NORTE

2221-4214 2777-0263

4:20 AM,  8:00 AM, 8:29 AM, 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 11:15 AM, 1:20 PM, 4:30 PM, 4:40 PM

SAN ISIDRO

2221-4214 2777-0263

4:20 AM,  8:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 4:30 PM

UVITA

2221-4214 2777-0263

4:00 AM,  8:30 AM, 11:15 AM, 1:20 PM, 4:40 PM

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Bus going to Puerto Jiménez Tel. +506 2783 4293 

Bus transportation services

TRACOPA

Transportes Costarricenses Panameños (TRACOPA)
2221-4214 | 2258-8939 | 2290-1308 o al fax 2232-7702

For bus schedule, visit Tracopa Website

Need help planning your Costa Rica vacations? We look forward to helping you!

Email: carlos@ballenatales.com
Phone: +(506) 8946 7134

Empresarios Unidos: 2222-0064
Ersa Vans: 2294-5806/8302-6802
Fantasy Bus: 2232-3681
Interbus: 2283-5573
Musoc: 2771-0414/2222-2422
Transportes Blanco: 2771-2550
Transportes Jaco: 2233-1109
Transportes Morales: 2777-0263
Transportes Quepos: 2777-0743

South Pacific Routes:

Quepos-Dominical 2771-4744
Quepos-San Jose 2777-0263
San Jose-Palmar Norte: 2222-2666
San Jose-Puerto Jimenez: 2771-4744 / +506 2783 4293 
San Jose-Quepos: 2223-5567
San Jose-San Isidro: 2771-3829