Buena Voluntad Tienda Americana
Nonprofit thrift store of Iglesia de la Costa in Uvita. Proceeds are used by our Hands of Mercy program to provide rice and beans, or clothing to needy families in the area.
Donations are gratefully received.
Tuesday to Friday: 10:30 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Monday and Sunday: closed
Contact: 2201 5962
Uvita Community Library and Bookstore
Directions: Puntarenas, Uvita, 60504
Facebook Page: Uvita Community Library
El Mercado Bahia Ballena
El Mercado offers a wide variety of top-quality fruits and vegetables, handicrafts, meals, and much more in support of rural entrepreneurship.
Direction: Uvita, Provincia de Puntarenas
Phone Number:+506 8411 8807
ECO FERIA CAMINO REAL DOMINICAL
Ecological products, delicious food, handmade decorations, jewelry and more!
Direction: Plaza Patrons, contiguo a la plaza de fútbol. 60504 Dominical, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Phone Number: +506 8943 3355
The Color Purple
The murex snail provides a milky fluid that all Indian women, from the Boruca community in the Brunca Region in the South Pacific of Costa Rica use in the dyeing of their cotton yarn in […]
Curré – an indigenous village on the banks of the Terraba River
Cuasran (the legendary chieftain) watches over the blood that runs through the woods and feels the breath that passes through the trees. Cuasran protects his children from evil and from the arrogance of those who […]
Our unknown neighbors – or the indigenous community in the southern zone
It is noteworthy that both ticos and the foreign community know very little about the indigenous population of our country. Did you know that the first settlers arrived here between 10,000 and 7,000 years before […]
Boruca – Old times – New times in Boruca
Susan, owner of the Pacific Edge Ecolodge in Dominicalito, has been working with the Boruca community for nearly 17 years, mainly with Marina Lazaro, selling her masks and all the beautifully hand-woven goods, they make. […]
Sansa Regional
With over thirty years of experience, Sansa Regional is the nation’s most traveled commercial carrier, with five high-season flights daily to Puerto Jiménez, alone. Serving ten destinations all around the country, Sansa makes Costa Rica […]
Rivers with no Bridges and Horses that got stuck in the Mud…
Eida Esperanza Fonseca Cruz, was born 80 years ago at Legua de Aserrí near the capital. Still very young, she came with her family to La Esperanza where years later she met her future husband, […]
Ballena Tales Magazine Welcomes You!
Ballena Tales Magazine is now online! Everything you need to know about Costa Ballena and Osa in the South Pacific of Costa Rica can be found here. From discovering Local artists under Art & Culture […]
Ballena Tales' Third Anniversary
In three years our Ballena Tales magazine has positioned itself on the market. We celebrated this event with a Fiesta. Georg Kiechl of Papa Kilo – Ultralight Uvita – very generously lent us his facilities. […]
