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Ballena Tales, Costa Rica's South Pacific travel guide, operates from Uvita, in Costa Ballena, and sees itself as a link between businesses in Costa Ballena-Osa and the South Pacific region, the rest of Costa Rica, and the world. We are a multilingual, multi-professional team. We are proud of the stable and lasting relationships we have with our partner at Ballena Taless. Ballena Tales collaborates with national and international humanitarian and environmental groups.

In this Costa Rica South Pacific travel guide, you'll find helpful and entertaining information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, adventure, bars, nightlife, lifestyle, and wildlife on the Osa Peninsula and Costa Ballena.

Stay informed about new developments in the region, including interesting initiatives and events, as featured in our Events section.

With each issue, we add new content for you to enjoy in this library.

Visit the Ballena Tales Magazine website regularly to stay up-to-date with the latest news in Costa Ballena, Osa, South Pacific, Costa Rica.

Ballena Tales is a free digital magazine in Costa Rica, catering to travelers, residents, and investors, and covering the Costa Ballena region in the Canton of Osa, located in the Southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is a fully bilingual, bimonthly, full-color digital magazine.

The free digital magazine introduces readers to the life of the local community, featuring interviews with pioneers, writers, and artists, as well as extensive information on restaurants, hotels, experiences, natural attractions, and wildlife in Costa Rica's South Pacific region

We are not just a magazine; each edition (print and digital) is linked to a robust web platform. The editions are published online, and advertorials are included in our blog. Additionally, we feature the brand in the business directory and add links to the advertiser's website and social networks. Currently, the digital publications have over 80,000 openings across all their platforms, and the advertised brands have a global reach.

We have a loyal audience in this sector of the South Pacific, with Costa Ballena alone, more than 8,000 readers will see your ad in each printed publication.

We respect our readers by providing diverse content that makes the publication enjoyable, while also appreciating the advertising of our advertisers.

Undertaking a Life Without Violence

by Daniel Matul, Coordinador del Proyecto. Aiming to create opportunities for stable and quality employment for young people in the communities of Dominical, Uvita, Bahía Ballena, Ojochal, and Quepos; the Ministry of Public Security, in conjunction […]

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Fun in Dominical Never Stops

by Trevor Brown Summer is here and the fun in Dominical never stops. After you’re finished with your daily activities of trekking to a waterfall, surfing, or just relaxing at the beach, another menu featuring nightlife […]

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Beach Safety

by Nate Bright – Costa Ballena Lifeguards The Costa Ballena region has dozens of beautiful beaches that are ideal for surfing and other water activities. Knowing what to look for, and what to do if […]

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The New Beach Promenade

by Dagmar Reinhard Guillermo Zabala Rivero has been living in Costa Rica for seven years, five of them in the Dominical area. He studied Structures at an Uruguayan University and worked for eight years in the […]

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Costa Ballena Lifeguards Graduation

by Dagmar Reinhard December 14th, 2015 was the Costa Ballena Lifeguards graduation by the Quepos Coastguard, which is responsible for the province of Puntarenas. That day the sky was brilliantly blue, with no clouds and […]

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The Magic World of the Mangroves

by Michael Chévez Valverde We enter with our boat into a magical world that very few people know. It is a magical environment of water and those strange trees whose roots grow on the surface on […]

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Latest News from SANSA

By Dagmar Reinhard Last December Sansa opened a new route between San José and San Isidro de El General. With rates for regular flights of $ 106, for Costa Ricans $ 65 and a corporate […]

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Dry Weather Flood

By Jack Ewing Strange Things in Nature… “Hey boss,” said Hacienda Barú guide Juan Ramón. “The strangler fig trail to the beach is flooded.” “You’re kidding,” I exclaimed, “We haven’t had enough rain to flood […]

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Girls With Purpose

By Jeanine Webster For the past six months, selected local girls from Dominical and Dominicalito have been thrilled to learn to surf at our community project Chicas Con Propósito! The project is ran by three […]

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Mini Teleton Osa Hosptital Dr. Tomas Casajús

~ by Dagmar Reinhard Ballena Tales interviewed Drs. Elti Ortiz Murillo and Vilma Sánchez Cordero at the Hospital Dr. Thomas Casas Casajús in Ciudad Cortés. We were told that the Costa Rica Telethon is a televised charity event organized by the […]

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Green Drought

By Jack Ewing In the year 1981 I started catching rain in a tin can, measuring it each day with a wooden ruler, and writing down the results. Later I acquired a real rain gauge. In […]

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