Spa and Personal Wellness - Yoga - Hairdressing - Hair Removal - Tattoos - Personal well-being
Bahia Ballena Doctors
Professional Medical Services
Located in Hotel Cuna Del Angel
9 km south of Dominical
Puertocito, Costa Ballena
AKKA Institute
Located in the heart of the city of Ojochal de Osa, South Pacific of Costa Rica, Akka Institute is an inspiring Sanctuary of comfort and wellbeing.
Here in your body, your beautiful vessel for this journey to who you owe health and love Here in the present and showing up for yourself to be the best version of yourself you can be.
Directions: Calle Soluna, Ojochal de Osa
Punterenas, Costa Rica
IBARRA Pharmacy
Free Health Services
Natural Products, Cosmetics, Sunscreens
Orthopedic Products
Uvita – The Dome
Servicios Medicos Bahía Ballena
General Consultation, minor surgeries.
In Emergency: (506) 8839 4492
serviciosmedicosbb@gmail.com
Uvita - The Dome
Mindlove Online Therapy
Blending Psychoanalysis with Buddhist Psychology
Licensed Psychologist Dr. Paula García Chaves
Online Therapy, Chat Assistance 24/7
Individual and; Couples Therapy
Bilingual: English, Spanish
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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. […]
What to do, Where to eat and Where to stay…
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- Whale Watching Tour
- Natural Attractions
- Marino Ballena National Park
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South Pacific Costa Rica Beaches,
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