Costa Ballena Guide, Osa, Costa Rica Free Digital Magazine and Travel Guide

Costa Ballena is where the forest meets the South Pacific Ocean in the Osa Canton. It comprises the area from the Barú River, crossing the bridge at Dominical to the mouth of the Térraba River in Coronado.

The area includes the following small towns: Dominical, Dominicalito, Hermosa Beach, San Josecito, Uvita, Bahía, Ballena, Ojochal, and Coronado.

Visit Uvita Beach at Marino Ballena National Park, the famous Whale’s Tail, with a length of about 2296 feet and a width of 820 feet; it is the world’s third-largest sandbank. During the low tide, you can walk to its very end.

Discover the wonders of Costa Ballena, and keep browsing to learn all you need to know about Costa Rica vacations in the South Pacific Region.

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Ballena Tales is a digital and interactive magazine and travel guide covering Costa Ballena in the Osa Canton and the South Pacific region of Costa Rica. On this site, you will find helpful information such as what to do, services, experiences, natural attractions, wildlife, tide charts, events, restaurants, and hotels in Costa Ballena, Osa, and the South Pacific of Costa Rica.

Our editorial priority is to satisfy our readers by publishing attractive content and highlighting the value of our advertisers' brands. The magazine, available in digital and print formats, highlights the local community. We collaborate free of charge with positive community initiatives and environmental organizations. It also includes interviews with pioneers, writers, and artists from the South Pacific region of Costa Rica.

The magazine goes beyond traditional print publications. Each issue, whether print or digital, is part of a robust digital ecosystem. Issues are accessible online, advertorials are featured on our blog, and brands are listed in the business directory on our website. The ads also include links to the advertising companies' websites and social media profiles.

The digital version has a worldwide reach with tens of thousands of opens. The print edition has a dedicated readership of more than 8,000 readers in the South Pacific Costa Ballena region. According to a study conducted in hotels, restaurants, pharmacies, offices, rental houses, supermarkets, and other places, the average readership for the print version was 2.3 local readers and 18 visitors per issue, totaling approximately 142,000 readers. This result corresponds to the printing of seven thousand copies per year.

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Sam Reidy – A young talented surfer

~ by Heather Kline / Dagmar Reinhard Hard work pays off: For the 2nd time Costa Rican National Champion Samuel, who adorned our title page in an earlier edition is back. He told us what […]

Caño Island: An Underwater Experience

~ by Katharina Bertl / Julia Gerber An Underwater Experience Caño Island is a tropical paradise known for its white-sand beaches and impressive coral reefs. Since 1978 it has been an archaeological and biological reserve and […]

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Savegre River, Ecological and Cultural Bastion

by Luis H. Galera Savegre River – Ecological and Cultural Bastion The waters named Quebrada Providencia at 3490 m.a.s.l. flow from the interior of the Cordillera de Talamanca in the mystical Massif de la Muerte, […]

Coast Guard Training

~ by Beth Silver Guarantee safety on the beaches of Costa Ballena In September, fifteen dedicated young people joined the Coast Guard in Manuel Antonio for a 2-week, intensive training program to obtain an Open […]

NonKuaxa

~ by Kurandenk (Kamel González Rojas) “Our goal is to make people aware of our village” Nonkuaxa means “the tail of the spider monkey” and has a spiral as symbol or logo. This group was begun […]

Union is Strength

~ by Perry Gladstone “One for all and all for one”: Community cohesion at the Costa Ballena The Hero defines himself in crisis and so, too, does a community. This is when the morals and […]

Travel insurance takes care of you wherever you are

The most important thing you should know is that the medical insurance is activated by means of a telephone call to the number that appears on the card. If there is an emergency that requires a doctor or admittance to a hospital and you do not call the number on your card…

The Millennials are coming

~ by Annie Drake A new generation of travelers The last generation born in the 20st century is referred to as “Millennials.” Due to a major surge in birthrates in the 80’s and 90’s, this […]

Three Sixty Boutique Hotel

360 degrees is defined as ‘a full rotation absolute circumference. Ojochal’s Three Sixty Boutique Hotel is appropriately named in many ways.

The first settlers in Pérez Zeledón

~ by Luis Gutiérrez Galera After the difficult and long-awaited conquest of the Cerro de la Muerte (Death Hill), the new colonizers in El General Valley started the hard process of settling in those fertile […]

Laguz Lykamo

An artist in harmony with the dream world Laguz Lykamo describes himself as “a fantasy artist, inspired by the world of dreams on the other side of the mirror,” and continues “Born on the Moon, […]

Kabe International Academy

~ by Dagmar Reinhard New school opening in Uvita The Kabe International Academy is Uvita’s new learning institution that will be opening in September of 2018. Kabe which means Quetzal in the Boruca Indian Language […]

Osa free of single-use plastic

Restaurants, bars, hotels, and other businesses in Osa, South Pacific of Costa Rica, adopted the commitment to eliminate single-use plastic within their operations as a way to reduce the pollution caused by this material on rivers and oceans.

Four terms of the insurance policies, referring to disbursements that all clients should know and understand

Health insurance is a contract between you and your insurance company. With the plan that you buy the company agrees to pay part of your medical expenses with sickness or injuries. Even when you need care that costs more than what you pay in premiums and deductibles, the insurance will cover it.

A great Achievement: The Ecological Blue Flag

~ by Melissa Jiménez Kardentey A great achievement The Ecological Blue Flag Award (BAE) is awarded annually to reward the efforts of volunteer work in conservation and development in line with the protection of nature, […]

Find the plastic whale in Bahía – Initiative against single-use plastic containers.

The special initiative for this year “Bahía free of plastic” started an artistic project to make people aware of the terrifying and all present usage of single-use plastic containers. The construction of a gigantic plastic whale…

Find the plastic whale in Bahía!

by Katharina Bertl – Julia Gerber Bahía free of plastic The Festival de Ballenas y Delﬁnes is an annual occurrence in Marino Ballena National Park in late September/early October. The special initiative for this year […]

Young Hands, how to keep them soft and sleek

Like the face, hands are an important part of the body that might cause a good or bad first impression. They are a very visible area that require care to look good. We not only talking about the length of the nails and their care, but rather the skin, its hydration, moisturizing and elasticity.