Travel Guide Costa Rica South Pacific

Ballena Tales is a Magazine and Travel Guide for the South Pacific region of Costa Rica, based in Uvita on the Costa Ballena since 2008. It connects companies of Costa Ballena and Osa - South Pacific with the rest of Costa Rica and the world. We are a multilingual, multidisciplinary team and are proud of our open, long-standing cooperation with national and international partners.

In Ballena Tales Magazine & Travel Guide, you will find useful and entertaining information about sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, lifestyle, wildlife, and adventure of the Osa Peninsula and Costa Ballena.

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We are not just a magazine; each edition (print and digital) is linked to a robust web platform; the editions are published online, and the advertorials are included in our blog and the brand in the commercial directory. We also add links to the advertising company's website and social networks. At this time, the openings of digital publications in all their expressions exceed 80 thousand openings, and the advertised brands have a global reach.

We have a loyal audience of over 8,000 readers in the South Pacific's Costa Ballena region who will view your news in each printed edition.

We prioritize our readers' satisfaction by delivering a variety of engaging content while showcasing the value of our advertisers' brands.

Latin Dance Night

Restaurant, Bar & Cabinas Atypical French Cuisine Open from Friday to Tuesday 11 am to 9:30 pm Calle Soluna Ojochal, Costa Rica (506) 2786 5052 / 8719 5130 cocolindo@ymail.com   Tuesdays at 8 pm we […]

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Coco Lindo

Restaurant, Bar & Cabinas Atypical French Cuisine Open from Friday to Tuesday 11 am to 9:30 pm Calle Soluna Ojochal, Costa Rica (506) 2786 5052 / 8719 5130 cocolindo@ymail.com   Aurelie & Alexandre invite you […]

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An Eight Colones Pair of Pants

Don Regulo Gonzales is a 70-year-old-man; at the age of 14, he came from Esparza to Platanillo.  While going to school, he met his future wife Judith Solis C.  Years later they got married, and […]

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Iguana Verde Ferreteria

Hardware store (506) 2743 8929 1 km East Banco CR Uvita, Costa Rica       Opening Hours Monday to Friday – 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturdays – 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sundays […]

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Piccola Italia Presents Full Moon Party!

Friday, November 30th, 2012 Pizzeria Piccola Italia Restaurant, Deli and Bar Mediterranean Fusion Cuisine Pizza, homemade pasta, Italian Deli Tuesday to Sunday 12 a.m. – 12 p.m. 300 m Norte Servicentro Bahia (km 161) Uvita, […]

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Gourmet Festival

On January, 26th, 2013 fourteen restaurants of Ojochal, Osa, Costa Rica came together for an unforgettable festival in one location, the Boca Coronado Restaurant, each one featuring their best dishes. The mission was to put […]

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Pelicans

What other animals walk, swim, and fly? Pelicans are famous for their enormous beak; it has a throat poach they use to scoop up the fish.  The pelicans feed on that fish by immediately tipping […]

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President of ADI Ojochal

Last September, Ana Herrera was re-elected as president of the Association for the Development of Ojochal. She kept positioned thanks to her dedicated work for the AMO group, the Association of Women of Ojochal. Her […]

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Tropical Biodiversity Institute

César Barrio Amorós was born in Barcelona, Spain. He studied anthropology and music; however, his true passions are herpetology, the tropics, and the discovery of new species. In 1995, he traveled with his backpack to […]

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How to get in shape for surfing

Surfing is a sport for the whole body, using different parts in combination and in sequence.  You should train for it in the same way, creating a circuit. Flexibility is achieved through stretching exercises. Paddling […]

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The Spheres (2011)

The spheres are perfectly round, mysterious and have their abode in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. The spheres are a pre-Columbian Indian heritage that arouses passions, tall tales and even monumental astronomical conjectures

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Borucan women in Guatemala

Susan Atkinson, from the Pacific Edge Eco Lodge, took three Boruca ladies to Guatemala to meet their homologues.  From Guatemala City, they traveled to Chichicastenango, where every Thursday morning the largest native market in Central […]

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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 […]

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Ballena Tales is an essential free digital magazine in Costa Rica, valid for travelers, residents, and investors covering Costa Ballena in the Canton of Osa in the South Pacific of Costa Rica. It is a fully bilingual, bi-monthly, and full-color digital magazine.

The magazine introduces the reader to the life of the local community, with interviews of pioneers, writers, and artists, as well as extensive information on restaurants, hotels, experiences, natural attractions, and wildlife of the South Pacific of Costa Rica.

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