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.

Stay up to date - Here you will find our latest articles and posts of the current issue

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.

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. […]

Palmex

Eco-friendly palm roofs, made from by-products. (506) 2786 5126 http://www.palmex-costarica.com/ Showroom located 25 meters North of the Entrance of Ojochal

Christophe Gstalder: Boruca – A Vanishing Race and Culture

“The most beautiful landscape of the Boruca community is the humbleness of its people”I have never worked in my life! (Christophe´s passion for photography, does not allow him to call it work). He is originally […]

Painter and Art’s Designer Brian Sylvester – San Martín

Before moving to Costa Ballena permanently, Brian Sylvester from Florida and his wife had traveled regularly to their dreamland. They used to go to Nosara and Tamarindo, but on a surfing trip to Pavones in […]

Procession in Honor of our Lady of the Sea

Juan Carlos Fonseca, Secretary of the Pastoral Council, remembers: After eight days of rain, Sunday, July 16th, at daybreak it was sunny with blue skies. For the first time in Bahía a procession in honor […]

Ballena Tales' Third Anniversary 2011

Learn to fly or love your Frustrations!

This article is only for people who feel frustrated now and then. If you are one of them, read on. If the world is always a happy place for you, stop reading! Ok, you are […]

Conscious Creating

According to the laws of attraction, our every emotion creates the experiences of our life. While it is our thoughts, which seed the creation of our results, our emotions magnetize them. When we feel an […]

Identifying the Velvet Snake or Fer-De-Lance

Most people panic and kill anything that wriggles on the floor without knowing what specie they are eliminating. In Costa Rica, there are about 120 species of harmless snakes, among them the blind snakes, waterfowl, […]

Turtle Season is at its Best!

“We were walking along the beach at night, the moon passed dim light through the clouds, little by little our eyes became accustomed to the darkness, we could see our feet and a little further. […]

Orchids for Every Environment

Jan Erick Lackstetter, (his nickname is Lacki), is German and lives with his little family surrounded by a large garden of exotic orchids in Platanillo. In Germany, he received a very complete training as a […]

"The Ojoche Tree" Ancient Cornucopia of Wealth

Ojochal is a name given to a large area of land populated with ojoche trees. The beautiful town by the name of Ojochal was an area covered with these trees during the mid 1930s. The […]

The Shark Quest

In 2008, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) was declared an endangered species. Being protected around Coco Island, there are no conservation measures along Costa Rica’s […]

Scarlet Macaws

Scarlet Macaws [singlepic id=1257 w=320 h=240 float=left] The return of Scarlet Macaws or “lapas” as they are known in Costa Rica to Costa Ballena after many years of absence, is a source of happiness and […]

Vulnerable Giants (Humpback Whales)

Each year they swim over 7,000 miles, coasting along the cold waters of Patagonia and here they are, ready to delight us with their acrobatics and singing. For them, the warm waters of Costa Ballena […]

Rescuing Lives in the Water

During the last 12 years since the Foundation of the National Association of Lifeguards of Costa Rica, which is based in Grecia, Captain Luís Hidalgo has trained about 700 lifeguards. Invited by Uvita Surf School […]

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.