Bahía Ballena

Best travel reports from Bahía Ballena

Uvita - Swimming in the river, Marino Ballena National Park, and an interesting natural phenomenon

After not feeling quite comfortable in Manuel Antonio, I hoped that I would like Uvita better. And luckily, I did. Although there is not as much to see in Uvita, at least...

Little Vacation

The last few weeks have been quite exhausting: worked a lot, then had the retreat (which was a different kind of work – but mainly for the mind), and then worked a lot again....

Tears of joy

So yesterday we went to the beach! In the morning, the cat joined Elia and she had no intention of leaving. Even after breakfast when we went to the beach, she followed us. I...

Uvita - rightly a surfer's paradise

We made a stopover in Uvita between Quepos and the onward journey to Panama. We had read or heard about the small town directly on the Pacific Ocean and since the route to the...

Small addition...

I forgot to mention one more thing... So we took a taxi back to the island. This time it was a smaller taxi. On the boat, there were only the taxi couple and an older man who I...

Costa Rica - Dominical

We continued our journey along the Pacific coast towards the south - next stop: Dominical. A super small town with perfect surfing conditions, a few very cool cafes and hostels,...

Dominical

Arrived in Dominical, I was delighted by the beautiful sunset on the beach 🌅. The Cool Vibes Hostel is really cool, and the staff is very helpful 👍🏼 On the first day, I was...

Waterslide

Hello, Today was an absolutely quiet day. In the morning, we were at the 7m waterslide at the waterfall, at noon at the laundry service, in the afternoon on the balcony with a...

Uvita Day 2 / Isla del Caño (15.5.22)

Diving at Isla del Caño and a tip top sundowner

Cascada Verde: Jungle - Camp in Uvita

We stayed at the 'Cascada Verde' hostel for three days. It is a huge wooden house in the middle of the jungle on the outskirts of Uvita. The accommodation is very basic but has...

Uvita - Day 1 / Isla del Caño (14.5.22)

First day in Uvita - Diving and art market

07.01.2018 - Trip to Uvita and the strange hotel

After an uneventful 06.01, due to continuous rain at Lake Arenal (why does it always rain when we go somewhere? We seriously considered marketing this in areas with less...

The Pacific coast of Costa Rica 🌊🦥

Our next destination is the other side of Costa Rica: the Pacific coast. The bus takes us via San Jose to Dominical, a laid-back surfer town. We felt very comfortable as soon as...

Uvita

My next stop was Uvita. A small town on the Patzigik coast, which is not yet overwhelmed by tourism. The days are spent swimming and sunbathing there. One day, I went...

Uvita

Drum roll... our first day in Costa Rica with sunshine and no rain! Although it was a long day of travel, we enjoyed the beautiful view from the car window. After exchanging the...

Relaxed Uvita

Uvita is great for hanging out at the beach or surfing. Since we had limited time, we decided to do the former. We discovered some good sodas (cheap local restaurants) and just...