Uvita de Osa

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Uvita is a small town in Southern Costa Rica which is situated on Bahia Ballena on the Pacific coast.

The beach has a natural feature shaped like a whale’s tail at low tide, which is appropriate as it forms part of the Ballena (Spanish for whale) National Park. It was established in 1992, predominantly covering the ocean, to protect the migratory humpback whales. The conservation area has blocked the building of a marina, so all whale watching boats have to be launched from the beach inside the park. There are two migratory seasons, our visit coincided with the migration from Canada and the US. The other season being whales from South America during their winter.

Uvita has become popular for expats, mainly from the US with the vibe of a surfers town. The town adopted bitcoin as a currency and is nicknamed “Bitcoin Jungle”. Our debit card worked too !

Whale tail (photo from the internet- we could see part of it at low tide from our lodge)
Whale tail – photo taken from our flight from Puerto Jiménez to San Jose
Hike from our lodge
From our whale watching boat (and below)
We saw three whales, a male and a mother with baby
At one point they were very close to our boat, travelling under it. The captain of the licensed boats are very experienced in not disturbing the whales
Plenty of wildlife in the grounds of our lodge including this scarlet rumped tanger.
From the dining terrace- we were about 20 minutes out of Uvita up an unpaved track

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