Tag: Osa Peninsula
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Into the Wild: A Trip to the Osa Peninsula, Corcovado & Drake Bay
We’ve written about Caño Island snorkeling and diving, but that’s just the marine edge of something much bigger sitting right to our south: the Osa Peninsula and Corcovado National Park — described by National Geographic as “the most biologically intense place on Earth.” If you have a day (or better, a night) to give…
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Freediving and Spearfishing Near Uvita, Costa Rica
From the deck at Vista Bendita, the Pacific feels endless — blue water stretching beyond the jungle, the Whale’s Tail visible at low tide, and the Osa Peninsula fading into the distance. It is a view that invites you to slow down. But for some guests, the ocean calls a little louder. Freediving is one…
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When to Visit the Osa & Costa Ballena: A Season-by-Season Guide
One of the most common questions we hear is some version of: “Is the rainy season really that bad?” The honest answer — from people who have been at Vista Bendita in January, March, May, and November — is no. Not even close to bad. Different, yes. Worth understanding, absolutely. But the rainy season on…
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The Blessed View – Why Vista Bendita
Shana and I have traveled through out Costa Rica — the Caribbean coast, Guanacaste, the Central Valley, the Nicoya Peninsula. We kept coming back to the Southern Pacific. And within the Southern Pacific, we kept coming back to the Osa. The Osa gives you something the rest of Costa Rica can’t quite match — ocean…