Nearby National Parks

Portasol Sustainable Community is located in the coastal mountains of the Central Pacific of Costa Rica, minutes away from some of the most visited national parks  in the country.

About 100 miles away you can find Carara National Park to the northwest, and Corcovado National Park to the southeast. Corcovado is, according to National Geographic, “the most biologically intense place on earth”.

It has been said that Corcovado has more biodiversity than Canada & United States combined. This park has miles of deserted beaches, natural waterfalls, arousing the curiosity of visitors throughout the world.

Then, one of the most popular travelling destinations in Costa Rica is Manuel Antonio National Park . Home to an amazing variety of birds and wildlife, also has some of the best beaches in Costa Rica ; not only offers wonderful water sports activities, but also stunning lush vegetation.

Ballena Marine National Park was created to protect critical habitats of many marine species such as whales and dolphins, as well as preserve the productivity of biological communities that inhabit the coastal zone.

There are also beautiful beaches of sand and stone like Playa Ballena, Playa Uvita and Playa Piñuelas . There are several mangrove forests along the rivers that flow to the sea.

Its name explains clearly the importance not only scientific but also cultural and environmental, it lies mainly in the visit of humpback whales during late December to late April and July to September when they migrate north to tropical waters of Central America.

Stay at Portasol Rainforest & Ocean View Living , it’s located between Manuel Antonio National Park and the Marino Ballena National Park, in Portalón Village, Province of Puntarenas in Costa Rica’s Central Pacific area. The sustainable community of Portasol has vacation rentals in Manuel Antonio available in rainforest bungalows and Costa Rica luxury vacation homes for you to enjoy.

By Maria Laura Charles

Tell a Tale of a Tail of a Whale Seen in Costa Rica!

Something unique you can’t miss when you visit Dominical Beach.

Bahía Ballena (Whale Bay) is located in the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, within the canton of Osa. It’s only 15 minutes south of the town that is very well known for surfers: Dominical. Surrounded by a majestic natural splendor of the southern Pacific region, Dominical town offers its visitors this God’s breathtaking and exclusive nature’s spot.

The main reason for this given name comes from the giant sandbar whale- like tail pattern, when seen from above, formed during low tide at the north end of the Ballena Marine National Park beach.
Sharing a length of about 2296 feet and a width of 820 feet, it is the world’s third largest sandbank. People easily walk to the end of this sand formation without any trouble during any time of the year. You just have to be sure it’s low tide time so you can make your walk back without any mayor difficulties.

Due to its perfect location on the Pacific Ocean, whales from the north and south come to give birth here. Bahía Ballena offers then, not one but two whale watching seasons throughout the year. The Southern Humpback whales come to the national park between mid-July to October late, and then from mid-December through late March it’s the turn of the Northern Humpback Whales.


So what do you say? Put Whale Bay on your future visiting spots for this New Year’s next getaway, and have a tale of a tail to tell your friends back home, you hear?

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