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The Highlights

• Experience a unique sea kayak experience around the Whale´s Tail at the Ballena Marine National Park.
• Enjoy paddle to one of the best Costa Rican reefs and admire the magnificent view of the mountains and the coast of Costa Ballena and Uvita.
• Live an unforgettable snorkeling experience in one of the most pristine places of our country.

The Highlights

• Live an ultimate nature experience during your whale watching, dolphin encounters, snorkeling and a visit to natural water caves.
• Feel the great sensation of watching a mammal that weighs more than 40 tons jump out of the water and splash its enormous tail.
• Discover the biodiversity of Marino Ballena National Park home of the most diverse marine habitats in Costa Rica.
• Enjoy a snorkeling break at Isla Ballena to explore the marine life.
• A visit to the gigantic natural sea caves of Playa Ventanas is a must to explore.

Note: When not whale season (November, part of December, April,May and June) the combined Dolphin encounter, visiting caves, bird watching and snorkeling if the tide conditions are good. The Dolphin Tour is available every day.

The Highlights

• FExplore the underwater sanctuary of Caño Island, where you will be captive by one of the largest concentration of coral-building organisms in the pacific ocean of Costa Rica and abundant resident sea life.
• During the trip to Caño Island you will observe dolphins, rays, sea turtles, whales, and marine birds.
• Caño Island offers divers reefs from 16 feet to 100 feet, over 100 different species of fish, white tip reef sharks, sea turtles, ledges, caves or have the opportunity to see giant bull sharks or whale sharks.
• Enjoy a picnic lunch at Caño Island, where you will have time to relax on unspoiled beach or hike to see the famous stone spheres artefacts that are remnants of the pre-Colombian inhabitants of this island.

Villas Rio Mar is a medium sized sustainable and comfortable eco lodge in Dominical. Situated amidst tropical gardens and forestry, on walking distance to Dominical beach, and right on the banks of the river Barú. A resort in a Polynesian style, offering a perfect combination of comfort, nature and adventure. With four National Parks and three Reserves in the vicinity, Dominical is a unique location for day trips. Our resort offered restaurant, swimming pool, spa, events room and comfortable eco lodges. All you need to enjoy perfect holidays.

The Highlights

• Take a guided hike/walk through the area known as Punta Uvita in Ballena Marine Park.
• Here you will see a variety of vegetation and wildlife, especially birds, in the mangroves and lagoon that are not a hidden treasure in the park . The tour begins at the entrance to Marino Ballena Park (Playa Uvita) covering a section of the beach before you enter a trail near the Whale's Tail. Our naturalist guide will explain the history of this area, the unique features of the Park and the natural history and the relationship of the fragile ecosystems as you venture on a 2.5-3 hour hike. Our guide will also help identify the howler monkeys, white-faced monkeys, bats, raccoons, and marine and forest birds you will see during your adventure. Don't forget about the insects and plants that are of great biological interest!
• We'll take you to the mouth of one of the rivers that empties into the waters of the park were you'll see more waterfowl and marine birds, and perhaps a crocodile or alligator.
• Where else can you experience the sounds of the forest and the ocean at the same time.!!
• We will return by the beach to the park entrance if the tide and weather conditions permit.

The Highlights

• Be wondered by Caño Island Biological reserve with pristine blue waters well-known by snorkelers and divers as a tropical paradise providing a clear sightings of the many species living in the island´s.
• This tour combines two magnificent jewels of Costa Rica: Caño Island Biological Reserve and violines island. Please be at the Bahia Aventuras office at 7:00am. The tour departs from Punta Uvita at 7:30 AM and arrives to Caño Island approximately 1 ½ hours later. It is a magical trip where you can observe whales, experience dolphin encounters, and observe other marine animals such as sea turtles and marine birds. Arriving at the island you will be able to appreciate the healthiest coral reefs on this Costa Rica snorkeling adventure and observe a great variety of marine species, many of which are in danger of extinction. After this, you will head by boat to VIOLINES ISLAND (30 minutes) arriving to the north side of this beautiful small Island with lush vegetation. Upon arrival the tour guide will prepare a picnic lunch. Then the rest of the time will be spent on the beach or swimming on this safe bay and hiking on the beach. During your stay at Violines Island you might see a lot of birds and a wonderful tropical vegetation. The boat will head back to Uvita beach at 2.30-3.00 pm surrounding the coast were you will be able to see from the boat the largest Magrove forest under protection in Central America ; Terraba Mangrove Forest. The boat will arrive to Uvita around 4.00 pm.
• Caño Island Biological Reserve is located in the Pacific Ocean 15 km. off of the Osa Peninsula. The border of the island has white sandy beaches and a well-protected in-shore reef that makes this island the best spot in Costa Rica for scuba diving and snorkeling. Normally there is great visibility, about 20 meters (65 ft), providing for clear sightings of the many species living in the island's waters: fish, turtles, manta rays, dolphins and whales to name a few.
• It is an amazing marine biological reserve with virgin blue waters making it the perfect tropical paradise for snorkelers and divers. It is home to a spectacular variety of stunning marine, flora and fauna and it is famous for having Costa Rica’s largest concentration of coral-building organisms along the Pacific Ocean. Visitors have rated Cano Island as the best snorkeling and diving place in Costa Rica! With fantastic underwater visibility, you have opportunity to observe and swim alongside sea turtles, dolphins, stingrays, manta rays, moray eels, barracudas, tuna, snapper, parrot fish, puffers and more. This forever-changing panorama is a powerful experience for those who venture below the surface to investigate the variety of marine life found near the coral reefs. Marine life is also abundant in the general outliers of the island and you can see white tipped reef sharks, silky sharks, bull sharks and occasionally whale sharks and humpback whales.
• This tour combines two magnificent jewels of Costa Rica: Caño Island Biological Reserve and violines island. Please be at the Bahia Aventuras office at 7:00am. The tour departs from Punta Uvita at 7:30 AM and arrives at Caño Island approximately 1 ½ hours later. It is a magical trip where you can observe whales, experience dolphin encounters, and observe other marine animals such as sea turtles and marine birds. Arriving at the island you will be able to appreciate the healthiest coral reefs on this Costa Rica snorkeling adventure and observe a great variety of marine species, many of which are in danger of extinction. After this, you will head by boat to VIOLINES ISLAND (30 minutes) arriving to the north side of this beautiful small Island with lush vegetation. Upon arrival the tour guide will prepare a picnic lunch. Then the rest of the time will be spent on the beach or swimming on its safe bay and hiking on the beach. During your stay at Violines Island you might see a lot of birds and a wonderful tropical vegetation. The boat will head back to Uvita beach at 2.30-3.00 pm surrounding the coast were you will be able to see from the boat the largest Magrove forest under protection in Central America; Terraba Mangrove Forest. The boat will arrive to Uvita around 4.00 pm.

The Highlights

• Explore the best expression of the Mother´s Nature, Corcovado National Park had been recognized by the National Geographic as the most biologically intense place on Earth famous for holding 3% of the biodiversity.
• Enjoy a boat transfer from Punta Uvita to Corcovado National Park where you may observe whales, dolphins, turtles, marine birds and fantastic views of the Southern Pacific Coastline.
• A unique nature hike throughout the primary rainforest will give you the opportunity to see many mammals such as spiders, howler, and white-faced monkeys, sloths, coatis, raccoons, and tapirs as well as a great variety of birds, plants, and trees with over one hundred years of existence and in danger of extinction
• Delight a picnic lunch near the San Pedrillo ranger station to replenish your energies for continue exploring the wide variety of the flora and fauna.
• After an exciting experience into the secrets of the rainforest you will return by boat to Punta Uvita.