October Property Management Promotion

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PROMOTION: No Monthly Dues through October 2020 Due to the COVID19 crisis, Osa Property Management has decided to offer an “October Property Management Promotion”. We are offering to waive all monthly dues until November 2020 for any new customer who signs up for our ‘turn-key’ property management program. Our ‘Turn-Key Program’ includes: Vacation rental management

Ballena Tales Magazine July 2020

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Below is the Ballena Tales Magazine July 2020 edition. Osa Property Management has an advertisement inside along with a full-page ad about our new offices in Uvita. Notice: JavaScript is required for this content.

Surfing in Dominical

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Surfing in Dominical Visiting Costa Rica is a lot of fun and it can bring in some extraordinary experiences in your life. One of them is definitely Surfing in Dominical. Since Dominical is widely known for being a small surf town that’s peaceful and full of great waves, it makes a lot of sense to

Uvita Vacation Homes

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Uvita Property Management Office

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Uvita Property Management Office Today, May 18, 2020, we opened our Uvita Property Management Office in the Plaza Perla del Pacifico, Suite #1. This is a great opportunity for Osa Property Management as we are more centrally located in the Bahia Ballena region now. Juan Carlos and Abigail getting ready to open the new office

Costa Rica Vacation Memories

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Costa Rica Vacation Memories Video As we all adjust to the challenges of COVID19, our staff has put together a video montage of “Costa Rica Vacation Memories”. Most of the photos come from our vacation rental clients. We appreciate their willingness to share their memories with everyone! Costa Rica is such a wonderful and beautiful

Ojochal Library

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Ojochal Library In the community of Ojochal de Osa there is a library full of stories and unforgettable moments. Access is available at the Ojochal Library for local residents and visitors alike. This library is the result of many people working together to make this dream come true. Ojochal Library Project The Ojochal Library project

RITEVE 2020

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RITEVE 2020 New Rules Due to the events about the Coronavirus/COVID19, and the health measures ordered by the Ministry of Health and the government of Costa Rica, RITEVE 2020 has rules. These new provisions are in place to better serve and to protect those needing a vehicle inspection. What is RITEVE? All vehicles in Costa

Juan Santamaría is a Costa Rica Hero

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Juan Santamaria His name is Juan Santamaría. Today his name may be recognizable for those traveling into or out of San Jose’s largest airport. The airport in San Jose, airport code SJO, is officially named after Juan Santamaria.  He is known by Costa Rican’s as a national hero. Early Life & Death He was born

Team Building at Artesian Chocolate Tour

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Recently, the staff of Osa Property Management and some of our vacation home renters, spent an unforgettable day at an artesian chocolate tour. This was the first team-building exercise we had done at Osa Property Management. With much expectation and prepared to spend some pleasant hours, we arrived at the place where Ronald Alpizar was

New Ojochal ASADA Office

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On December 14, 2019, the new Ojochal ASADA Office and administration building was opened. There was a large celebration, several tents, food, live music and a ribbon cutting ceremony. The activity had a large presence of over 150 people, including neighbors and community members, officials from different ASADA offices in the Osa region. Additionally, there

Meeting President of Costa Rica

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Meeting the President of Costa Rica On August 23, 2019, Abigail Vargas and I attended the re-opening celebration of the Palmar Sur regional airport. As many of our readers know, we have been providing almost monthly updates on our YouTube channel on the remodel. We knew the President of Costa Rica was going to be

San Buenas Asphalt

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San Buenas Asphalt Project For several years there have been rumors of the paving of the principal road in San Buenaventura. We are happy to report that the San Buenas Asphalt Project is underway! In fact, we produced a short two-minute video in 2018 when most people in the area believed the work would be

Panama Shopping Trip

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Some new friends were planning on making a Panama shopping trip at the Costa Rica-Panama border this week and they asked if we wanted to join them.  We were unable to go on Tuesday as planned so they changed their plans and we all went on Wednesday instead. So many wonderful and nice people in

Palmar Sur Airport Open

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Palmar Sur Airport Open After almost a year of being closed for a major remodel, the Palmar Sur Airport Open. Check out the video below for a ‘walk-through’ of the new terminal building. There was a ribbon-cutting event that the Costa Rica President attended (and cut the official ribbon) to celebrate the new airport. Improvements

Uvita Whale Watching Tour

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Uvita Whale Watching Tour A friend of mine here in Costa Rica called to see if we wanted to go on a Uvita whale watching tour this week….ahhh of course!!! She organized a group of 10 of us to go with Captain Marlon on tour.  The tour costs $50 per person, plus we gave a

Manuel Antonio National Park Tour

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Manuel Antonio National Park This morning I saw a Facebook post that mentioned all national park entrance fees were waived for the day for National Park Day. So…guess what we did? We decided to go to Manuel Antonio National Park! Getting to Manuel Antonio National Park Manuel Antonio National Park is located in the city

Osa Golf Update

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Osa Golf Update We met with one of the new administrators and have an Osa Golf Update for our readers. We recently spent over an hour with one of the three new administrators of the only golf course in the southern pacific zone. It used to be called San Buenas Golf Resort but now it

Osa Golf Course is New Name

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Osa Golf is the New Name of San Buenas Golf Course Osa Golf Course is the new name of what used to be known as San Buenas Golf Course in the San Buenas Golf Resort. The reason for the name change is that the golf course is under new management. The real estate development itself

Sierpe River Wildlife Tour

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Sierpe River Wildlife Tour We recently met a couple at BINGO in Ojochal who recommended that we take the Kokopelli Sierpe River Wildlife Tour in Sierpe –in fact, they’ve gone on it at least four times and take all their visitors on the tour. That was impressive enough for me to book a tour with

Relaxing Playa Hermosa

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Relaxing Playa Hermosa, (between Dominical and Uvita) Most of us here at Osa Property Management work between five and seven days per week. Given our business, there are clients typically checking-in or checking-out on any given Friday, Saturday or Sunday (and all the other days of the week), so every week is different than the

Grocery Shopping in Uvita

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Grocery Shopping in Uvita When grocery shopping in Uvita, there are two supermarkets and a farmers market to choose from. The supermarkets are: Supermercado el Pacifico BM Both of these grocery stores are located on the east side of Highway 34/Costanera Highway in Uvita. Based on gossip I’ve heard (but have not confirmed), both stores

Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary Tour in Dominical

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Earlier this week, we decided to take a Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary Tour, located just a few kilometers north of Uvita right off Highway 34. The sanctuary is a rescue and rehabilitation center for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. While the sanctuary tries to release the animals back into wild; there are many animals that are

Ojochal Waterfall Dreams…

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Last weekend my husband and I spent the weekend at a vacation rental house in Ojochal, that is now managed by Osa Property Management. We spent the weekend with long-time Ojochal resident Abigail (& her three kids) and another rental tenant (Derrick). After doing a majority of our work on Saturday morning, we decided it

Ojochal Luxury Home

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Ojochal Luxury Home: Casa Aventura Osa Property Management is proud to announce the newest Costa Rica vacation home rental option: Casa Aventura. This is an amazing Ojochal luxury home with: 5 bedrooms 6 beds Comfortably sleeps 12 adults Private swimming pool Private Jacuzzi Modern, high-quality, kitchen Open floor plan for easy flow Huge outdoor covered

Citrus Restaurant Ojochal

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Citrus Restaurant Ojochal Citrus Restaurant Ojochal is, arguably, the best fine-dining restaurant in the entire Costa Ballena region. Every year it seems there is a new fine-dining restaurant that opens in the area, offering new and exciting options. In fact, I would suggest, that there isn’t a bad fine-dining restaurant in the region. However, even

Palmar Sur Airport May 2019

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Palmar Sur Airport May 2019 Update This is the latest update about the Palmar Sur Airport May 2019, recorded recently from the airport. The video below includes photos and videos of the current status of the airport, along with Abigail Vargas holding one of the LED lights that will be installed on the runway. We

Kayaking in Tarcoles River

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Kayaking in Tarcoles River Costa Rica has many exhilarating adventure options for the adrenaline junkie in your group. However, recently a good friend of ours sent us this video of him taking a group kayaking in Tarcoles River. He shot this video several years ago and wanted others to see it. The Tarcoles River is

San Buenas Road Paving

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San Buenas Road Paving On the morning of Saturday, December 15, 2018, I awoke to the distant sound of heavy machinery operating somewhere in the San Buenas area of Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (“san buena, costa rica” in Google Maps). This isn’t completely unusual right now given that the November storms caused quite a bit

Dominical Paved Road

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Dominical Paved Road There have been fewer rumored infrastructure projects discussed in the Bahia Ballena/Osa region than whether or not there will be a Dominical paved road or if it will stay as gravel. As one can see, the rumors are finally becoming a reality. As of December 2018 there will be a Dominical Paved

Perez Zeledon International Airport

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On December 18, 2018, Nick Halverson, owner of Osa Property Management, sat down with Perez Zeledon’s City Council President Hanz Cruz, to discuss the potential Perez Zeledon International Airport. This has been something Perez Zeledon has been working hard on for over four years, and the preliminary work is coming to completion. The embedded video

Palmar Sur Airport Update Dec 2018

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Palmar Sur Airport Update December 5, 2018 Recently we made several visits over the course of a week to Palmar Sur in order to provide a Palmar Sur airport update. The remodeling project began in August 2018 and involves many wonderful upgrades and updates from the previous airport terminal. The goal for the construction crew,

Uvita Waterfall

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Uvita Waterfall Costa Rica, and in particular the Bahia Ballena region, has many beautiful waterfalls. In fact, although there are several well known waterfalls within a short drive or walk from where we live, we are now just beginning to go explore them. Recently we were invited by Abigail Vargas, of Osa Property Management, to

Thanksgiving Costa Rica Style

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Thanksgiving Costa Rica Style Sometimes, especially during the holidays, I miss my traditional food from back home. Thanksgiving is no exception – well, perhaps, especially Thanksgiving since catching up with loved ones around a large meal is what Thanksgiving has meant to me for years. This year was our first Thanksgiving Costa Rica Style. Living

Getting My Costa Rica Drivers License

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Costa Rica Drivers License For those who have been following our blogs, you must know by now that my Spanish is very limited. When there is anything that involves the government of Costa Rica, it pays huge dividends to do your due diligence ahead of time. That way, one will be prepared for most anything

My first trip to Costa Rica (MagicBrad)

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I recently took my very first trip to Costa Rica. I have been to Brazil,  Paraguay, Jamaica, Hawaii, Thailand, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, and Bali. But this was my first trip to Costa Rica. My preconceived image of Costa Rica was very green, lush and a rain forest jungle.  So, this is what I

No Booking Fee Vacation Home Rentals

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No Booking Fee Vacation Home Rentals In Costa Rica Osa Property Management has recently joined the “No Booking Fee Vacation Home Rentals” model. This is true for all of the properties we manage in the southern pacific zone of Costa Rica. Our commitment is to make visiting Costa Rica a great, enjoyable AND affordable experience.

Costa Rica Photo Retreat Video 2018

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We are planning a Costa Rica photo retreat for July 15-21, 2018.  Below is a video for more information. You can find ALL the details on our dedicated website of our Costa Rica photo retreat.

Casa Lapas Vacation Home Video

Casa Lapas Vacation Home Video Enjoy this Casa Lapas Vacation Home Video. Casa Lapas is a three-bedroom Costa Rica vacation villa located in the Osa region of Costa Rica. One advantage of this Costa Rica villa rental is that all three bedrooms are suites. Below are all of the advantages, as can be seen in

Staff Enjoying Pavones Waterfall

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Sometimes we all need a break…even when we live in Costa Rica. Recently a small group from Osa Property Management (and an architect that is working with us on a project) visited and enjoying Pavones waterfall. This increasingly poorly kept “secret waterfall” is a wonderful place, especially during the warm season, to cool off from

Costa Rica Property Management YouTube

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Costa Rica Property Management YouTube Channel Osa Property Management proudly announces our official YouTube channel. Every week or so we will be adding new videos to our video library. According to Nick Halverson, “We want to not only use beautiful photos and great written descriptions of the Osa region on our website and other marketing

Making Your Move to Costa Rica

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Making your Move to Costa Rica Costa Rica is a beautiful place to visit and eventually move especially if you want to get out of the U.S. to a country where the quality of life is excellent, the average lifespan is 79 and there are plenty of things to do to keep you busy and

Costa Rica Beaches 2018 Photos

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Costa Rica Beaches 2018 Photos The Osa region of Costa Rica has many amazing beaches that are wonderful to photograph. We will be updating these Costa Rica Beaches 2018 photos throughout the entire year. All of these photos are owned by Osa Property Management and their use without written permission is not allowed. However, you

The Vision for the Costa Rica Event Center

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Costa Rica Event Center We are very excited about a new planned project for the Osa region of Costa Rica which will be a Costa Rica Event Center. The owners of Las Villas de San Buenas have been working for several years on the idea and location for the Costa Rica Event Center, while at

Best Activities in Costa Rica include ziplines and photography retreats

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A common question we receive is ‘what are the best activities in Costa Rica’. The answer isn’t so simple. It depends on activity levels and interests, however, we recommend ziplines and retreats. That’s right…retreats Best Activities in Costa Rica There are countless ways to enjoy the amazing country of Costa Rica. Undoubtedly, if you have

Follow Osa Property Management on Instagram

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Follow us on Instagram We have been busy taking and organizing photos and scheduling our feed on Instagram. If you have an Instagram account, please be sure to Follow Us – we will follow you back. Here’s the link to our account (a new page will open) or merely open Instagram on your mobile device,

How Many Species of Costa Rica Monkey

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Costa Rica Monkey Species According to National Geographic, Costa Rica is home to over 5% of the world’s plant and animal species, and included in that amazing list is the four types of Costa Rica Monkey.  Considering there are over 250 different species of monkey found throughout the world, the fact there are only four

Meetings, Incentive Trips, Events and Excursions in Costa Rica

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Cost Rica Incentive Trips are MAGIC! Meetings, sales incentives, team building programs and events taking place in Costa Rica can plan various excursions that take advantage of the magnificent natural beauty and can combine multiple activities and adventure, sports, and other recreational activities. Creating incentive trips around the beauty of nature is always intriguing and

Costa Rica Landscaping Services

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For home owners in the Bahia Ballena area of Costa Rica (southern pacific zone), it is a constant challenge to keep ahead of the yard and landscaping. I’m originally from the Midwest, United States, where grass grows for half the year, and the other half it is covered in snow. Here in Bahia Ballena, in

Most Worthless Question When Building a House in Costa Rica

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Most Worthless Question when Building a Home in Costa Rica Building a home in Costa Rica can be a daunting task that many ex-patriots are intimidated to do. There are, indeed, many steps that need to take place once the decision is made to build a home in the Bahia Ballena area (or any area).

Property Management Bahia Ballena

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Osa Property Management is proud to announce we are officially launching Property Management Bahia Ballena region. We have been working behind the scenes for over 18 months working out our processes, working with home owners and service providers to ensure that our customers receive the best service in the area. Additionally, Nick Halverson and Hanz