Tiny houses & cabins in Uvita & Dominical (Costa Ballena)

Costa Ballena — the 'whale coast' — takes its name from Marino Ballena National Park, where a sandbar off Punta Uvita forms a whale's-tail silhouette at low tide. Humpbacks show up twice a year here: a southern-hemisphere pod July–November, peaking around Uvita's Whale Festival in early September, and a northern-hemisphere pod December–April — one of the longest whale-watching windows anywhere. Ten minutes north, Dominical keeps a scruffier surf-town feel with reliable beach breaks. Inland, the Nauyaca waterfalls drop in two tiers, reachable by hike or horseback. Tiny-house stays here mean jungle cabins on the hillsides above Dominical and Uvita, several with ocean-view decks looking straight down the coast.

Weather is hot and humid year-round, with a real rainy season May–November; December–April is drier and sunnier, though the peak whale months (August–September) fall mid-rainy-season, so many visitors trade a few showers for the sightings.