Que Tuanis Café
Food & Coffee · Central Pacific · Breakfast, lunch and dinner
A laid-back café in the center of Bahía Ballena, across from the soccer field and run by local women: Costa Rican breakfasts and plates plus burritos, burgers and wraps, coffee and ice cream.
- Hours
- Mo-Su 07:30-20:00 (OpenStreetMap)
Dishes to try
gallo pinto breakfast · casado · burrito · wraps
Contact & directions
- Location: 9.15817, -83.74368 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Mercado Bahía Ballena (Uvita)Local shop · FreeA small market in Uvita with farm stalls for fruit and vegetables plus local craft vendors, handy for beach snacks.
- Marino Ballena National Park (Uvita entrance)Park · about $6Costa Rica's whale-watching marine park: a long palm-backed beach, a sandbar shaped like a whale's tail and mountains behind, entered at the Uvita ranger station.
- Playa UvitaBeach · about $6The long palm-lined main beach of Marino Ballena National Park at Uvita, with warm water, shade and mountain views; at low tide the sandbar to Punta Uvita appears.
- Playa ColoniaBeach · about $6 · hidden gemThe quieter southern stretch of Marino Ballena's beach, backed by shade trees and a park station, less busy than the main Uvita entrance.
- Whale's Tail (Punta Uvita)Nature spot · about $6In Marino Ballena National Park a sand-and-rock spit runs out to sea in the shape of a whale's tail.
- Uvita Waterfall (Catarata Uvita)Waterfall · about $4A jungle waterfall just above Uvita town where the water has polished the rock into a natural slide that drops you into a cool swimming pool.