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The Costa Ballena beach town where Envision builds its jungle-edge festival city each dry season, whale tail sandbar included.
Run by Envision Festival, with published dates and a real program.
Dates & details verified against: Official event site ↗
Why here
Envision is the Americas' benchmark transformational festival: a week of music, movement, art, and permaculture built at the jungle's edge near Uvita each dry season, sunrise yoga rolling into all-night stages with the Pacific a barefoot walk away. It has run since 2010 and deliberately downsized its 2026 edition toward its ecological roots, which tells you what the organizers optimize for; this is the anti-mega-festival, with reusable everything and workshops that outnumber the DJ sets. Uvita itself adds the Marino Ballena whale-tail sandbar and, in season, humpbacks offshore, so the days between sets are not filler.
Best months
Annual, late February to early March, seven to eight days; the 2026 edition ran February 23 to March 2, and 2027 dates were unannounced at last check, so verify on the official site before booking. Dry-season heat and humidity are real; camping is the core experience.
Getting there & around
Fly to San Jose and drive three and a half hours down the coast, or hop to Quepos. Tickets tier from camping to boutique villages; the festival shuttle system covers the last kilometers.
Skill levels: beginner
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Envision Festival
OrganizerThe festival organization, running the jungle-edge gathering near Uvita since 2010 with music, movement, art, and permaculture programming.