Bocas Town Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Bocas del Toro was touted in my Lonely Planet guidebook as "one of the best experiences in Central America". Indeed, I was told by other travelers that it was "paradise". I on the other hand found it lack-luster. I would not disagree with the "experience" part of Bocas. I have to admit that it was really cool how one has to ride a fast moving la...

I know its Panama's rainy season right now (which isn't difficult, seeing as it lasts for nine months of the year), but this is taking the Michael. When you are staying somewhere where the main attraction is the variety of lovely beaches on offer, frequent and prolonged tropical downpours tend to put a dampener on events. Instead of spending our...

Our last day before heading to Bocas Town to hook up with Gregorio at the house we're renting near Salt Creek on the other side of Bastimentos.

In between trying to escape the rain and the army ants, we decided to go to the local Ngobe restaurant and school to get to know the culture a bit more and pick up some goodies. There is a small t...

We are in Bocas alive tonight after dinner. Have survived the bus ride from hell from Boquete, mostly the ride from David was something to remember. We had to pass a protest about halfway from David where the locals wanted a bridge built. Our bus was stopped, we crossed a picket line pulling our suitcases, and fortunately a bus turned around and...

Christmas eve was definetly an adventure! Hoping to go to a beach today he hopped on a water taxi to island basimentos. Once on the island you must take a 20 minute hike up the hill to the other side of the island. If it were only that simple! It rained quite a bit earlier in the day. The hike turned into a 60 minute hike through a sloppy muddy ...