Chiriqui Province “ has it all” 04 january 200727 February 2008

ChiriquiThe people of Chiriqui are some of the proudest. They boast that this region “has it all” and they may be right. Chiriqui does offer the highest peak and some of the longest rivers with over 20 world class white water rafting runs in a 2 hour drive. The region still offers old growth forests and more exotic birds and near extinct creatures of the jungle than arguably anywhere else in Central America. The dark rich volcanic soil produces bountiful coffee, fruit, and vegetables. Just offshore its coast, Chiriqui is home to some of the Pacific Tropics most developed corals banks. Even financially Chiriqui ties for number one with Boquete Boquete tour (for a virtual tour courtesy of VTours) whose growth rivals Bocas Del Toto as a visitor’s boom town.
 
Panama’s Chiriqui province is the western most province on Panama’s Pacific Coast bordering Costa Rica. A rich agricultural region and a land of eternal spring where bright flowers grow everywhere .The climate ranges from the hot lowlands near the Pacific to the high mountain valleys and Volcan Baru, which has an elevation above 4000 meters at its summit. Although there has been much deforestation, the higher elevations still contain some of the original mystical drifting cloud cover forests, and are one of the best places in Central America to view exotic wildlife, such as the resplendent quetzal.  

There is an almost magical quality to the Chiriqui highlands. This is a land of peaceful vistas, rushing rivers, gigantic flumes of rainbow covered waterfalls, terraced farmlands and rolling misty hills. The Highlands has a sense of aristocracy with all the new thoroughbred horse breeding stables being built by the influx of retiring Europeans. One can only imagine the poetic vista of majestic peaks surrounding emerald carpeted pastures with galloping herds of horses racing through wild flowers towards a trickling brook.

The Lowlands are dry and hot even stifling at times. The lack of wind in the area lends to a feeling that the earth’s moisture is being squeezed out and steam is actually wafting up your legs. .

SOURCE: panama-travel-bureau.com

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