Bocas Panama

Currency- Balboa (B/) is equal to the U.S. dollar, which is also a legal currency. There are only balboa coins, which are equal in size and value to the American dollar. Climate- Average of 82 grades Fahrenheit. The rainy season is from May to August and November to January. The dry season is February/March and [...]

Good food is something you can easily find in Bocas del Toro. But a great atmosphere where you immediatly feel like your at home? Well that’s something a bit more tricker. Fortunatly for Bocas del Toro there is one restaurant that has been getting more attention and finally found its way on Bocas Panama. Tucked [...]

Important note: Rain can affect the road access to these regions, so investigate beforehand the present conditions. From Panama City By Air: In Marcos A. Gelabert Airport (commonly known as the Albrook airfield) in Panama City, there are small airlines that fly to Colon Island and Changuinola in Bocas del Toro, the two main ones [...]

Bocas del Toro this year is hosting one of the most interesting Carnivals in Panama. Bocas del Toro has never really been a hot spot for carnival in Panama, however this could be good if you want to get away from the crowd and celebrate it in on a smaller more tropical scale. This year, [...]

Thats right, although its only a rumor. The World Surfing Games will be hosted in Panama for 2012 after the successful event that was hosted by neighboring Costa Rica just last year in 2009. But where in Panama will it be held? Rumor has it that the tournament will be in Bocas del Toro, and [...]

The Ngobe Bugle are an artistic, indigenous group living in the Ngobe-Bugle reserve, which forms part of the beautiful Bocas del Toro archipelago. The reserve is located in the Western provinces of Veraguas, Bocas del Toro and Chiriqui. The Ngobe have an amazing history with the Spaniards beginning in the mid-1500’s. The captain of the [...]