{"id":2057,"date":"2020-06-06T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T19:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/?page_id=2057"},"modified":"2025-06-08T16:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:37:39","slug":"bocas-del-toro-archipelago","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/panama-2\/bocas-del-toro-archipelago\/","title":{"rendered":"Bocas Del Toro Archipelago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bocas Del Toro is a series of 300 spectacular, tropical islands in northern Panama (very close to Costa Rica\u2019s southern border), along the Caribbean coast. You can only get there by boat or plane, and once there, water taxi is the most common form of transportation. Isla Colon has roads while the rest do not \u2014 hence you need a boat to navigate these islands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I flew in from Panama City but next time I will take a shuttle from San Jose, Costa Rica. Bocas Town is the main town is on the main island, Colon, the epitome of small, sleepy, beach town and definitely worth a visit! The common approach for a visitor is to stay in town and then take day tours by water-taxis to the other islands. Less than 20 islands are inhabited but Isla Colon, Isla Bastimentos and Isla Carenero all have great accommodations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out all the videos I took in the islands in one amalgamation here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Christopher Columbus visited Bocas del Toro in 1502 during his 4th and final New World voyage, he was so taken by the beauty of the area that he affixed his name to many sites, including\u00a0Isla Col\u00f3n<\/a>\u00a0(Columbus<\/a>\u00a0Island), Isla Crist\u00f3bal (Christopher Island) and Bah\u00eda de Almirante (Admiral\u2019s Bay). And, he named it after the sound he heard on one of the islands that reminded him of the roar coming from a \u201cmouth of a bull\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approaching an Uninhabited Island<\/a> Video

4-Wheeling on Isla Colon<\/a> Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent 4 nights in Bocas Town at Hotel El Limbo that I booked thru Airbnb ($18\/night) . There are lots of accommodation options including some very nice resorts like Red Frogs on Bastimentos Island<\/a>. No matter what island you rest your head, you take water taxis everywhere. Colon island is the only one with roads \u2014 I rented an e-bike one day and an ATV<\/a> another day to explore the island \u2014 it also has numerous local buses and taxis.\u00a0
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Bocas Town has the charm and pace that beach towns in\u00a0Belize<\/a>\u00a0wish they had and a smaller price tag to boot. It\u2019s like a Central American version of Key West from 50 years ago and it makes the perfect base for exploring the Bocas del Toro Archipelago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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