Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TELEPHONE
Cable & Wireless
(Calle 1)
Phone cabins.
TOURIST INFORMATION
ANAM
(Autoridad Nacional de Ambiente; 757-9442; Calle 1)
Not really set up as a tourist in-
formation office, but staff can answer questions about the national park or other protec-
ted areas. If you want to camp out in any of the protected areas, you must first get a per-
mit from this or any other ANAM office.
ATP Tourist Office
(Autoridad de Turismo Panama; 757-9642; 8:30am-3:30pm Mon-Fri)
In Centro de Facilidades Turísticas e Interpretación (Cefati) on the eastern waterfront. A
color map in English and Spanish is available.
English-speaking website offers good reference information for travelers. Arranges tours
and visits to a Ngöbe crafts workshop on Isla San Cristóbal. The organization does not
have a walk-in office.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Since Aeroperlas went out of business, the number of flights to Bocas have halved. Book
ahead as early as possible.
hour) once or twice daily. Office at the airport.
(US$135, 1½ hours), in the early morning several times per week.
BOAT
If you don't fly into Bocas you'll have to take a water taxi (US$4) from Almirante on the
mainland. On the waterfront, Taxi 25 makes the half-hour trip between 6am and 6:30pm,
every 30 minutes.
this combination boat-bus trip (US$32) runs twice daily. There's also an option to go on
to Cahuita (US$38) or San Jose (US$70). They provide a hotel pickup but you must re-
serve one day in advance.
