Tips for Traveling to Boca Chica, Panama – What to Know Before You Go everydaytravelguides.com

Boca Chica is a small coastal town in the Chiriquí Province of Panama. This tiny town is almost always overlooked by tourists and rarely even visited by Panamanian tourists. However, this town is the jumping off point for a chain of 25 protected islands called the Gulf of Chiriquí National Marine Park. This park encompasses many unique ecosystems including mangroves and coral reefs. These islands offer pristine white sand beaches lined with palm trees, in stark contrast to the other dark sand and rocky beaches of the Pacific coast.

Since Boca Chica is an obscure stop, there aren’t really any shuttles or buses that go out there. There is probably a local chicken bus that goes from Davíd or Boquete. The easiest way to get around is definitely with a rental car – the roads are good so a small car is totally fine. Once in the town though, you don’t even need a car. The town is one street and so everything is walking distance. To get to the other islands, you can go to the marina at the end of the road and hire a boat ride for a couple US dollars.