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Border to Panama and Bocas del Toro Closed
Posted by Editor | February 6, 2012 | Categories: Government and Politics, Transport | 1 Comment
Protests in Panama by indigenous groups have spread. With road blocks between the border and Changuinola this has effectively closed the border to tourists attempting to get from Puerto Viejo to Bocas del Toro. The roads from the border crossing on the Inter-American Highway to David, Panama have also been blocked.
One protester has also been reported killed.
Caribe Shuttle wrote yesterday that after several days of trying to route their passengers around the problems, they have had to cancel their normal services until further notice. However, they creatively have found a way to move people by boat. The only difficulty is that since there is no Costa Rican customs in Puerto Viejo, travelers must first travel to Limon to get a maritime exit stamp (or entry if coming from Bocas).
The only other reliable way to get to Bocas del Toro from Costa Rica is to fly on Nature Air from San Jose.
More:
- Border Closed, More Road Blocks – Bocas Shuttle Cancelled
- Temporary Boat Service Available Between Costa Rica and Panama
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Regarding the boat trip Caribe Shuttle is providing directly between Panama and Costa Rica, I want to clarify that Caribe Shuttle includes transportation to and from the immigration office in its services To get the required Maritime stamp). Hopefully that will make the whole thing less time consuming and stressful. Yes, getting the stamp is a pain, but on the bright side a direct boat to Bocas is faster than the normal route. In the end we think the whole trip will take less than five hours including the trip to immigration.
Thank you for adding information about the boat trip in your article. As this is the only way to get to Bocas from here at the moment, we hope that it will be good way to help our neighbors in Bocas. They need the tourists. (Think of all those perfect, empty waves begging for a rider. I’m going!). And Caribe Shuttle needed a way to get our clients back to Costa Rica. This boat trip is the solution.