My family (4 of us, including pre-teen to teen daughters) just spent 4 nights in Bocas as part of a nine day stay in Panama. We all agreed that we should have booked a longer trip and included more nights in Bocas. Alas! We will return!
Bocas is great! There are tons of opportunities to explore - if bored…take a water taxi to a new random beach. There is great food! Lots of beaches and tours! Granted,there are parts of Bocas that are pretty rough around the edges (like many Caribbean destinations, parts of the local population are struggling). But Bocas is in that sweet spot of authentic international travel (awesome location, not overrun by corporate travel nonsense, tons of options for fun, great food options, some iffy party scene nonsense, locals proud to share their amazing destination, non potable water, used toilet paper goes in the wastebasket, …).
The property is clean, safe, and has an amazing communal dock for chillin’. We were very comfortable. Grocery store is a 2 minute walk. Town is a little bonkers…this property is just a smidge outside of loud town stuff. Rented bikes from the property for the duration - highly recommended. You can take taxis to and from town. Or walk 20 minutes each way - we did night 1. But bikes are way better. It’s a little iffy on your first ride back from town on bike at night, with crazy taxis zipping by, but you quickly learn that so many locals bike all day and night, that cars look out for all bikers. We also rented the kayaks for a day. Highly recommended.
Rebecca is AMAZING!!! We’ve stayed at plenty of VRBOs, but have never had such a wonderfully friendly, helpful, and available host. She is an absolute DREAM! All heart. She was tremendously welcoming and an absolute gem for recommendations. Nothing but love for her and her family!!