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Isla Bastimentos Destination Guide

Discover Isla Bastimentos in Panama

Isla Bastimentos in the region of Bocas del Toro with its 1,500 habitants is a town located in Panama - some 180 mi or ( 289 km ) West of Panama City , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Isla Bastimentos

Local time in Isla Bastimentos is now 01:51 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Matagalpa, Masaya, San Pedro, San José, and Limón. When in this area, you might want to check out Matagalpa . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Isla Bastimentos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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BOCAS DEL TORO, ISLA COLON, ISLAS DE PANAMA TOUR X VILLA MICHELLE PANAMA TOUR GUIDE

3:41 min by Panama Hostel Villa Michelle
Views: 8900 Rating: 4.20

BOCAS DEL TORO, ISLA COLON, ISLAS DE PANAMA, PANAMA TOURS BY VILLA MICHELLE TOURIST GUIDE AND A LUXURIOUS LODGING IN PANAMA. TOURISM IN PANAMA. TRAVEL TO PANAMA. VACATION TO PANAMA. VILLA MICHELLE is ..

Red Frog Beach - Bocas Del Toro

1:03 min by Edwin Travis
Views: 8057 Rating: 4.00

www.redfrogbeach.com Located in Bocas del Toro, the Red Frog Beach & Rainforest Resort has some of the most upscale vacation accommodations in Panama. This resort and marina provides guests with acces ..


Bocas Del Toro and Isla Grande, Panama

2:53 min by Andrew Burnett
Views: 677 Rating: 5.00

Our Mission Trek team headed out from Panama City to the Caribbean side of Panama and Bocas Del Toro. While there we worked on several construction projects and made several presentations of local ind ..

Isla de Bastimentos, Panama - VBS Club and Treehouse

5:26 min by Andrew Burnett
Views: 579 Rating: 5.00

A day in the life of the Mission Trek team working with Youth With A Mission on Bastimentos Island in the Bocas del Toro Region of Panama. The VBS team did a 2 day Club a local Indigenous School in a ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Solarte Island

Solarte Island, also known as Nancy's Cay, is an 8 km island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The two hundred Ngöbe Buglé fishing community lives on the island without electricity or telepphone system, capturing water from a well.

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Located at 9.30 -82.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
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Carenero Island

Carenero Island is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. The name of the island comes from the nautical term careening, which means to lean a ship on its side for repairing or scraping its hull. There are no roads on the island.

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Located at 9.35 -82.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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Cristóbal Island

Cristóbal Island is a mostly deforested 37 km island located south of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. Laguna Bocatorito, also known as Dolphin Bay, lies on the east side of the island.

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Located at 9.35 -82.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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Cayos Zapatilla

Cayos Zapatilla (Zapatilla Cayes) is a group of two uninhabited islands located east of Isla Bastimentos in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago of Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. North Cayo Zapatilla is 14 hectares long while south Cayo Zapatilla is comparatively bigger with 34 hectares. Both islands lie within the boundaries of the Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park.

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Located at 9.25 -82.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
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Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States, is dedicated to understanding biological diversity. What began in 1923 as a small field station on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone has developed into one of the world's leading research institutions.

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Located at 9.35 -82.26 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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