In the month of January of each year, Boquete dresses up to receive the visitors that come to its famous Fair of the Flowers and Coffee, an event where producers show their products in a festive frame of great scenic beauty.
In front of the CEFATI (the tourism bureau of Panama information center), to the left hand, is the access to Volcancito. In this place, locals and visitors can enjoy a sunny day at the facilities of La Estancia Hostal (Tel: 774-3117), where young and old spend a fun day on the pool and coming down on the tobogans of the place, while enjoying a very good meal.
At El Explorador, located at Jaramillo Arriba, where on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. opens the doors of a private farm converted into a big garden with recycled goods that have been transformed into attractions to the visitor. Here, you find beautifull rose gardens, a great variety of plants, and in each corner, thoughts of great wisdom.
Mi garden is your garden: That is the hous of “Los Gonzalez” of of “Lalo Gonzalez” but is better known as My Garden is Your Garden. It’s a residence of singular beauty: nearly 12 persons work full time taking care, cleaning and planting beautifull gardens with more than 200 species of flowers, with artificial creeks and ponds where hundreds of carp fish live and reproduce. It is one of the great attractions of Boquete.
A visit to the top of “Volcan Baru” or Baru Volcano: it is a totally thrilling adventure. In its track you will be able to appreciate the Mountainous Wet Forest, the Cloudy Tropical Forest, and the panoramic view of both Oceans at the highest point of the Republic of Panama.
Birdwatching is one of the main attractions of Boquete. The “Quetzal”, considered one of the most exotic birds.
In her book, “Boquete, valley of the eternal rainbow”, the writer Milagros Sanchez, in a bunch of words, describes the origin of the greatness of this land: “More than a hundred years have gone since the first native and foreign colonists started to change the jungle background and the landscapes of Boquete. They were the last years of the XIX Century and the first of the XX Century, when, with a hatchet and a machete, and the strong will of the pioneers, opned those forests; starting a permanent transformation process, which, the land, in union with the human character, was destined to form a flourishing district”. Boquete was founded on April 11, 1911. Its first dwellers where inmigrants from other districts of the province, as well as europeans fom switzerland, yugoeslavia, sweden, germans and north americans. For this reason, their farms and houses keep an architecture reminiscent of their own places. This fresh and fertile valley, comprises of Bajo Boquete, Alto Boquete, Los Naranjos, Jaramillo, Caldera and Palmira counties.
Fair of the Flowers and Coffee
Panoramic view of Boquete
The Boquete area covers an extension of 514 kms, with a population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants, an elevation of 1,600 meters over the sea level and an average temperature of 18.0°C all year round. It is one of the five best places to live in the world according to foregin publications. Its blue monumental mountains, crowned with an almost permanently cloudy, surruonded by green plains, ripped by a silver string called Caldera river, offers a scenic view of extraordinay proportions. The benign weather of Boquete is one of the jewels of the Crown. Going out for a stroll on its streets or its fields is always a satisfying experience.
This is one of the most important agricultural regions of the country, and one of the things that makes such a pretty landscape is what they produce. To see the plantations and the way coffee is processed in Boquete, one of the best coffees in the world, is one of touritst attractions of the area. Boquete is a great producer of potatoes, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, oranges and flowers. A light rain can surprise you as you meander around, the kind that does not gets you wet, but rather, it caresses your face. It is called “bajareque”. Here you have bajareque all year round.
Aguadulce comes from the combination of water “agua” and sweet “dulce”. According to some folcks, the name dates back to when the first Spanish settlers arrived in the region and built an artesian well, noticing that the water was sweet, giving the region it´s characteristic name. Aguadulce is also known as the land of the Salt and Sugar, due to the fact that both activities are present in the region on an industrial level, with great extensions of land dedicated to the production of salt and also, it is the headquarters to two of the biggest sugar cane mills in the country. This thriving city located on an vast valley, at approximately 195 kms from Panama city, is the head of the district of the same name, founded October 19, 1848. Although the exact date of the foundation of the city is not known, it is known for a fact, that it happened by the end of the XVIII century, and it was baptized with the name of Saint John Baptist of Aguadulce. Several times throughout it´s history was the head of the Province of Cocle. It is the commercial and industrial center of the Province of Cocle. Has nearly 20,000 inhabitants. It is important to point out that it is the headquarters of the Cocle top baseball team also known as the “Leña Roja” or red firewood.
Aguadulce, Cocle
Museum of the Salt and Sugar
Museum of the Salt and Sugar
It makes a remembrance of the times since the native indians lived there, and how it evolved with the coming of the new colonists who started producing salt and sugar. For that, they have a Pre-Columbian exhibit, another one dedicated to both the sugar and salt industries. They also have a room for temporary exhibitions and another one for conferences. The museum is located in front of the 19 of October Park. Entrance fee is free and it only opens to the general public from Mondays until Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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