HOW TO GET THERE

Bocas is easily reached, either by air from Panama City or overland by bus from San José in Costa Rica from where a morning bus enables one to reach Bocas the same day in the afternoon. From the Costa Rican border it is a short distance and a few dollars in a shared taxi to Almirante where the fast water-taxis run an hourly service across the water to Bocas. The trip costs $3 and takes 20 minutes.

Our local representative in Bocas will arrange transport to Soropta or Playa Larga. The cost of this is not included but volunteers can often hitch a ride in a boat taking stores.

Soropta beach is on one side of a narrow spit of land. On the other side is a canal originally dug to transport bananas to the nearby port of Almirante.

PRICES

Volunteers pay $25 per night which includes three meals a day while at the project site, but does not include transport from Bocas.

Please contact Carlos for availability.