When I am in the States and I order something in the morning from Amazon Prime, sometimes it arrives later that same day. I am still amazed by that.
But, you won't experience such quick delivery when ordering online while in Panama.
This is one of a 4 part, Mail in Panama, series. This is Part 4 - Get & Send Mail in Panama. I also cover alternative ways to mail letters and send faxes. Also see, Part 1 - What To Do About Your Current Mail, Part 2 – Postal Service in Panama, and Part 3 – Domestic Mail in Panama.
There are a number of ways to send a package to Panama.
I am sure you could also use the Postal service of most countries to send mail to Panama. However, I am only familiar with the US Postal Service so that is the only public postal service I discuss here.
Parcel shipping or forwarding services allow you to purchase from an online retailer, and have the products shipped to a USA address. The shipper will then consolidate the packages and ship them to you in Panama.
The majority of expats in Panama use one of these private mail services.
There are a number of mail services to choose from.
I reviewed mailing service recommendations on various Panama-related forums. I have listed ones that get good overall comments below. I don't recommend one over another.
FYI - Pty stands for Panama City. That "abbreviation" comes from the airport code for Panama City's Tocumen International Airport (PTY).
Not everyone has had good experiences using the US Postal Service to send letters and packages to Panama.
Packages. We have had a very good experience with packages sent by USPS. For years, my kids received regular birthday, Easter and Christmas packages from their grandparents here in Panama. Every package arrived, sooner or later. Sometimes even quickly (think 2 weeks).
Unfortunately, once a few postal workers in David rifled through and stole from all the packages waiting to be picked up at that post office. This meant that my youngest daughter did not get her grandmother's birthday gifts that year. Very disappointing for both parties.
I was pleasantly surprised that in response to this theft, the David post office fired a number of workers and completely changed their process for packages. I don't believe such a theft has happened again.
Magazines. We have not had much luck with magazines sent by US Postal Service though. Some arrive, and some don't. My husband a a newspaper delivered from Spain, and it almost never arrived. However, it "envelope" was a simple paper band around the paper, easily ripped and destroyed.
Letters. We have had pretty good track record getting letters from the US via the USPS. To increase your odds, it is best to sent it in one of those big cardboard priority mail envelopes. The size and visibility seems to give it less chance of getting lost.
What Address To Give USPS. As I mentioned in Mail in Panama - Part 2, the Panama mail service has no door-to-door mail delivery. You need to direct your package or mail to correctly to increase its chances of arriving as quickly as possible. Find out what address to use for mail in Panama.
There are other ways to get a letter sent or faxed to anywhere you desire. Here are some of your options.
DHL - The best way to get a time critical document to the USA (or anywhere) in Panama is by DHL. For some reason DHL is more reliable in Panama than FedEx is. It isn't cheap, but it is fast and reliable. There are DHL office in many locations throughout Panama.
If you go to the Boquete Tuesday market, there is a service there from which you can buy USA stamps. They forward the mail to the USA to be mailed. Not for use for urgent mail.
You can email your letter to an online mailing service. They print it out and mail it anywhere you want it to go in the world.
You can send it certified mail, over-night, and more.
The return address is the service's, so if something is returned they will follow up on the issue.
Here are 3 services that seem good. I'm sure more will pop up in a Google search
There are services that will fax for you as well. You email them your document, they print it and fax it.
I am sure there are other services as well, if your really need to fax. Do you really need to fax?
Moving to Panama? You may want to use our Move To Panama Checklist.
The most popular one is Uno Express.
To send mail - or anything - domestically, you have 6 options.
I am sure there are people and businesses that use Panama's domestic mail system. But as I said, no one I know does so.
If you have had experiences using Panama's domestic mail service, please share in the comments below.
For more about Mail in Panama, see all parts of this 4 part series:
Moving to Panama? You may want to use our Preparing To Move To Panama Checklist.
Some people strongly disagree with this, and say it is both slow and always completely unreliable.
But that has not been our experience. (I talk about some of our postal experiences below.)
This is part 2 in our series about Mail in Panama. Part 1 discusses your current mail & virtual mailboxes. Part 3 is on domestic mail, within Panama, and Part 4 talks about mail services to send items to and from Panama.
One important thing to know is that COTEL does not deliver door-to-door.
This means that:
Consequently, you should not use your home address as your mailing address when using COTEL. That assumes you even have an address for your home. Many residences are not part of any kind of address system in Panama.
Your electric and some other utility bills will be delivered to your home. However, it is the utility company that delivers these bills, not the postal service.
In my case, they slip the bill into our fence. If the delivery person sees you, he or she will give it to you directly. It is not a reliable system.
I have often found my electric bill months later buried in some leaves in a corner of my yard. You should just know when your bills are due and pay them in person, or online, when that option is available. (Find out more about paying your utility bills in Panama.)
To receive mail via COTEL you can either rent a post office box or have it sent to you General Delivery. Either way you will have to go to the post office to pick up your mail.
I have done both. Personally, I did not experience any better service using a PO Box than I did using General Delivery.
To rent a PO Box, you pay $20 ($15 if you are retired) a year.
The payment covers the rent from January to December. They do not pro-rate your payment. So if you are thinking of renting a box in November, you may want to wait until January. Otherwise you will pay $20 in November, and then $20 again in January.
If they have no available post office boxes, don't worry. As I said, we have had the same experience using General Delivery as with a PO Box.
Tell your family & friends to use this address to mail things to you.
Your name must be written the same way as it is on your ID. Some postal employees are sticklers about this. Some aren't, but better to be safe than sorry. The address should be in Spanish.
At the David Post Office, I have to go to 3 locations to pick up a package.
1) Inquire for your mail at a window in a line of windows on the exterior of the building. If you don't speak Spanish well, hand them your ID as you attempt to ask if you have mail. They will know what you want. If you have a letter, you sign for it, and you are on your way.
2) If you have a package, you must go into the building to see the customs person. For a package, the customs person will open and go through the package. They will only go through the package in your presence. They do this to determine if all the items can be legally sent to you as well as to assess a duty, if any. So far I have never been charged a duty or told that any of my items were not allowed.
3) Then you go back outside to another window to pay for the rent and any other fees or duties on the package. I always seem to have rent to pay on my packages. Yes, they charge a daily fee to store your package until you pick it up. (More on that below)
We have had a very good experience with packages sent by the US Post Office to Panama.
For years, my kids have received regular birthday, Easter and Christmas packages from their grandparents here in Panama. Every package arrived, sooner or later. Sometimes even quickly (think 2 weeks).
You can mail letters and packages to the USA and other places using the Panama postal service. It is slow. It can take 2 to 6 weeks for a letter to arrive in the US. And occasionally it will never arrive.
Some people say all the mail they have sent has arrived, eventually. Other haven't had that experience.
No one I know uses the Panama postal service to send mail to someone else in Panama. I have never even heard anyone suggest it. Delivery services are used.
The most popular delivery service is Uno Express, which has locations throughout Panama. Depending upon what you are sending and where, there are other options as well.
Click to discover your domestic mail options in Panama.
There are no zip codes in Panama. Some electronic forms have difficulties with this. They will not let you submit your address without a zip code. In that case, I put 5 zeros for the zip code. It has never failed me yet.
Rent & Custom Duty
Although, our packages are always addressed to us in Puerto Armuelles, Almost all of our packages are held in David for pick-up. (David is the biggest town in the Chiriqui Province, about 1 hour away from Puerto).
I think they keep them in David so they can make some money. As I mentioned, you actually pay rent each day your package is stored at the post office until you pick it up. It is not much per day, but still. The post office can also collect any duty imposed on your packages. They have only held up our packages in David, never letters.
30 Days of Storage Maximum. Technically, COTEL will store your package for 30 days only. After that they can return it to the sender. I have had packages waiting for us for a lot longer than 30 days. But once they did send a package back to the sender because I didn't pick it up in time. So I recommend you tell people not to send you surprise packages. You need to know to check for them. For awhile, there was a postal employee who would call me when I received a package. But he left, and I received no further notification calls.
Note: The Postal Service in Costa Rica tends to be more reliable than Panama's. For this reason, expats living near the border, sometimes rent a PO Box in Costa Rica. A word of warning though. The customs in Costa Rica is much stricter than in Panama. At least that has been our experience. We have never paid any custom duties for the many many packages of new items we have received here in Panama. But once my mom sent a box to the Costa Rica Post office at Pasa Canoas, and we paid a heavy custom duty on a box filled mostly with used clothes.
If you want to send and receive mail & packages in Panama, you may want to look into using a mail service such as Mailbox Express or Hot Express. You can find out more about your mail service options here.
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The short answer is that you are able to send and receive mail in Panama. But you must do it differently than "back home".
Instead of writing an incredibly long post about mail in Panama, I broke my answers into 4 parts. This post is Part 1, what to do about your current mail, Part 2 - Postal Service in Panama, Part 3 - Domestic Mail in Panama, and Part 4 - Best way to send & receive mail & packages.
Here I answer the first 2 questions
1) What to do with the mail you get now?
2) Can you get that mail sent to your home in Panama?
Right now you get mail delivered 6 days a week to your home. Most of it is junk, but you most likely want to continue to get some of it once you are in Panama.
Of course, you could just take a pass and leave all that mail behind. Let someone else recycle it. What a relief that would be, huh?
The problem is that every once in awhile you get something important in the mail. Something you want to read.
1) Go paperless as much as possible. This is easy to do for your credit card, bank statements, and even for your magazine subscriptions. Most businesses prefer to email you rather than use snail mail. They make it easy for you to go paperless. It save them money. And it saves trees.
2) Stop all junk and unwanted mail. The post office won't forward junk mail to your virtual mail box. But they will still forward you non-junk, but unwanted mail. Stopping junk and unwanted mail is not always easy.
I recommend you do 3 things to free up your mail box (virtual or not).
Actually you probably will want to do those 3 things whether you move to Panama or not.
Now how do you get your remaining mail sent down to Panama. Actually, it is best not to send it down. Do you really want to pay to ship your mail down without knowing if you want to read it or not? There are other ways to get your mail, without getting it physically delivered to you.
You can forward your mail to a friend or family member and have them deal with it. This may be the best route for you. But it does have some pitfalls.
We did this at first. We forwarded our mail to a dear friend. The issue was alot of the mail really wasn't dealt with, at least not the way we would have dealt with it.
If you decide to use a friend or family for your mail manager, you also have to be comfortable with them being privy to your personal and financial information. And maybe hearing their advice on how they think you should handle your affairs.
A better way, a way that will work, even when your sister is ill with the flu, is a virtual mail box.
This is the easiest & most affordable way to continue to get your mail "delivered" to you in Panama.
The service will give you an address in the USA, usually in Florida, sometimes in Texas. I had one who gave me an address in New York. Of course, there are also virtual mail box services in Canada and throughout Europe too.
Note: If you will be paying taxes in the US, and your only "residence" in the US will be your virtual mailbox you may want to make sure your virtual address is in Florida or Texas or another state that also does not have a state income tax.
Your Virtual Mailbox Service takes a photo of the envelope and posts it to your account. You review these on-line. If you want to see what is in the envelope, they will scan it for you. If you get a check, they will deposit it for you. If you get a package (or a letter you want a hard copy of), they will forward it to any service you also subscribe to (eg. Mailbox Express, Airbox Express), which will then deliver it to you in Panama. (See how to get packages delivered in Panama).
The service will give you instructions on how to set up your virtual mailbox. Basically, you will have to fill out a form authorizing them to collect your mail etc. You will also need to submit a forwarding address request to your home country's postal service. Also, don't forget to update your address with anyone who sends you wanted mail that you don't want to get electronically.
First, you need to determine what mail services you need.
Some items to consider whether you need, or not.
Pick the service that provides you the services you need at an affordable price. I would recommend doing a Google search for reviews of your top 3 picks. Maybe ask on various Panama forums. You want to use one that other people have been happy with.
We use one a very simple one, USA Mail1 They scan the envelopes and open them when we request them to. Simple. And only $10/mo.
Services usually charge a flat monthly fee. Typically they charge extras based on volume of mail, storage requirements, whether you need mail forwarding, etc.
In the list virtual mailbox companies below, I included the range of costs. As you will see, you can pay anywhere from $0 or $8 to $179/mo depending on the company and the services you want to have.
Be careful. The monthly fee usually covers a set number of letters/scans, and perhaps some basic mail forwarding service. Over this set amount you typically get charged a per letter fee. Some services charge a postage deposit, shipping fees, enrollment and cancellation fees as well.
There are a number of virtual mail box companies. A Google search will give you a list.
Make sure the one you chose provides all the services you desire at the price you want.
I have heard good things about Mail Box Forwarding. We use USA Mail1. I have no complaints about them, but we only use their most basic package.
There are many others, here is just a sampling.
In Canada:
In USA:
I am not recommending any service in particular. You should do your own research on them.
Moving to Panama? You may want to use our Moving To Panama Checklist.
At the time it was offered to us, we elected not to buy the property. For us, this area seemed to be too far from Puerto Armuelles to fit our lifestyle.
Over the past decade, or so, I (Reyn) have occasionally gone to surf in front of what is now the CocoBeach Development.
The waves are often better at CocoBeach than here in Puerto Armuelles. The CocoBeach area is farther from the surf shadow cast by the Punta Burica peninsula. Punta Burica blocks much of the prevailing southwest swell from hitting Puerto Armuelles.
For years, there was no sign of any development at CocoBeach, whatsoever.
Over the past 3 or 4 years, there have been little improvements to the property.
In the last couple of years, there has been significant investment in road construction and surface water runoff control on the property. Now there is even an attractive new building being used as an office and tool storage area.
When we have visited most recently, there have been as many as a dozen laborers and a crew boss doing various projects on the roadway and maintaining the lots.
Many of the lots have been platted and marked. The lots now have grass lawns.
The development is at the very beginning stages of feeling like a “neighborhood”.
According to CocoBeach's website, a significant number of lots have already sold. They are supposed to be starting to build their first home within a few months. Currently, when you buy a lot you must start construction of your home within 5 years.
With the recent expansion to the highway from Puerto to Paso Canoas, and other recent investments in Puerto Armuelles, there is a strong sense that our area is growing fast.
We are beginning to think that the CocoBeach Development could be a huge success.
For some expats, a secure, gated community, 20 minutes from town could be just what they are looking for.
(Note: This drive is likely to be reduced to 15 minutes, maybe less, once the road to CocoBeach is improved)
The parent company for CocoBeach is Panama Portfolio. They have 3 projects under development in Panama.
Gated Community
As we mentioned, the big selling point (for some) of CocoBeach is that it will be a gated and secure community, 24/7. Another selling point is their amenities.
Amenities
It is our understanding that the CocoBeach development proposes to include a boutique hotel and restaurant, beach club house, tennis court, a pool, boat ramp and storage, equestrian center, and a secure entrance gate with full time security guard.
Lots for Sale
CocoBeach is a 98 acre development which will be sold in 2 phases. Currently there are 106 lots for sale.
According to their masterplan there are 15 beachfront properties.
Houses
You can select one of their houses to be built by them on your lot, or build your own house.
They require that you start construction of your house (or have them do it for you) within 5 years of buying a lot.
We don't know what happens if someone does not build a house within 5 years, per their contract.
Design Guidelines
CocoBeach is imposing what city planners refer to as design guidelines for the community. These guidelines require that your house conform to a certain look and quality.
As a designer, myself, I think this is a big plus for the community, since it ensures architectural cohesion and an attractive looking community. This will add future value of the development.
This is why we also encourage buyers of our Corazon de Oro lots to build one of our Living in Panama Houses. Having a cohesive look to a neighborhood makes it a much more pleasant place to hang out. And definitely, increases its resale value.
Most of our visitors have responded positively to Puerto Armuelles and to our own Living in Panama House.
Of course, the people who appreciate our philosophy and style are most likely to come to visit us vs. CocoBeach.
As we stated already, CocoBeach is too far from town for our family’s lifestyle, since we like to walk, bike, or just “be” right in town. We don't enjoy spending time in the car, so driving 10 -20 minutes to pick up some milk is not for us.
Also, living in town and not in a gated community allows us to mix more naturally with our Panamanian neighbors.
However, there is another group. A group that seeks a more luxurious and exclusive enclave, further away from town. If that fits you, you may be interested in CocoBeach. CocoBeach is a very attractive place.
An Example
As a matter of fact, we recently gave a tour to a client who took advantage of her visit to Puerto Armuelles to visit all of our properties as well as CocoBeach.
This client’s conclusion was that she, herself, wants to live on the beach, right in Puerto Armuelles, or at Corazon de Oro. However she is certain that her mother, who is planning to move to Puerto Armuelles with her, would prefer to live in the gated community at CocoBeach. She plans on coming back in the near future with her mom.
We look forward to seeing her on her return trip, and we wish her good luck selling the idea to her mom.
One size definitely does not fit all, as the saying goes.
However, one thing is clear. CocoBeach clearly benefits by its proximity to Puerto Armuelles.
The beach at CocoBeach is truly excellent.
But, if CocoBeach were located in the middle of nowhere, it would just be another pretty vacation destination. Not a real place to buy a home and to live a functional lifestyle (Our opinion).
Unlike other gated communities, say on the distant shores of Paradise (i.e., in the middle of nowhere), CocoBeach is close enough to Puerto Armuelles to be an easy drive to town.
Puerto is clearly growing and developing fast. So, the amenities here that are available to residents at CocoBeach are likely to increase in number, and quality, as time goes by.
CocoBeach Development is destined to be a multi-year project. This means that CocoBeach community is likely to employ many residents of Puerto Armuelles in construction, maintenance, gardening, cleaning, and other laboring jobs for years to come.
As such, CocoBeach will continue to provide basic employment in a region that has been sorely lacking in stable employment. And, of course, the new residents of CocoBeach are going to need to shop for groceries, gas, hardware, furniture, gardening tools, cell phones, sun screen, etc…
The logical place for them to do their shopping will be right here in Puerto Armuelles. It is clear to me that the ongoing success of CocoBeach is going to be beneficial to our Panamanian neighbors here, and for the ongoing success of Puerto Armuelles.
This, of course, makes Betsy and me very happy. Those of you who are regular readers, all know by now that we love our little beach town, Puerto Armuelles: The only true beach town in Panama. We want to see Puerto prosper and continue to be a happy place to live for all of us.
Overall their information seems pretty good, if you ignore the usual sales-pitch hyperbole. They seem to have a good track record of making plans on paper become successful projects.
(Note: We do not receive any compensation from CocoBeach for our review or otherwise. In fact, the CocoBeach folk don't yet know we wrote about their development. We hope they agree it is a positive review.)
Thanks for reading
Betsy & Reyn
I must admit that before we attended the conference, we would never have considered going to an event like this.
But now that we went. I definitely see the value in it.
We always encourage people to make sure that Panama is right for them BEFORE moving down. Which means you must do 2 critical things:
1) Visit Panama
2) Discover the good and the bad of life in Panama
Attending this conference allows you to quickly discover if Panama is right for you.
Many people waste so much time researching Panama online. Then when they finally come down to visit they discover it doesn't feel right or the facts they found on the Internet were not true.
Also attending the conference keeps you from procrastinating.
Buying tickets to this conference means you really will go to Panama. Instead of saying you will visit Panama "some day", you can say "I'm going to Panama in February 2018".
Then you can have fun mapping out your trip so you can explore your favorite spots in Panama while you are in the country.
The Live & Invest Panama Conference is an information smorgasbord on Panama.
There are presentations by bankers, attorneys, visa specialists, insurance folks, property experts, and tax advisors, shippers, property managers, experienced and successful investors and business owners. As well as people like Reyn & me. People who have lived in Panama and can share their experience and advice.
I was especially relieved by the fact that they didn't ask us to sugar coat any of our Panama advice & insights. We could say anything we wanted. And we did. And we will.
Even after 10+ years living in Panama I learned things at the conference.
Find out more about this Panama conference. Including a detailed program of events and more.
In my opinion, one of the most valuable parts of the conference were the social gatherings.
Come armed with all your questions. Some you will come down to Panama with, and some will be prompted by that day's presentations.
A great time to ask those questions is during one of the twice daily snack breaks or at one of the evening events.
Most of the speakers also attend these events. So you can ask your insurance, cost of living, or any other question you may have. Of course, you can also ask questions at the end of each speaker's presentation, but I find you solicit different types of information at these more informal social gatherings.
Also, you will get to mingle and get to know others who are also considering a move to Panama. You can learn a lot from these fellow travelers, and even become friends.
Of course, it is not like you won't get products marketed to you.
The snack food table is surrounded by vendors marketing a range of Panama-related items.
And of course, many of the speakers have their own products they'd like you to consider. Furthermore, the owners of Live & Invest Overseas, Lief Simon and Kathleen Peddicord, market their own real estate development on the Azuero Peninsula during the conference.
But none of it seems like a hard sell.
LIOS markets this conference much more strongly than what you will experience at the conference itself.
Check out what LIOS says about why you should attend this conference.
We really liked the hotel where the conference was held last time. It had amazing customer service.
But this year's hotel seems even better. It is in Casco Viejo (Old Town). It is Panama's first hotel. It opened it's doors in 1874. President Teddy Roosevelt stayed there.
It doesn't have an imaginative name: Central Hotel Panama. But its French-influenced design was recognized by UNESCO.
Check out its website, and you will see that it is pretty luxurious. I am looking forward to staying there.
When I spoke with the attendees at the last conference, it seemed there were all sorts of discounts available for the conference.
For instance, if you are a reader or member of one of LIOS's divisions, you can save $50 or $100 or even attend the conference for free.
Find out if you qualify for a conference discount on this page.
LIOS has kindly given my readers a special discount of an additional $50 off the cost of registration.
Simply use the coupon code PANAMA50 when signing up, and you'll save an additional US$50 off the cost of registration.
In addition, the Early Bird Discount is still in effect, saving you $250 per person when you register now. That is in addition to the $50 off from using the PANAMA50 code and any other discounts you may be eligible for.
Go here to see all available discounts or to register online. If you want to get the $250/person Early Bird Dicount, I recommend doing it soon.
If you come to the conference, please let me know. Maybe we could find time to grab a beer or a cup of coffee together. It is 3 days long, so I think we could make it work.
I'd also like to know what questions you have about Panama. I am sure others have the same questions. I will try to cover them in my presentation.
I look forward to meeting you there.
Disclaimer: It won't cost you anything, but if you use one of the links above to register for the conference, I may earn a few extra bucks. So if you will be going to the conference, I would appreciate you using one of my links to register. Thank you.
If you want help setting up a tour of Panama, LIOS recommends Barefoot in Panama. A good tour organization. They are also one of the venders at the event.
However, if you want to concentrate on the Chiriqui Province, I can recommend Local Travel Excursions. (The Chiriqui Province includes theses towns: Boquete, Volcan, Boca Chica, David & Puerto Armuelles.)
It will not be as luxurious an experience as you'd have with Barefoot in Panama. However, I think it will give you a better sense of what it would be like to live in the Chiriqui Province. Karen, of Local Travel Excursions, offers a wide variety of services to people moving to or considering a move to Panama.
(FYI: Karen and I both live in the Chiriqui Province. Karen in David. My family in Puerto Armuelles.
I don't benefit financially at all if you book a tour with Karen.)
You can read what we wrote about our experience at last year's LIOS Panama conference.
The location is now in a more central spot.
It will be at the downtown waterfront park.
The park is located between the bus station and the pier.
The market no longer occurs on the 1st Saturday of the month.
Now it is coordinated with the typical twice monthly payday (on the 15th and 30th).
There will be 2 markets in December
Most everyone seems to agree that the 8am start time is just too damn early.
Now the Market will be held from 10am - 2pm.
Most likely, the dates and time will continue to be tweaked. So check back toward the end of December.
The market will continue to solicit donations for Los Animales of Puerto Armuelles.
There will be a donation can at each vendor's table.
Please give generously.
Learn more about Los Animales of Puerto Armuelles.
Buy and/or sell items at the market.
You can buy or sell plants, fruit, handicrafts, used and new items, and much more.
If you are selling, don't forget to bring your own table.
Watch a video of the 1st Puerto Armuelles Market here.
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The Parade: On the streets of downtown Puerto ArmuellesParade in Downtown Puerto.
Folk Dances: in Municipal Gym in Downtown Puerto Armuelles.
The Gym is across the street from the dollar store.
There will be people from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico & more performing their folk dances.
The parade starts at 11am. Followed by the dances.
For more information on Puerto Armuelles
Puerto Armuelles, land of hardworking men and women.
We, the people of Baru, are proud to invite you to our first cultural exposition.
This will take place on the 27th of November at 11AM.
There will be a folk parade [through the streets of Puerto Armuelles].
This will be followed by folk dance performances in the municipal gymnasium in downtown Puerto Armuelles.
This first ever international culture/folklore expo will feature performers from all over Central America.
Big Daddy's expat owners give loving attention to their menu - food & drink.
You will have a better culinary experience here than at many other hotels in the Chiriqui Province.
The swimming pool is at the center of the hotel. The restaurant and the rooms are arranged around 3 sides of the pool. And everything: the pool, the 2 suites, outdoor bar, and the restaurant, all gaze at the ocean.
And that is one of the best things about this hotel: It is right on the beach.
The combination of A/C, the swimming pool, and the ocean & its breezes makes this a refreshingly cool place to stay.
Contact us to have a tour of town and our beautiful beach properties.
Reyn & I have lived in Puerto Armuelles for 11 years. We can easily answer many of your questions about living in Panama, and Puerto Armuelles in particular. Start browsing our beach properties here.
All the rooms and the Honeymoon Suite accommodate 4 adults, 3 kids.
The Ocean Suite accommodates 6 adults, 5 kids.
The 2 suites face directly onto the beach.
The rates below are all for couples. For extra adults or kids, add $11 each.
Phone: (507) 770.0989, Cell: (507) 6461.9134
507 is the country code. There are no area codes in Panama.
For More Information and To Book Your Stay, Go To Their Website.
Read some background info on this hotel and the owners, here.
For more Places to Stay in Puerto Armuelles, go here.
For more Places to Eat in Puerto Armuelles, go here.
