By Air
There are daily flights on Air Panama from Albrook airport in Panama City to Bocas Del Toro. They start from $160 round trip in the off season to $210 in high season. The flight brings you right into the town center and usually takes just under an hour. For flight prices and schedules, be sure to visit WWW.AIRPANAMA.COM.
Flights from San Jose, Costa Rica to Bocas only run on certain times of the year on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays by Nature Air. Visit http://www.natureair.com/ for further details.
Any Taxi knows how to get to Playa Bluff. The fare for the taxi from the Airport to Playa Bluff is roughly $ 20.00 (per taxi up to 4 passengers). And the taxi ride is about 20 minutes.
There are also tourist buses at the airport for larger groups or families with more than 4 people.
The price for the tourist bus is $ 30.00 (per bus up to 14 passengers).
By Land and Sea
From Panama City Bus Terminal in Albrook, overnight buses are leaving in the evening starting at 19:00 and two more buses thereafter. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended, either the day before or several hours before the trip. The Ticket to purchase is to ALMIRANTE. This brings you to Almirante between 05:00 and 06:00 the following morning. From Almirante you take a Water Taxi to Bocas. If you drive your own car, your car could ride the ferry from Almirante to Bocas. But there is no ferry for cars on Monday except holidays. When you arrive in Bocas there are two options to get to Bluff.
One option is a taxi, the second option is a small bus that leaves from the park in the center of town. (It is marked "Bluff Beach")
The bus leaves for Bluff at 07:00 and then every hour until 16:00 in low season and 18:00 in high season.
The fare for the bus from Albrook to Almirante is $ 28.00/passenger.
The water taxi from Almirante to Bocas is $ 6.00/passenger
The Taxi from Bocas to Bluff is roughly $ 20.00/per taxi up to 4 passengers.
The minibus is $ 3.50/per passenger.
To and From Town
Taxis to and from town from our property costs approximately $20. We recommend that you use taxis as the main mode of transport as car rentals are expensive on the island and parking space is limited. There are also Minibus service and is $3.50 per passenger.
