Confidential Panama: Journey to the Lost Paradise of the Bocas del Toro

Through the window of Air Panama's old Fokker, an emerald labyrinth emerges on an incredibly clear turquoise sea.

From the air, Bocas del Toro looks like foam floating on the water.

Its nine main islands are surrounded by hundreds of islets and glossy green mangrove groves.

Stretching over nearly 250 km², the archipelago is covered with jungle on three quarters of its territory.

The juxtaposition of humid tropical forest and coral reefs forms an extraordinarily rich biodiversity that is revealed as soon as you leave Colón, the main island, and its floating bars where young Americans sway their hips.

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