Panama City to San Jose

Depends on your interest, but you can kill the last 3 days in CR doing a load of adventures, but 2 days In Pt Viejo? I suggest 3-5 nights there. lots to do, add rafting Rio Pacuare and hitting Tortiguero Canals with a night or two in Playa Cahuita and you have a vacation.

You also have the La Amistad park, which can be accessed from Panama or CR, and the indigenous indian villages.

There is no reason to spend anytime in San Jose, period.

Other options would be the Arenal area for adventure, hot springs and volcanoes fix.

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I agree but if you are spending five nts there why do you need to spend time in Cahuita? Instead of spending 7 nts in the vicinity Why not do 3 or 4 and a few at Tamarindo? I do prefer the Carribean since I've spent almost everyday of my life on the Pacific, but its worth a glimpse.

Playa Cahuita has a nice music/nightlife scene that is more afro caribe in feel, spicier food/cafe offerings, a nice park to hike, and the Sloth Sanctuary nearby...

I'd reduce my city days to the bare minimum, eliminate Boquete and use the extra days to extend my stay in Bocas and the Talamanca/Cahuita area - OR, if you're into sailing, you might consider hopping aboard the Andiamo (www.theandiamo.com) for a 2 night cruise about Kuna Yala.

I would eliminate Boquete and consider Boca Brava or similar beach area around David. At 23 I think Boquete would get boring pretty soon. Or spend those extra days in Santa Catalina, BDT, or PV.

Because of the time your going everywhere will be packed except for the cities. You really should hit a mountain town in panama like cerro punt or Santa fe. Boquete is nice but it will be very crowded. If the weather is nice in bocas when you are there you may get trapped. Christmas time is magical there.

Thanks a lot everyone, this is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I'm going to research these ideas and change my plan accordingly.

I wouldn't delete Boquete as I thought that was great if you were looking for hikes and outdoorsy stuff.

Personally, I thought Puerto Viejo was like a lamer version of Bocas del Toro- same cost but everything felt over touristy. I would cut down my time there.

Also, I would cut down or delete my time in San Jose and Panama City (though I hate huge cities). There really is not much to see there.

Actually PV is twice as much as BDT, pretty much everything in CR is twice as much as Panama, except for hotels.