On your own
Activities you can do on your own are visiting places like "Mi jardin es su jardin", which is private estate where you are free to walk around the very beautiful gardens, "El explorador" a place outside of town that has terraced gardens with a lot of funny surprises, the museum that exhibits pre-Columbian artifacts or drinking some famous Boquete coffee in one of the local coffee shops. Furthermore, because of the lovely natural scenery and cool climate, adventurous hikes through pristine rainforest, canyons and waterfalls are great options. You can also swim and hang out with the local people at the open air swimming pool that has exciting long slides.
Activities this week
On Sundays the School Manager carefully selects the excursions for the coming week and announces these at the blackboard as "Activities this week" at the school. On Monday morning, after having had some information on the content of the excursions you can sign up for them. Deluxe program
If you sign up for the Deluxe program, you receive two half daytrips and one whole daytrip that the School Manager puts together upon arrival, based on your preferences.
Half daytrips
Coffee Tours
On these tours you can learn about the production and processing of the high quality coffee of Boquete. Cupping sessions and information about environmentally friendly methods are sometimes included.
Horse back tour:The surroundings of Boquete are perfect for a relaxed afternoon on a healthy horse.
Canopy tour: glide through the canopy of cloud forests on 3 kilometres of zip-line divided into 11 different cables, high above pristine rivers and waterfalls of the National Park La Amistad and the famous Baru Volcan.
Guided hikes combined with bird watching.
Hikes of two till four hours, from easy to difficult walking and in various parts of the Boquete, of Caldera are more interesting if you can go with a local guide that can tell you about all you see and donīt see on your way.
Daytrips
Volcan Baru
In total you will need about 11 hours to go up till the summit and go down again. There are walking trails and the park is home to abundant wildlife including the quetzal and a raccoon-like animal. Camping on the summit is an option.
Rafting
The Chiriqui province is like a paddler's paradise. The stretches are long and there are lots of rivers, each with various sections with different levels of difficulty. Daytrips with river lunches included are very popular weekend trips.
Hiking "Sendero de quetzales"
This difficult tour lasts about seven hours and is well known because you might see the quetzals.
Visit other towns
Towns like Volcan, Cerro Punta (for famous horse stables and trout fishing) or Guadelupe (for the Orchid Sanctuary) are easy to reach and interesting to visit.
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