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A beautiful huge wall with volcanic tubes. Great for some pictures and to actually understand that you are on top of a volcano.
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Try this uncommercial trail if you fed up with paying for even a little trail. However, you should bring a proper map and GPS not to get lost.
Weekly "drumming circles" are held at the Stone Cabins. Its mostly expats, but visitors are welcome. They have extra percussion instruments there, if you didn't think to bring your drums with you.
A nice and huge waterfall at the end of this trail, best during wet season. It's walk of around 6 km. Take a bus or mini van from Boquete going towards Bajo Mono. The ride takes about 40 minutes. The trail walk itself can take 3 hours. They have washroom etc at the beginning of the trail, where they collect the entry fee of $5. You can see three waterfalls along the way and also see the oldest tree. It appears that multiple trails are merged into one here.
A nice and not too long hike of 20-30 min for a good view of the town.
A little overpriced.
Hike the Quetzal Trail, so named because it is one of the homes of the rare resplendent quetzal. You can hike from Boquete to Cerro Punta (4 hr one-way gradual elevation gain), or the reverse. Most hikers will hike from Boquete to the "Mirador Las Rocas" and then return to avoid the more than 3-hr return by bus from Cerro Punta back down through David, and then back to Boquete. It is about a 4-5 hr one way hike (8 hr out and back), so it can be completed in one day. Nevertheless, it is best to go from David to Cerro Punta, and from there hike to Boquete. Otherwise from Boquete to Cerro Punta you climb from 1,800 m to 2,500 m and back to 2,100 m (the range hut at the end). Also, walking from Cerro Punta, you might be even luckier, arriving late on the Boquete side when no guard is there anymore. The trail is perhaps the most famous hiking trail in all of Panama. Visitors come from all over the world to have an opportunity to see the Resplendent Quetzal. Although the trail is easy enough to hike by yourself, unless you are an experienced birder, it is difficult to spot a Quetzal, and a guide is almost necessary in helping to locate a nest. But between December and May you might be out of luck either way.