Travel Within Panama: Getting Around the Country, What It Costs, and How to Budget for Big Trips (2026)
The bus from Panama City to Boquete takes seven hours and costs $16. The flight takes 45 minutes and costs $130. Panama’s extraordinary destinations — San Blas, Bocas del Toro, the canal, Chiriquí — are all reachable on real budgets. Plus: why cruises from Colón are a genuine advantage of where you live, and why big trips need their own dedicated reserve account.