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Our shuttles depart every day from Panama and Costa Rica. Our most popular route is the original Bocas Shuttle with daily transfers from Puerto Viejo to Bocas del Toro, Cahuita to Bocas, and from Bocas to Puerto Viejo and Cahuita. (We also pick up/drop off from all hotels in Playa Negra, Cocles, Playa Chiquita, Punta Uva and Manzanillo.)

Our international service includes:

• Late-model, air conditioned vans
• Fast, safe boats
• Friendly, professional drivers
• Border guide to speed immigration
• Pick up or Drop off at your Costa Rica hotel
• One Way or Round Trip
• Goes Every Day (no minimum)

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We also offer transportation options to/from all major Caribbean destinations and more:

IN COSTA RICA: San Jose . Arenal Volcano/Fortuna . Moneverde . Rio Pacuare . Tortuguero . Cahuita . Puerto Viejo

IN PANAMA:  Bocas del Toro . Boquete

Or, COMING SOON!,

choose from one of our Packages and Tours

COMING SOON: One-Day Bocas Tour (from CR), Package Tours an to all Caribe Shuttle destinations, Hotels, Trip Planner (custom itineraries), and Day Tours.

At least one person is dead, a union leader, and an estimated 100 injuries, 18 of those serious enough to be helicoptered out. These numbers are coming from the AP wire.

There are rumors coming from behind the lines and from web sources that four people were killed earlier today.

These rumors are unsubstantiated and we only cite them here to illustrate the potential danger of the situation. Caribe Shuttle strongly discourages anyone from trying to cross the border into Panama until further notice.

The Caribe Shuttle will not operate the Bocas Shuttle Route traveling from Puerto Viejo to Bocas del Toro until the situation is safe again. We will keep you informed of any changes. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.

(For more information on the strike, refer to the story below: Strike in Panama Paralyzes Transportation to / from Bocas del Toro!)

The Caribbean border between Panama and Costa Rica reopened again yesterday, Friday, November 28, after a week-long closure. Extensive flooding in the border towns of Sixaola, Costa Rica, and Guaybito, Panama, and surrounding areas shut the border crossing down as of last Saturday morning, November 22, the last day that the Bocas Shuttle was able to operate.

I have never seen rain like we had in my life, and I’ve lived in rain forests for over ten years. Moreover, older residents of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca who spent their whole lives here have been telling me the same thing. This might have been “the storm of the century!” I hope so, because I don’t want to see this kind of storm again. In just the Talamanca area alone I’m told that there are nearly 4000 homeless, and Panama was harder hit than Costa Rica. Happily, things are quickly going back to normal in Bocas and Puerto Viejo, and we are enjoying our second day of beautiful sunshine. I’m going surfing!

In the mean time many communities in highlands and border areas are still cut off and suffering. Find out you can help.

Though the border opened yesterday, a lack of fuel in the area kept boats, water taxis and ferries from running, so the morning shuttle was not able to operate. All transportation on the roads leading to Bocas de Toro were shut down for a week, so all supplies including fuel, food, water and medical supplies are in short supply. Now, however, we are happy to announce that as of today the Bocas Shuttle between Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, and Bocas Del Toro, Panama is now operating normally!!

Stay tuned. Passengers on the last shuttle to Bocas before the closure are writing reports for us on their experience on their journey to Bocas and their days stranded on the islands.