Boca del Toro Packing Lists
Tips on what to pack for a trip to Boca del Toro, posted by real travelers and Boca del Toro locals.
Local Time 10:52 pm Thursday, December 4, 2008
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on August 10, 2003
Good sturdy shoes for walking, umbrellas are cheap and better purchased in Panama as Airline security may confiscate your umbrella.
Most medicine available without prescription and of much better quality (not generic) than is available in Canada. Be as informed as the locals by reading up on your requirements before leaving home.
Film is of questionable quality in some places, bring your own or use a digital camera. Also bring a small good quality flashlight as some beach side cottages shut their generators late at night.
Common sense, wear long pants and good shoes like the locals hiking in the country. Cuffs of pants dipped in permethrin will keep insects out. A cap dipped in same will keep ticks and sandflies out your hair.
Only the tourists in Shorts and Sandals gets bitten or stung by scorpions and snakes.
Ask the locals about the safety of the area, undercurrents at the beach, crocodiles near streams may not be apparent to the tourists but the locals nearly always know where danger lurks.
