Boquete Nature Bungalow

A 350-square-foot bungalow in the Jaramillo neighbourhood above Boquete, the coffee-and-cloud-forest town in the highlands of Chiriquí. The bungalow looks from its private balcony straight down onto its own piece of jungle and river, and guests have logged kinkajous, possums, cacomistles and agoutis, with birds feeding in the trees close by. Inside is a queen bed, a full-size washer and dryer and reliable hot water, which matters at this altitude. The village is a fifteen-to-twenty-minute walk along a covered path or a cheap taxi ride, far enough to lose the downtown noise. Boquete is a different Panama from the islands: cool nights, coffee farms, and the Quetzal trail up the flanks of Volcán Barú. Thirteen years of hosting, rated 4.92.