What's on in Boquete (Chiriquí), Panama through the year

Busy — Feria de las Flores y del Cafe, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Feria de las Flores y del Cafe

  7–18 JanMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Ten days of gardens, bands and coffee from the fincas above town, on the fairground by the Caldera river. Rooms in Boquete go months out and the road up from David crawls at weekends. Source ↗

Still on: Coffee harvest (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), Volcan Baru summit season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

• Nature

  Quetzal nesting season

  1 Feb – 30 Jun · usuallyBirdlife season

  Resplendent quetzals nest along the Sendero Los Quetzales and the flanks of Baru through these months, when the males hold territory near the cavities and a guide can usually put you on one before breakfast.

Still on: Coffee harvest (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), Volcan Baru summit season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Festival

  Expo Orquideas

  25 Mar – 10 Apr · usuallyMajor festival

  The town's second flower fair, ten days at the turn of March and April: several hundred orchid varieties under cover on the fairground, with folk music on the stage beside them. Source ↗

Still on: Quetzal nesting season (1 Feb – 30 Jun (usually)), Volcan Baru summit season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Quetzal nesting season (1 Feb – 30 Jun (usually)), Expo Orquideas (25 Mar – 10 Apr (usually)), Volcan Baru summit season (15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Green season

  1 May – 30 Nov · usuallyMonsoon

  Rain arrives in the afternoon and the bajareque mist sits on the ridges most mornings. Rates drop, the gardens are at their best, and the overnight Baru summit walk turns into a gamble on cloud.

Still on: Quetzal nesting season (1 Feb – 30 Jun (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Quetzal nesting season (1 Feb – 30 Jun (usually)), Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually))

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Coffee harvest

  1 Oct – 28 Feb · usually

  Pickers come down from the comarca and the fincas run mill and cupping tours through the harvest. The geisha lots are picked last, and the mountain roads are full of trucks before dawn.

Still on: Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Green season (1 May – 30 Nov (usually)), Coffee harvest (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Volcan Baru summit season

  15 Dec – 15 Apr · usuallyDry seasonBook early

  The overnight climb for a sunrise with both oceans in it only really pays in the dry months. Guides run it year round, but outside this window the summit is inside cloud more often than not.

Still on: Coffee harvest (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually))