El Mirador Del Pianista — Local services in Bocas del Toro

Don't let the stories of the hike scare you but take some precautions before hiking: check the weather conditions check the conditions of the trail with locals/tour agencies/your accomodation use sturdy footware use walkingsticks take at minimum a jacket and water with you notify your accomodation/authorities about your hikingplans use the offline map app Maps.Me !!!

We walked this trail by ourselfs during dry season and really enjoyed the hike and the scenery. The locals we passed were very friendly and waived at us or said hello. I can imagine that the trail can be really bad and slippery during the wet season because of all the mud. I would recommend to use a guide in the wet season or when the trail is muddy.

The trails is not marked so at some turns it's hard to guess what is the right way. I added 3 pictures of the points where we had some doubts: Picture 1 - go into the forest on the left. You'll pass a warning sign with wornout letters Picture 2 - decend towards the water and cross the water. Don't go to the left Picture 3 - go straight on, don't go to the right

I think you can't really get lost when you use a offline map but taking a wrong turn and having to backtrack can be annoying so really use Maps.Me! I can't advise this enough!

The trail ends at the mirador with the rembrance monument of the two dutch girls. Please don't go past this point without a guide for...

It's very sad to see ignorant Westerners bury their heads in the sand and ignore evidence because it might make them uncomfortable and break their idea that the whole world is a Disney movie. Shame on the people who accuse others of "conspiracy theories" and "fairy tales" because they don't know the facts of what happened. If you want to say the trail is safe and beautiful, that's fine. But there was no accident and those girls didn't get lost. There is a picture of the girls with local men in the jungle around the time they disappeared, found on the phone of a man who was found dead. Other local men who had come into contact with them were found dead later as well. Those same local men changed their stories multiple times about where and when they saw the girls during the investigation. If you feel fine coming here, good for you. But there are too many strange coincidences for all of it to be an "accident." Central America is not a safe place in general, be smart and careful if...

I thought I’d experienced hiking, but this was next level for me, like doing a prolonged cardio workout (admittedly I am 55 years old). You definitely want good waterproof boots that support your ankles. Dress in layers—in theory it is colder up there but in practice, I have never sweated that much jn my life! So it helped to remove the layers. It’s more interesting for the physical challenge than for the scenery, although quetzals are possible. I noted some other birds and wildlife in my photo captions. Going back downhill is fun and a huge relief, though you will feel it...