10 Apr 2023
The rafting is nowhere near Boquete!!!
I'll try to give Boquete Outdoor Adventures the benefit of the doubt and I hope they are not intentionally being dishonest but at the very least, they are extremely misleading and have zero respect for people's time or money.
(Edit: now I do believe they are intentionally being dishonest. I expressed my frustration with the intent of showing them why it's misleading and their response was, "ed told everyone that it’s an hour and a half away. Also, we cannot control traffic..." Ed would be the guy who gave a briefing just before we all got on the bus the morning of, when everyone was already there and locked it.
I could not find anywhere in which 'Boquete Outdoor Adventures' explains the river is over 90 minutes from Boquete, all the way back through David and then another hour, then all the way back again. In fact, 'Boquete Outdoor Adventures' suggests in many places, including on their website and TripAdvisor description, that the whitewater rafting is an activity in BOQUETE!!
I.e. (I'll try to include the screenshots)
Website: "It doesn’t get better than the whitewater rafting in Boquete, Panama"
TripAdvisor: "We offer amazing Whitewater Rafting trips. Rafting is the most popular activity in Boquete"
I specifically came up to Boquete to do the whitewater rafting as described by your company. To find out I investment the time and money to come all the way up to Boquete, pay for accommodations for a couple of days, only to go all the way back through David, then another hour past it, then all the way back through David and up to Boquete, and I still have to head back to David after coming all this way to do your tour?.
Absolutely infuriating. Complete garbage. Do better.