When looking for accommodation on VRBO we stumbled upon Mañana Madera Coffee Estate, just past the town of Boquete, where we stayed for 3 wonderfully relaxing nights. Randy who is originally from Austin, TX has developed both the coffee estate and built his house and 2 awesome villas in a beautiful valley with amazing views down the Valley to the Pacific and up to Volcan Baru.

Chubbs, Randy’s dog and big baby sits on the doorstep in the morning while you eat an amazing breakfast with as much Mañana Madera coffee as you wish. Randy will then drop you off at one of the many hikes in the Valley and pick you up when you are done. The Ranchito or overlook at the end of the garden beckons you to relax in the hammock or in the wooden chairs while listening to the humm of the hummingbirds coming to feed and gazing out into the scenic green forest beyond. Randy’s margaritas just top things off while Chubbs and Snack the cat sit at your feet relaxing. An amazing part of Paradise.

We enjoyed the hike along The Pipeline and spotted a Quetzal high in the trees. It’s a 2 hour hike past agricultural lands following a water pipeline into the mountains alongside a small river, which you cross a number of times. The scenery is really beautiful everywhere you look and changes as you get up to the waterfall at the end.

The walk out down the road to meet Randy was great passing many coffee plantations and estates. The indigenous people are dotted through out the valley in very small homes close to the lands they work. On the way down there were some climbers on a rock face that looked like fun to climb.

We also went on another hike recommended by Randy, which started in Parque Nacional Volcan Baru and onto Los Quetzales Trail. Once on the Trail you climb high into the mountains walking on a muddy track with the odd placed logs that you jump to and from. There were no scenic viewing areas just rivers and woodland which got thicker and thicker as you continued up the trail. No Quetzales to be seen today on this trail.

We hiked into the rainforest for about 2 hours when I said to Brett this is a place where I think monkeys would be, look at all the limbs they can jump to and from. We stopped and looked around and suddenly could hear noises above us. Howler monkeys and lots of them jumping through the trees to see what we were up to. When they started throwing things at us and peeing from above we knew it was time to leave. Amazingly cool.

After 2 long days of hikes Brett retired to the Ranchito and the comfy hammock while I got a massage from Kat, Randy’s girlfriend. Bliss.

Excellent place to relax. After buying some Mañana Madera coffee Randy dropped us down in town at a house we have rented in Valle Escondido to relax and enjoy more of Boquete.