The U.S. dollar. Coins are in the same denominations as in the United States. All mail is be picked up at the Bocas Post Office.
Packages can take considerably longer and sometimes are lost completely.
We advise against mailing valuables to or from Bocas del Toro. UPS, FedEx and other commercial carriers do not deliver to Isla Colon. Only letters and packages mailed through the US Postal Service will arrive. At present, there is no phone line extending to the end of the island where the field station is located. Outgoing calls can be made from public phones in Bocas del Toro.