Within the province of Bocas del Toro there exists a wide variety of habitats including lagoons, mangroves, estuaries, coral reefs, ocean coastal waters, and sandy beaches, all of which are important ecosystems that serve as a source of food, migration, and nesting for the Leatherback, Hawksbill, Green and Loggerhead Turtles

Bocas is an archipelago which means a cluster of Islands that was formed tectonically.

Playa Larga on Isla Bastimentos is a pristine 3-mile stretch of sand and a popular turtle nesting site