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The island of Cristobal occupies an important sector of the Admiral Bay, just to the east of the Colon Island and in the route of the marine taxis that connect Almirante and Bocas del Toro.
The island, when talking of tourism, is ignored most of the times, lacking of important forests, except on the south,
but very rich in marine environments. Surrounded by reefs and mangroves at the west and the south, is becoming one of the
favourite spots for divers. At the east sector of the island is located the very well known Dolphins Bay.
Bocatorito is an important tourist spot, in the east part of the island. A labyrinth of mangrove islets created a lagoon scenery that fascinates the tourist due to the calm waters. Once the boat abandon this labytinth, arrive to big sea water lagoon surrounded by mangroves and islands: the Dolphin's Bay.
Many tours come to this place, Dolphin's Bay, to show the tourists the playfull marine mammals, most of the times with their babies.
Bocatorito is also one of the ngobe indian communities of the island. Their houses are located in two different sectors: one, with better conditions, around an excellent restaurant managed by locales, and the other, to the left of the first one.
The community counts with a little more than 150 inhabitants that live in 30 houses, most of them made by wood with palm leaves or zinc roof. They don't have electricity or health center, but they have water that comes from a creek and it is carried to the touristic sector by means of an aqueduct.
The primary school, with multigrade system, counts with 2 classrooms and 2 teaches, attended by 50 students. Most of the villagers are fishermen, activity complemented with agriculture and cattle of subsistence. Some women do handicrafts to sell to the tourists.
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