Our three night stay at the Hummingbird couldn't have been better. We'd briefly spoken to Gary prior to our arrival and despite arriving a few hours before check in, he sent a car to pick us up from Bocas and kindly got the room ready for us speedily, which was appreciated after an overnight bus from Panama City. Gary and Betsy are excellent hosts - and truly go out their way to make sure you have the best stay possible, from
recommendations on the local area, to booking you on trips, and even kindly offered us use of their laptop to book flights for later on our trip.
The hotel is set in stunning grounds, right off Playa Bluff (unfortunately you can't swim from the shore most of the year round but it makes for a beautiful walk). The hotel is some way out of Bocas, so budget for a few taxis (c $15-20 each way) or there's a local bus service we used which was very reliable and much cheaper. There's a restaurant on site which is genuinely excellent - we had the best food in Bocas here, and ended up dining there every night, which isn't something we normally do. The rooms are beautifully furnished, with lovely balconies to relax on and there's a decent sized pool area with plenty of hammocks to lounge around on too. Finally, Gary is an excellent wildlife spotter, and showed us sloths and poison dart frogs all in the grounds.
All in all, a fantastic place - just book in now, you don't need to look anywhere else.