We're a small inn, located in Santa Fe, Veraguas, Panama.
Calle Hacia Narices
Santa Fe
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We are a Panamanian-US couple with a young son. My husband, Celestino (Cele), grew up working on his family’s farm in a tiny town about two hours from Santa Fe, in the province of Veraguas. My name is Chaeli and I’m from California. We met while I was a Peace Corps Volunteer – teaching environmental science in the three roomed schoolhouse in his home town.
We spent a decade in the states, where I spent most of my professional career as a research ecologist, though I started out running a visitor center for the US Forest Service and worked as a park ranger for both the state and national agencies. Cele worked at a sawmill and soil production been finishing his AS certificate program. We started playing around with ideas that would permit us more flexibility with travel, family and our own interests.
We developed the idea of Coffee Mountain Inn, a country hotel with tours that would focus on what we know best, Panama like the locals know it, forests like the ecologists understand it, and agriculture like the rural farmers practice it. We have small coffee plots, but only produce about 100 pounds per year.
Cele physically built and landscaped the hotel with his own two hands before we opened in 2012. Today we both lead tours and activities based on what we know best. Cele also maintains our landscaping while I try to make sure the hotel is running smoothly. Rafael is our young son. He spends his days looking cute!
