Home · Buenaventura
3-Bedroom Condo + Staff Room — Golf View
3 beds + staff room · 225 m² (≈2,422 sq ft)
$550,000Block Beaches listings · 10 Sep 2026Coclé · Pacific coast
Buenaventura
Private resort living. Resort living at its most finished: guarded gates, marina canals and a lake, and a beach club a golf-cart ride from home. Many owners split time with Panama City; others live here full-time and use the towns along the highway for everyday shopping.
Playa Santa Clara, Coclé · Photo: Mir Rodriguez / Fundación Almanaque Azul / CC BY-SA 3.0
Buenaventura in numbers
The practical picture
Drive to Panama City≈2 h 1099.1 km in a straight lineBlock Beaches estimate · 30 Sep 2026
Nearest airportRIHAeropuerto Internacional Cap. Scarlet Martínez · 9.4 kmOpenStreetMap · 30 Sep 2026
Nearest hospital6.4 kmCentro Materno InfantilOpenStreetMap · 30 Sep 2026
Hospitals within 15 km1mapped in OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap · 30 Sep 2026
Named schools within 15 km6mapped in OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap · 30 Sep 2026
Supermarkets within 15 km5mapped in OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap · 30 Sep 2026
Coastal projects approved6of 10 filed in Río Hato & Playa Blanca (Antón)MiAmbiente register · 30 Sep 2026
Public listings5from $550,000Block Beaches listings · 10 Sep 2026
Schools with international or bilingual names in OpenStreetMap: Academia Bilingüe Santa Mónica. Names only; check curriculum and accreditation with each school.
Who it suits
Second-home owners, families who want services and security built in, golfers, turn-key buyers.
Worth weighing
- Community feesResort communities carry association fees. Ask for current amounts.
- A car helpsSupermarkets, clinics and schools are outside the gates, along the highway.
- Busy weekendsHolidays and dry-season weekends are lively; weekdays are quiet.
What's being built
Río Hato & Playa Blanca (Antón)
10 coastal filings in Río Hato: 6 approved, 4 in review.
- ApprovedAlamarAlamar By Valor S.A. · Mixed / otherRío Hatofiled 24 Oct 2025
- ApprovedNuevo Modulo de Habitaciones - Playa Blanca Beach ResortPlaya Blanca Hotels Inc. · Hotel / tourismRío Hatofiled 7 Feb 2025
MiAmbiente register · 30 Sep 2026 Counts come from the public register by district; each filing is placed at its corregimiento, not its lot. Coverage is partial: 4 searches hit the register's row cap. Infrastructure works are counted; only companies are named.
Buenaventura shares its register district with Río Hato · Playa Blanca, so these counts cover both.
Public listings
Homes in Buenaventura
Home · Buenaventura
Bristol Residence — 4BR + Staff Room + Private Pool
4 beds + staff room · 350 m² (≈3,767 sq ft)
$790,000Block Beaches listings · 10 Sep 2026
Home · Buenaventura
4-Bedroom Ground-Floor Marina Condo
4 beds · 250 m² (≈2,690 sq ft)
$870,000Block Beaches listings · 10 Sep 2026
Home · Buenaventura
4-Bedroom Residence — Lake View, Staff Room & Private Pool
4 beds + staff room · 400 m² (≈4,306 sq ft)
$1,300,000Block Beaches listings · 10 Sep 2026
Development · Buenaventura
Private Golf Residences on the Nicklaus Course
3–4 beds · 321–738 m²
Price on requestResidency
Buying here for residency? Under Executive Decree No. 17 (2026) the Qualified Investor route is $300,000 for new property bought first-hand from the developer, $500,000 for resale. Confirm with Panamanian counsel before you rely on it.
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- MiAmbiente register — MiAmbiente e-SEVIA, public register of environmental impact studies · e-sevia.miambiente.gob.pa
- Block Beaches listings — Block Beaches public listings (seller-supplied, approved for publication) · blockbeaches.com
- Executive Decree No. 17 — Executive Decree No. 17 (2026), Official Digital Gazette No. 30613, as summarised by Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán · icazalaw.com
- 2026 residency dossier — Block Beaches 2026 Panama market dossier (residency programmes)
- Fact-check — Block Beaches fact-check of Panama tax and country claims, 29 Sept 2026 (PwC Panama, DGI, rating agencies and official sources cited per line)
- World Bank — World Bank, World Development Indicators · data.worldbank.org
- FX feed — Exchange-rate feed (USD → PAB)
- OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · www.openstreetmap.org
- Block Beaches estimate — Block Beaches estimate: straight-line distance × 1.3 road factor at 60 km/h. Not a routed time.
- Natural Earth — Natural Earth (public domain) · www.naturalearthdata.com
Counts come from the public register by district; each filing is placed at its corregimiento, not its lot. Coverage is partial: 4 searches hit the register's row cap. Infrastructure works are counted; only companies are named. Places mapped in OpenStreetMap by volunteers; coverage varies, so counts are a floor, not a census. Drive times: Block Beaches estimate: straight-line distance × 1.3 road factor at 60 km/h. Not a routed time. We don't score safety. Read the official travel advisories, then visit.
Residency and tax lines are orientation, not advice. Residency figures follow Executive Decree No. 17 (2026). Confirm with Panamanian counsel before you rely on it. Built 1 Oct 2026.