Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: San Blas Islands, San Blas Islands, Guna Yala Region
Transfer from Panama city to San Blas Islands, Pick up in your hotel around 5:20am. There is a 3 hours journey from panama city to the port. Then around 30 minutes in a traditional boat to the 1st island.
Enjoy 1 Night in Aguja Island cabana with private bathroom, front beach cabin. This day you will visit a local community where our guide will explain how molas are made, the main spots of the community and see a traditional dance. You can buy souvenirs directly from the creators!
Also you will visit Guasirdub an exclusive island just for our group with kayaks, fruits and snorkel gear so you can explore at your own. For lunch you will visit island Hierba where they have swing just in front of the beach, best spot for instagramers. Finally visit the natural swimming pool and come back to your island to dinner and sleep!
Pass By: San Blas Islands, San Blas Islands, Guna Yala Region
Day 2 Night in Island Aroma
Private Cabana at the beach with private bathroom and wooden floor.
This day you will visit island Yani, and very close they have the biggest reef of san blas, where you can spot little cat sharks, colored fishes.
Lunch and dinner in Aroma Island!
Pass By: San Blas Islands, Panama City Panama
Day 3
Sleep in Island Perro chico, Cabana at the beach with private bathroom and wooden floor.
This day you have a tour included to perro grande where we have paddle boards for our clients, you will also visit fragata island a tiny island with a bar above the sea, and finally visit a natural swimming pool where you can see starfishes!
Lunch and Dinner in Perro chico
Pass By: Panama City, Panama City, Panama Province
After breakfast take your boat back to Panama city and Say good bye to an amazing experience in San blas Islands. Arrive around 1pm to your hotel in Panama city or take free late check out at 3pm and arrive 6pm to Panama city.
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Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up in all hotels in Panama city
05:20 AM
3 days(approx.)
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not wheelchair accessible
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
Infants must sit on laps
Infant seats available
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : sylviecX6806CC
The views were amazing. Clear Blue water. Snorkeling was good at some places. Food and rooms, well dont expect much and you will be fine.
If you like your trip well organized its not for you. I never knew where and when I was going on a excursion. It was all good for me because I like going with the flow.
You change islands every night and you move around 3-4 islands during the day.
The one Island I dont recommand is Aroma. The food and cabin was below average.
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Posted On : 2024-03-07
Posted By : Julia_D
The islands are beautiful and the Guna people are truly wonderful. Don’t judge their reserved nature.
Saw so many different islands. The snorkelling was one of my favourite activities. Saw lots of starfish, manterays and a nurse shark and lots of beautiful fish.
Travelled solo. Met lots of lovely people. Surprised at how many other solo travellers there were.
Tour company was excellent. Great communication. The transfers with drivers were great. From the first moment to the last felt really well taken of.
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Posted On : 2023-10-26
Posted By : dirkje2023
It was true paradise! Had an amazing trip with a well-organized planning. It sure is worth the money.
The road to the haven is quite bumpy, so of you get sick easily be prepared.
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Posted On : 2023-05-29
Posted By : marianne_j
This is a terrible trip. No running water. No running toilets. No food choices Fish and rice for two meals a day for the whole four days. The showers that worked periodically were salt. No one speaks English. When the trip was booked we were told that there would be some English speaking guides. If it wasn’t for some kindly Spanish speaking tourists, we would have not known the itinerary. For money I paid 1000$. A huge huge disappointment. Don’t do this if you want any comforts of home. Like fresh water to brush my teeth. No towels provided Half the time the snorkels were not provided or in such poor shape that they could not be used. If you don’t want rice and fish with heads and eyes. I beg you. Don’t do it. Four days I’ll never get back!
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Posted On : 2023-03-04
Posted By : Mari R
The tour is a fantastic to start our journey. First something about the organization - everything worked out great, the pick-up was on time and everything was taken care of. A stop at the supermarket is also included. I have to take some points for the transport, although we had the best driver, who drove very well and fortunately was experienced.
However, the 2nd part of the trail was really not for the faint of heart - some cars were parked at the edge because the tourists were throwing up. There was a traffic jam at the border to Guna Yana and we were on the road for a little over 3 hours.
Once arrived we were compensated for everything... our guide Keneth was very accommodating and took great care of everything. On the first island you have time to arrive and realize this beauty... I recommend staying at least overnight, because when it was the most beautiful we unfortunately had to go back.
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Posted On : 2023-01-11
Posted By : helenjane345
We had a fabulous time on the San Blas tour. The guides were extremely knowledgeable and spoke good English. The only downside was that we were spilt up from the rest of our group because we had been advised by the tour operator to avoid a stay on one of the islands due to poor hygiene standards. However, the other group members reported no issues. As we were split up we missed out on one of the day trips which was included in the price we paid. Disappointing as it is unlikely we will return and it would have been great to see some more of the San Blas islands.
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Posted On : 2020-01-31
Posted By : GinaS1234
What I thought would be a quiet experience in the San Blas Islands turned out to be a very disorganized mess in which no one know what was going on, which islands were going to be visited, who was taking who, where, and how.
On the first day I visited three islands: Perros (where I spent the night), Pelícano (an isolated tiny island inhabited by two men and their grandmother), and "the pool" (an area of the ocean with shallow water and supposedly starfish). The second day nobody had a clue what was next, and I was taken to Isla Aguja for the day. Next day, same story: who is going to take me where? how? Finally someone figured it out and I was taken to Isla Franklin, where there was no record whatsoever of my arrival and the overseer (caretaker?) wanted me to pay again if I wanted to stay. Again, after many phone calls back and forth, they found my reservation.
Then, in the afternoon, the "tour" included three islands, 10 minutes each at the most, because the purpose of the "tour" was to take pictures for the boat driver's web page. He charged $$ to some passengers, some went along for free. We couldn't even swim. When I confronted the Eleuterio (a.k.a Pichu), the boat driver, he said this tour had to be quick because he had to pick up other passengers that were arriving at the port.
Accommodations were okay, island accommodations as expected. Bathrooms quite disgusting, safer and cleaner to pee in the sea.
All in all, I encourage you to stay away from this tour and away from the tour operator San Blas Tours (facilitated by Viator.com). Viviana, who sent me the bill, washed her hands off the whole thing and referred me to another woman (Milagros?). Many intermediaries, low efficiency, and no solutions. No communication whatsoever with the customer -only to charge, of course-, and no communication with the boat drivers or the islands.
If I ever come back, I will deal with the island operators directly. This was a ripoff.
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Posted On : 2019-11-24
