3-Day San Blas Boat Tour: Island Explorations, Snorkeling, and Cultural Immersion from Panama City

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Embark on a thrilling 3-day San Blas boat tour filled with island explorations, snorkeling adventures, and cultural immersion. Visit 5 stunning islands, a local community, and 2 natural swimming pools for an unforgettable experience!

Duration: 3 days

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

1 Night in the famous Pelicano

San Blas Islands - Spend a night on one of the most stunning islands in San Blas. Enjoy a tour to the natural swimming pool, Anmardub Island, and a local community. Paddle boards are exclusively available for our guests.

1 Night on Island Aroma or Aguja

San Blas Islands - After breakfast, take a boat to Aguja Island for your second night’s stay. Enjoy free time to play volleyball with the locals or engage in table games.

Visit Perro Grande, Natural Pool, and Perro Chico

Isla Perro - After breakfast, our boat will take you on a tour to Perro Grande, where kayaks and paddle boards are available for sharing. Visit the natural swimming pool to spot a starfish and have lunch at Perro Chico. If time permits, snorkel around the sunken boat just in front of Perro Chico, which you can reach by swimming.

At 3 pm, we will take our boat back to the port, bidding farewell to this beautiful paradise. You will return to Panama City around 6-7 pm.

What's Included

Boat transfers between islands
Round-trip transport from your hotel in Panama City
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Daily tours as per itinerary
1 night in private room in Aguja
1 night in private cabana in Pelicano (min 2 people)

What's Not Included

Drinks water, soda and beers
Entry fee to san blas 25USD per people
Pick up in Playa Bonita hotels - $10USD per person
Solo traveler share cabana the first day

Additional Information

Stay 2 nights in 2 different islands with tour included each day!

Visit 5 islands, 1 community and 2 natural swimming pools in 3 days tour.

First stay in the famous and one of the most beautiful islands in San Blas, Island Pelicano

In the 1st day you have a tour to visit natural swimming pool full of starfishes and sea cucumbers, and then snorkel in Ucubsi island.

All nights we have bonfire so you can meet the rest of the people in the islands and make new friends.

In the 2nd day in the morningyou can explore a small community in Narasgandup island and learn about the local culture, then take your boat to Aguja Island where you will spend your 2nd night.

The 3rd day you will snorkel in Perro chico, make kayak in Perro Grande Island and visit a natural swimming pool where you can find your starfish!

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Allan

Mar 4, 2024

Paradise on day one. Hardly wait for day two. - What a lovely day. Early start and arrive islands at about 8:00. Tour of the main village which was celebrating 99 year of independence. Guide was excellent. I not boat to visit several lovely islands. Snorkeling was great. Enjoyed good fish lunch. More islands and warm water for swimming. Lost my glasses and the guide went back to find them. Now in our little cabin and had a nap. Paradise.

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Philippe_l

Feb 7, 2024

Amazing experience - The San Blas islands are really something special we have never seen before! We have seen tons of islands and ate loads of fish. On the first day we did island hopping and slept on a beautiful island called Isla Aroma. The second day we did the same! Because of bad weather we decided to go back to Panama City early. The cabins on the islands are basic but because of that you get the true island experience. The Guna people are also very kind and make you feel at home. The tour operator was also very pleasant and checked on us every day to discuss the plans for the next day!

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Adi_h

Dec 26, 2023

Good stay 👍🏻 - Overall it was a good experience and I enjoyed it and managed to meet new people even though I was traveling alone. They mostly adhered to the itinerary (for accommodation and island visits) with few hiccups only. You have to prepare yourself that the accommodation on each island is very simple, rustic and sometimes unclean. The food each day was generic or even bad for breakfast and dinner, but the lunch each day on different island was always very good. I recommend to bring at least 6 liter of water, some snacks, a dry bag (or plastic bag) for your stuff, flip flops, and anything else that you might need for this paradise. We got lucky and had 2 out of 3 days sun, so we enjoyed it a lot. Once the pouring rain came, it was a bit unbearable with the boat trip and the beach time.

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Kitebeachbarbie

Oct 21, 2023

Awesome tour guides - Naidi was my tour guide and he was excellent! Made my experience as a solo traveler excellent. The islands are beautiful.

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641maximilianl

Aug 18, 2023

Best days in Panama - San Blas was the most beautiful place in Panama. The trip was very well organized and the people super friendly! Also the food was very good and we could always choose between different options. Rooms were clean. We would highly recommend booking this tour!

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B133sigillianr

Jun 26, 2023

Beautiful islands! - The islands were beautiful and we were told each evening/early morning what our itinerary was for the day. The food was great and the guides were very friendly and helpful! Even though it was rainy season, it was still a great experience!

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Dreamer07154028486

Mar 19, 2024

Quite ok! - We have seen a lot. The first island was great, the food too. The overnight stay on the second island was a disaster. The food wasn't good, the "mattress" was in poor condition, and the people were unfriendly. Then they forgot to pick us up. And that even though I had spoken to the guide on the phone the evening before and we agreed on a meeting point. We then sat in the sun for 3 hours until locals from the island finally took us to the harbor in their boat. The organization can definitely be expanded. On site, the guide often only speaks Spanish, even though the majority of tourists can speak Spanish. Only after repeated requests will the information (if you're lucky) be repeated in English.

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Feliperp4981lc

Jan 1, 2024

Confusion with the agency - Overall, we perceive the agency we bought the tour from and the agency who "outsourced" our tour as very confusing and disorganized. Since the day we bought this experience, we were never approached for any pro-active information giving. And we were never told the tour would be operated by another company. On the first day, our tour guide could not communicate very well. We speak English and Spanish fluently, but couldn't grasp everything he wanted to say. The tour did not follow the TripAdvisor description (days were inverted). Every day we would ask what was the plan: what we would do, where we would sleep. No one could answer our question with confidence (or at all). The boats were, time after time, delayed by 30 min - 1 hour versus the agreed transport time. Installations were rustic, but that we expected. The agency performance, however, greatly impacted our experience.

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Camper63992046139

Dec 6, 2023

Beautiful islands/water with crude lodging - Beautiful Islands and water, clean. Three + hour Car ride from Panama City in completely full car on paved roads in good shape. Rough boat rides on wood benches and sometimes wet. If raining, luggage will probably get wet. Overnight stay barely better than camping - room very crude and no water or towels. Food choices were only fish or chicken - adequate quantity. Bring water, cool drinking water+beer available at $2 each.

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Vagope

Sep 7, 2023

San Blas 3 days - On Isla Arena the people were not friendly and the facilities were disastrous, they were not in line with the price (in the image cane house). On Needle Island they were friendly and the room had a toilet inside, it was better in general (in the wooden house image).

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