Tour Highlights
⛵ Private group charter
Your group only, no strangers — 42-ft French-built cruising catamaran.
🍝 Lunch cooked fresh on board
Pasta carbonara, grilled local fish, or your dietary request (vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free).
🌟 Three iconic stops
Starfish Beach, Dolphin Bay, and Solarte Coral Gardens.
🐬 Ethical wildlife viewing
Engines off in Dolphin Bay — no chasing, we let them come to us.
🚤 Free water-taxi pickup
From Isla Colón or Carenero hotels.
🛁 Comfort on board
Two private bathrooms, two shaded cockpits, sunbathing trampoline at the bow.
About This Tour
The first beer cracks open before you've finished casting off. Captain Maga points at the horizon line where the lagoon meets sky — both turquoise, you can't tell where one ends — and steers out of Bocas Town's harbor under engine for ten minutes. Then the sails go up. The engine goes off. The next six hours run on wind.
You sail across the Bocas del Toro archipelago at a pace that lets you actually see it. Three stops, chosen by your captain based on the day's wind, sea, and what your group asked for at the dock. Starfish Beach (Playa Estrella) at the northern tip of Isla Colón, where hundreds of golden cushion sea stars dot the shallows. Dolphin Bay (Bahía de los Delfines), a protected mangrove lagoon home to a small resident pod of bottlenose dolphins — we sail in with engines off and let them come to us, the way Panama's wildlife code says we should. And the Solarte Coral Gardens, the healthiest reef in the archipelago, where hawksbill turtles cruise through between April and June.
Lunch is cooked on board by your captain — usually pasta carbonara that's earned an Italian's approval, sometimes grilled fresh fish or your custom dietary request confirmed 24 hours ahead. The cooler is on deck and the ice is included — you bring beer, wine, hard seltzers, soft drinks. No booze cruise, no party music, no hidden costs. This is a private charter for travelers who want quality and quiet — anniversaries, honeymoons, family birthdays, friend reunions of 8 to 22 guests.
Departure Point: Carenero Dock (Boteros Unidos), Calle 3 (Main Street), Bocas Town, Isla Colón, Panama — across from Gran Hotel Bahia
Group Size: Min 8 / Max 22 — your group only
Boat: 42-ft French-built sailing catamaran (three sails)
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages — BYOB (we provide cooler and ice; no corkage fee)
- Soft drinks and bottled water (BYOB)
- Hotel pickup from out-island lodges (Nayara, Red Frog, La Coralina)
- Gratuity for the crew (optional, appreciated)
What to Bring
- Swimsuit + towel
- Reef-safe sunscreen (no oxybenzone or octinoxate)
- Hat, sunglasses, light long-sleeve layer
- Reusable water bottle
- Beer, wine, hard seltzers, soft drinks (BYOB) — no hard liquor
- Camera or phone in dry bag
- Motion-sickness meds if sensitive
Guest Requirements
22
Cancellation Policy
Pay a 50% deposit to lock your date. The remaining 50% is due 7 days before sailing.
Free cancellation up to 7 days before departure (100% refund of deposit).
Within 7 days, the deposit is non-refundable — but if the captain calls a weather no-sail, you choose a full refund or free reschedule.
Every booking confirmed by WhatsApp within 2 hours.
Tour Itinerary
Sailing across the archipelago as the captain reads the wind and chooses stops. Arrive at Starfish Beach (Playa Estrella) to snorkel, swim, and walk the white-sand bar.
Lunch cooked on deck — carbonara, fresh fish, or vegetarian. Then into Dolphin Bay (Bahía de los Delfines) with engines off for respectful wildlife viewing.
Snorkel the healthiest reef in the archipelago (hawksbill turtles Apr–Jun), then a twilight sail back to Bocas Town.
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From $1,192.00
Free cancellation up to 72 hours before (100% refund).
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