The 2-day San Blas tour costs $190 per person and includes the door-to-door 4x4 from your hotel in Panama City, the boat between islands, one night in a beachfront cabin, all three meals and the Guna community guide. You leave around 5:00 a.m. on day 1 and are back in Panama by dusk on day 2.
Separately you pay the comarca entry fee once: $22 for foreigners and $7 for residents, in cash and straight to the Guna community. We do not collect it.
All three leave from the same place and are booked the same way. What changes is how long you spend inside the archipelago, and that changes what you get to see.
| Format | Price per person | Where you sleep | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | $114 | You do not sleep over: back in Panama the same night | Anyone with a single free day who wants to see the colour of the water |
| 2 days, 1 night | $190 | Beachfront cabin, with all three meals | The balance: you get the sunset and the sunrise without booking a long holiday |
| 3 days, 2 nights | $275 | Two nights in a cabin, distant cays on the second day | Anyone who wants to reach the cays a short escape cannot fit in |
You pick the date and how many people, and hold your spot with half. The rest is paid on arrival. Free cancellation up to 72 hours before.
On a one-day tour the clock is in charge. You arrive around 9:30, do the islands of the day, and at 2:30 it is time to head back to the boat. It is enough to understand why people talk about San Blas, but you see it in a hurry.
With a night in between, the two worst hours disappear — getting there and leaving. When the day groups head off mid-afternoon, the island is left with twenty people. That stretch — the sunset, dinner, a sky with no city light — is exactly what does not fit into a day.
And the second day does not start on the road: you wake up already on the island, with the sea ten steps away.
$190 per person, with transport from your hotel, the boat, one night in a cabin, all three meals and the guide. The comarca fee is separate: $22 for foreigners and $7 for residents, once only and in cash.
No. You sleep one night only, the night of day 1. You leave Panama before dawn on the first day and return on the afternoon of the second. If you want two nights, the format is 3 days and 2 nights.
Guna structures of cane and palm, on the beach or over the water, with a bed and a mosquito net. They range from a shared dorm to a private cabin with its own bathroom. Electricity comes from a generator on a schedule, and fresh water is rationed: it is an island, not a resort.
For staying overnight we ask for at least five days, because cabin availability is confirmed with the community. In high season — December to March and Easter — much earlier is wise.
Almost none, and that is half the point. Some islands have a little signal in one particular spot. Tell whoever is expecting you that you will be off the grid until the afternoon of day 2.
Cash for the fee and for anything you buy on the island (no ATMs, no card machines), sunscreen, repellent, a towel, dry clothes and your ID or passport.
The tour goes ahead: in the Caribbean it rains hard and briefly, almost always at dawn or late afternoon. It is only cancelled if the port authority closes the port because of rough sea, and then the date is changed or the money returned in full.