The island made famous by a shipwreck: snorkeling over the sunken ship at Isla Perro, picture-perfect waters, and the Natural Pool.
The most photographed tour in San Blas. You swim over the famous sunken ship — the wreck that travelled the world on social media — surrounded by colourful fish in clear water, walking in from the shore, with no need to know how to dive. You also visit white-sand islands and the Natural Pool.
The wreck stop is the first of the morning, around 8:30, and that is deliberate: it is when there are fewest boats around and the water is stillest, which is when you actually see the bottom. After that the day opens out to the islands and lunch, closing with the return at 15:30.
Pickup from 5:00 am at your hotel, door-to-door 4x4 and about two and a half hours of mountain road. Includes boat with life jackets, snorkelling gear, a typical lunch and a local guide; the comarca fee is paid on the day of the tour, in cash or by card to the driver.
Great if you saw the shipwreck in a photograph and that is what you came for: this is where it is.
Maybe not your tour if you want an empty island: this is the most popular stop in the comarca.
4x4 tour departing from Panama City.
Snorkeling over the sunken ship at Isla Perro, the icon of San Blas.
White sand, a natural pool, and a traditional lunch.
A tour of the city at sunset.
There are no shops in the archipelago, and whatever is missing waits until you are back on the mainland. See the full list →
Free cancellation up to 72 hours before; after that the deposit is held, because your place is already blocked. Cancellation policy →
$135 per traveller. That covers transport from Panama City, the sailing, the meals of the format and the guide. Outside it sits the comarca entry, $22 for foreigners and $7 for residents, paid in cash on the way in.
This route names 1: Isla Pelícano. Some formats sell an area rather than a single island, because in the remote cays you anchor where the sea allows that day.
Departure is always before dawn, around 5:00, because the mountain pass and the tide impose it. The return depends on the format: single-day trips come back that afternoon, multi-night ones on the last day.
The island on this page is Isla Pelícano; the sunken ship lies off the neighbouring island and is the first stop of the morning. It is the most repeated mix-up in the whole catalogue, because the wreck became famous under the other name.
Probably not. What you buy here is the seabed: without a mask it comes down to a sand island and a swim in the Piscina Natural, and cheaper routes give you that. If the water is not in your plans, pick a beach departure and keep the difference.
You do not: the gear is included on this departure, one of the three in the catalogue that carry it. Anyone with their own can bring it — a mask that already seals well beats any loaner — but nobody misses the seabed for lack of equipment.
The rest — document, comarca fee, route changes — is answered separately. Go to the frequently asked questions →
