The same setting as our cabin over the sea, in a single-day format: Isla Wailidub, with the group capped at ten people.
Wailidub is the setting of our Starry Night tour — cabins over the sea and postcard turquoise water — now in a single-day format, with the group capped at ten people for a more intimate, less crowded experience.
The cap isn't a marketing label: it changes the whole day. With ten people the boat has room, lunch isn't a queue and there is space to spread out on the island. It is as close to a private tour as you get without paying for one. Arrival around 8:30, lunch at 12:30 and the close in the Natural Pool at 15:30.
Pickup from 5:00 am at your hotel, door-to-door 4x4 and about two and a half hours of road. Includes boat with life jackets, a typical lunch and a local guide; the comarca entrance fee is paid the same day, in cash or by card to the driver. With only ten places, the good dates go early — book with time.
Great if big groups ruin the day for you and you would rather pay the same to go with fewer people.
Maybe not your tour if you need a date for tomorrow: with ten places, the good days fill up.
4x4 tour departing from Panama City; maximum group size of 10 people.
Snorkeling and the beach right in front of our beachfront cabin.
Fresh food on the island.
One last swim, then back to the city.
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 Wailidub. 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 pace. With the group capped, the boat rides roomy, lunch has no queue and the shore has space for everyone. It is not a label: it is the difference between waiting your turn and not waiting, and it shows from the first stop to the last.
The setting yes, the experience no. Here you set foot on Isla Wailidub by day and return to the city that same afternoon; the cabin is a different format in the catalogue, with a night included. This tour exists for whoever wants that scenery without committing a whole date.
Further ahead than for the rest. Ten seats fill up with two families, so weekends and high-season days close weeks in advance. If your date is fixed, block it as soon as you have it; if it is flexible, midweek almost always has room.
The rest — document, comarca fee, route changes — is answered separately. Go to the frequently asked questions →
