Isla Parida Panama
Panama

45 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Star Clippers (7 Cruises)

Windstar Cruises (38 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

By Zodiac, onto one of the island's beaches. Guides pick the day's beach according to tide and wind: the shore alternates rocky points and pale sand coves, and each beach has its own orientation.
In the Gulf of Chiriquí on Panama's western Pacific side, between the Azuero peninsula and the Costa Rican border. It is the gulf's largest island and the only permanently inhabited one.
A few families, living from fishing and from receiving visitors, in houses scattered behind the beaches. The island belongs to the Gulf of Chiriquí marine national park, and its interior has kept its original forest cover.
Snorkelling. The bottom mixes volcanic boulders and coral formations frequented by butterflyfish, triggerfish and silver schools that close like a curtain as a swimmer passes, with sometimes a ray lifting off the sand.
No. Passengers who prefer to stay at the surface will still see marine life pass beneath the Zodiac, so clear does the water become in good weather. Guides match sites to ability: a sheltered lagoon for beginners, a livelier point for the experienced.
Yes, landings often include a short guided walk. Behind the coastal coconut palms, vegetation thickens quickly; you hear the birds far more than you see them.
From July to October, yes: humpback whales from the southern hemisphere come to calve in these waters. A blow spotted in the distance is enough to redirect the afternoon's navigation, within regulated distances. Dolphins show up year-round between anchorages.
The horizon fills with island outlines: Gámez close by, tiny and sand-fringed, Bolaños and its reefs a little further, and the blue line of the cordillera on the mainland in clear weather.
Water shoes for the stones, generous sun protection, a hat and a water bottle. Humid heat is easier if you alternate swims and shaded breaks, and the afternoon sometimes brings a brief shower that cools everyone off. A few dollars are useful if fresh coconuts or crafts appear.
No, and that is fine. This Panama appears on no poster: an island where a handful of families live by the tides, some of the richest waters in the Panamanian Pacific, and no infrastructure. It passes from traveller to traveller, like an address shared in a low voice.