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Secrets of Central America Cruise

  • Departure DateSat 19th Dec 2026
  • Ponant Le Laperouse
  • 10 Night Cruise From Colon
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Itinerary

  • Colon, Panama
  • San Lorenzo
  • San Blas
  • Pearl Island
  • Coiba Island
  • Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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Day 1 - Colon, Panama

Arrive: Sat 19 December 2026 / Depart: Sat 19 December 2026 at 23:59

Colón is the second largest city in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance of the Panama Canal. Colón is today an important port, and the free trade zone created in 1953 contributed greatly to the development of the city. Colón was founded in 1850 by Americans working on the Panama railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts through the isthmus of Panama; the city rapidly overshadowed the older Caribbean ports of Panama when the canal opened.

Day 2 - San Lorenzo

Arrive: Sun 20 December 2026 / Depart: Sun 20 December 2026

Day 3 - San Blas

Arrive: Mon 21 December 2026 / Depart: Mon 21 December 2026

The San Blas Islands of Panama is an archipelago comprising approximately 365 islands and cays, of which 49 are inhabited. They lie off the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama, east of the Panama Canal. A part of the comarca Guna Yala along the Caribbean coast of Panama is home to the Kuna people.

Day 4 - Crossing the Panama Canal (Panama)

Day 5 - Pearl Island

Arrive: Wed 23 December 2026 / Depart: Wed 23 December 2026

Day 5 - Isla Pacheca

Day 6 - Playa Muerto

Day 7 - Coiba Island

Arrive: Fri 25 December 2026 / Depart: Fri 25 December 2026

Coiba Island is part of Panama, off the country’s Pacific Coast, in the Gulf of Chiriquí. Once a penal colony, it’s now part of Coiba National Park, which is known for its diverse marine life and jungle animals including white-faced monkeys. Dive sites on Bahia Damas Reef are home to manta rays, whales and hammerhead sharks.

Day 8 - Rio Esquinas

Day 9 - Drake bay

Day 10 - Curù Wildlife Refuge

Day 11 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Arrive: Tue 29 December 2026 at 08:00 / Depart: Tue 29 December 2026

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