We are glad you are planning dates. We do camp, but we do not leave our camp between tours. We need two boats besides the boat(s) for the tour, when camping, one to set up and one to break off the camp.  We plan our tours back-to-back to divide the cost of logistics. Once we have one trip with 4 people, the other trip will be $850 even if we only have 2. It makes the cost of the tours more efficient.  The camping trips are 1 night in Heliconia and 2 nights in the Coiba camp. You will be back around midday in Heliconia B&B.  The trips are scheduled with good tides.

We also offer our Coiba Bahia Honda trips, they are popular for early July or early September, or when it rains more than expected. This package has 1 night in Heliconia and 1 night in a fisherman’s village (with air conditioning) on an island in Bahia Honda 30 minutes from Coiba. With this tour, if weather permits, we will be back in Heliconia between 3 and 4 pm. If the weather is windy or rain is expected in the afternoon, we rise earlier to return earlier.

Both tours snorkel at least 5 reefs and do 2 walks. The camping trip has an extra mangrove tour by boat. Both tours can drop you in Santa Catalina, if the tide permits; please ask us in advance. The Bahia Honda tour can have an add-on with a mangrove tour in Quebro, Mariato for the next morning if you stay the extra night with us at Heliconia, or before, if you arrive a day earlier.

The very long day trip (9 hours) is ONLY offered as a special request for groups of birders and is about the trails with minimal or no snorkeling. We provide other day trips within Mariato District  (NOTE please that we are NOT based in Santa Catalina), including Cerro Hoya National Park, Mangroves by foot or by boat, Tidal Pool Adventures, Garden short trips or Observational Drawing trips and courses. The baby turtles are hatching up to the end of January. We hope to entertain you for more besides Coiba!

 

Arrival at Heliconia	Tour date(s)	Specifics	Bookings 6 max
10-Apr	11 April Cerro Hoya	day trip Cerro Hoya	2 places left
11-Apr	12 and 13 April Coiba camp 1	overnight Coiba camp	4 places left
13-Apr	14 and 15 April Coiba camp 2	overnight Coiba camp	FULL
	no Coiba tours during easter also	bad tides after Easter
26-Apr	27 April Coiba Bahia Honda	overnight Bahia Honda	6 places left
from 10/5  to 15/7	no tours because it will rain too much	and we plant trees
15-Jul	16 and 17 July Coiba camp 1	overnight Coiba camp	FULL (6 places taken)
17-Jul	18 and 19 July Coiba camp 2	overnight Coiba camp	2 places left
24-Jul	25 July Cerro Hoya daytrip	daytrip Cerro Hoya birders	2 reserved operator
26-Jul	27 and 28 July Coiba camp 1	overnight Coiba camp	4 places left
28-Jul	28 July Coiba camp	overnight Coiba camp	2 places left
30-Jul	31 July and 1 Aug Coiba camp – return 8/2	overnight Coiba camp
7-Aug	8 and 9 August Coiba camp 1	overnight Coiba camp	2 – 4 places left
10  August	11 and 12 August Coiba camp 2	overnight Coiba camp	6 places left
13-Aug	14 and 15 August Coiba camp	overnight Coiba camp	6 to 8 places left
23-Aug	24 and 25 August Coiba camp 1	overnight Coiba camp	6 places left
25-Aug	26 and 27 August Coiba camp 2	overnight Coiba camp	6 places left
8-Sep	9 September Bahia Honda Coiba	overnight Coiba Bahia Honda	Full operator
September gets wet	WHALE day trips possible, lots of	turtles too
October still has	turtles but otherwise too much rain	no big tours up to 16 November
20-Nov	21 November Bahia Honda Coiba	overnight trip Bahia Honda	6 to 8 places left
24-Nov	25 November Bahia Honda	overnight trip Bahia Honda	6 to 8 places left
NB 20 FEB 2026	21 and 22 FEB 2026 Coiba camp 2	overnight Coiba camp	2 places left

We partner with locals and try to avoid separating staff from their families on important holidays. This is why we don’t go to Coiba on Panama’s Mother’s Day (8 Dec); Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year. We do not schedule Carnival and Easter because they tend to be more crowded than we like.

Please contact us! Also by WhatsApp or email, since rules and regulations may change.