We are glad you are planning dates. We do camp, but we cannot 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, we offer promotions to make the cost of the tours more efficient. The camping trips have 1 night in Heliconia and 2 nights on 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 at 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 staying 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 a minimum or no snorkeling. We provide other day trips within Mariato District (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 | |
| 14 January | 14 January day trip Cerro Hoya | day trip | FULL | |
| 14 January | 15 and 16 January Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left, OFFERS available last minute! | |
| 17 January | 18 and 19 January Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left CHEAPER than usual!!! ASK US | |
| 19 January | 20 and 21 January Coiba camp 3 | overnight coiba camp | 3 places left | |
| 27 January | 28 and 29 January Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 2 places left maybe | |
| 29 January | 30 and 31 January Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left, reduced prices!!!! ASK | |
| 3 February | 4 Feb day trip Cerro Hoya | daytrip | 2 places left | |
| 10 February | 11 and 12 February Cerro Hoya camp | overnight cerro hoya camp | reserved 3 | |
| 14 February | 15 and 16 February Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left, ask for reduced price | |
| 16 February | 17 and 18 February Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left, ask for reduced price | |
| 24 February | 25 February Cerro Hoya | Cerro Hoya daytrip | full (4 clients) | |
| 25 February | 26 and 27 February Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 2 (to 4) places left | |
| no coiba tours | between 29 Feb and 3 March | Carnivales | ||
| 5 March | 6 March Coiba bahia honda | coiba bahia honda, return 7th | 6 places left | |
| 11 March | 12 March daytrip Cerro Hoya | day trip | 1 place left | |
| 12 March | 13 and 14 March Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | FULL | |
| 14 March | 15 and 16 March Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left, reduced prices. Ask! | |
| 21 March | 22 March Coiba Bahia Honda | weekend trip Bahia Honda or birding | 8 places left | |
| 27 March | 28 and 29 March Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 29 March | 30 and 31 March Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 4 april | 5 April Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 4 places left (maybe) | |
| 10 April | 11 April Cerro Hoya | day trip cerro hoya | 2 places left | |
| 11 April | 12 and 13 April Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left, reduced prices!! | |
| 13 April | 14 and 15 April Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left, reduced prices!! | |
| no coiba tours | on the Easter weekend | |||
| 27 April | 28 April Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 – 8 places left | |
| In May and June we | do not do any tours because it will rain | too much and we plant trees | ||
| 15 July | 16 and 17 July Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | FULL (6 places taken) | |
| 17 July | 18 and 19 July Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 2 places left | |
| 24 July | 25 July Cerro Hoya daytrip | daytrip cerro hoya birders | 2 reserved operator | |
| 26 July | 27 and 28 July Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 2 places left | |
| 28 July | 29 and 30 July Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 30 July | 30 July Cerro Hoya daytrip | day trip Cerro Hoya | full 4 p | |
| 7 August | 8 and 9 August Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 9 August | 10 and 11 August Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 15 August | 16 August Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 – 8 places left | |
| 21 August | 22 and 23 August Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| 23 August | 24 and 25 August Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
| September gets wet | Whale trips are possible but we may | not be there ourselves… | ||
| October is wet too. | We do not do tours from | 1 Sept til 15 November |
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! by WhatsApp or email or form, since rules and regulations may change.