We are glad you are planning dates. We do camp, but we cannot leave our camp between tours. We do need two boats besides the boat for the tour when camping, one to set up and one for breaking off the camp. We plan the tours back to back to divide the costs of the logistics. Once we have one trip with people, we offer promotions to make the trip more efficient. 2 alone is expensive, but when right before or after another trip with more people, we may be able to lower the price. 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 more 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 weather is windy or rain expected in the afternoon, we rise earlier to return earlier in the afternoon.
Both tours snorkel at least in 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, do 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.
The very long daytrip (9 hours) is only offered as a special requests for groups of birders with trails and a minimum to no snorkeling. We do 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 turtles are laying eggs again and baby turtles are hatching a lot. We hope to entertain you for more beside Coiba!
Arrival at Heliconia | Tour date(s) | Specifics | Bookings 6 max | |
In October | It rains too much so we close for all | tours. | ||
In November | Panama celebrates, we start slow | still no camping | ||
20 November | Cerro Hoya day trip | daytrip, maybe 23 or 24 | 2 places left | |
20 November | 21 November Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | FULL | |
28 November | 29 Nov Bahia Honda Holiday weekend | overnight Bahia Honda | 6-8 places left | |
5 December | 6 December Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 places left | |
13 December | 14 and 15 Dec Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left | |
15 December | 16 and 17 Dec Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
20 December | 21 and 22 Dec Coiba camp -double | overnight coiba camp | 8 places left | |
Tides bad at Xmas | so only Arrival 28, Coiba 29 and 30 | overnight coiba camp | 8 places left | |
1 January 2025 | 2 January Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia honda | 6 places left | |
4 January 2025 | 5 and 6 January Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 8 places left | |
8 to 12 January | planning cerro hoya daytrips for our | ecostories project…(bad tides too) |
2 places left | |
14 January | daytrip Cerro Hoya | daytrip | 2 places left | |
14 January | 15 and 16 January Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left | |
17 January | 18 and 19 January Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
19 January | 20 and 21 January Coiba camp 3 | overnight coiba camp | 3 places left | |
22 January | 23 January BIRD DAY TRIP COIBA | daytrip for birders | 6 places left | |
27 January | 28 and 29 January Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
29 January | 30 and 31 January Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
4 February | 5 February Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 places left | |
10 February | 11 and 12 February Cerro Hoya camp | overnight cerro hoya camp | reserved 3 | |
14 February | 15 February Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6-8 places | |
17 February | 18 and 19 February Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 6 to 8 places left | |
21 February | 22 February BIRD DAY TRIP COIBA | daytrip for birders or pelagic | 6 places left | |
24 February | 25 February Cerro Hoya daytrip | Cerro Hoya daytrip | FULL (4 clients) | |
25 February | 26 and 27 February Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left | |
no coiba tours | between 28 Feb and 4 March | Carnivales | ||
4 March | 5 and 6 March Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 8 places left | |
12 March | 13 and 14 March Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left | |
14 March | 15 and 16 March Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
21 March | 22 March Coiba Bahia Honda | weekend trip Bahia Honda | 8 places left | |
28 March | 29 and 30 March Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
30 March | 31 March and 1 April Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
4 April | 5 April Coiba Bahia Honda | weekend trip Bahia Honda | 8 places left | |
11 April | 12 and 13 April Coiba camp | overnight coiba camp | 4 places left | |
14 April | 15 and 16 April Coiba camp (can be 1 day earlier depending on 2nd guide) | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
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 | ||
9 July | 10 July Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 – 8 places left | |
13 July | 13 and 14 July Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
15 July | 16 and 17 July Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | FULL (6 places taken) | |
24 July | 25 July Cerro Hoya daytrip | daytrip cerro hoya | 2 reserved operator | |
26 July | 27 and 28 July Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
28 July | 29 and 30 July Coiba camp 2 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
31 July | 1 August Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6 – 8 places left | |
8 August | 9 and 10 August Coiba camp 1 | overnight coiba camp | 6 places left | |
10 August | 11 and 12 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 | |
29 August | 30 August Coiba Bahia Honda | overnight Bahia Honda | 6-8 places left | |
September is wet | October too. We do not go to coiba | from 15 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.
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