EXPEDITIONS · PANAMA
Expeditions
Fishing and spearfishing on both coasts of Panama. Five sample expeditions, one principle: small group, real terrain, private coordination.
ELSE CODED designs and coordinates private fishing and spearfishing expeditions in Panama. Two to four people per departure, never more. A base on the Pacific, a private thirty-hectare property facing the Gulf of Chiriquí archipelago. A second chapter on the Caribbean, in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. Between the two, logistics locked in before you arrive: domestic flights, drivers, boats, lodging.
The zones we work appear on no circuit. No charter fleet, no client rotation, no imposed schedule. We leave at first light and come back when the fishing decides. You are accompanied from the first domestic flight to the last transfer, and you pay each provider directly on site: our role is advice, coordination and presence.
SAMPLE EXPEDITIONS
Five proven formats, from seven to fifteen days. Nothing is fixed: these are examples of what we prepare for our clients, adjusted to each group through conversation.
7 days · Pacific
7 days Coiba region
The proximity format. Three hours by air from Florida, a short hop from Panama City: six nights at the base, five full days of fishing, zero wasted transit.
6 nights at the base
from 2,000 EUR per person
10 days · Pacific
10 days Coiba region
The long format on one zone. Seven full days around the base, time to cover everything: offshore, coast, mangrove, desert islands, bivouac.
9 nights: 1 in Casco Viejo, 8 at the base
from 2,250 EUR per person
10 days · Pacific and Caribbean
10 days Pacific and Caribbean
Five nights on the Pacific, three on the Caribbean. Two worlds in the same trip, with a crossing of the country that is part of the program.
9 nights: 1 in Casco Viejo, 5 at the base, 3 in Bocas
from 2,750 EUR per person
12 days · Pacific and Caribbean
12 days Two Oceans
Five nights on each side. Full parity between Pacific and Caribbean: neither coast serves as a complement to the other.
11 nights: 1 in Casco Viejo, 5 at the base, 5 in Bocas
from 2,900 EUR per person
15 days · Pacific and Caribbean
15 days Pacific and Caribbean
The grand format. Nine nights on the Pacific, four on the Caribbean. The only one where the zone has time to teach you something.
14 nights: 1 in Casco Viejo, 9 at the base, 4 in Bocas
from 2,900 EUR per person
HOW IT UNFOLDS
Arrival is usually in the evening at Tocumen, Panama City's international airport. Transfer to Casco Viejo, the historic quarter, for a first night in lodging chosen for its location. The trip starts there, in that urban airlock, before the switch.
The next day, early wake-up. Jet lag helps, there is nothing to negotiate. Domestic flight to David, forty minutes. A driver picks up the group and the gear, then three and a half hours of road through the Panamanian countryside, with a stop at a roadside fonda to taste the country's cooking. Then boarding: forty minutes of navigation to the base. Arrival in early afternoon. Depending on the group's energy, a first coastal outing can happen the same day.
For travelers landing in the morning, the Casco Viejo night is skipped: breakfast, direct transfer to the domestic airport and first flight to David. Arrival at the base within the day.
And this sequence is only a starting point. The real program takes shape with you, according to what you want to fish, to see, to taste. Some want to fish every day. Others set aside a day or two to explore around the base or dive. We adapt.
Same logic for group size. Alone, the expedition takes another form: private tailor-made accompaniment where nothing is shared, boat, guide and coordination fully dedicated. Beyond four, the configuration gets organized: additional boats, reinforced coordination, adapted lodging. In both cases, the program and the quote take shape through conversation.
TWO OCEANS
Coiba region, Pacific
The archipelago protects the water: a bay sheltered from the open sea. From the terrace you can see the feeding frenzies, and the bay can also be fished by kayak. Simple lodging, local cooking, the day’s fish. What is rare here is the access. Waters without fishing pressure, and the Gulf of Chiriquí archipelago across the water: Coiba, Jicarón, Cebaco, Islas Secas, Montuosa for the longest runs. Offshore for the pelagics, desert islands for wade fishing and spearfishing, the mangrove for tarpon and snook. And what cannot be scheduled: dolphins cutting across the boat’s path.
Bocas del Toro, Caribbean
An archipelago of nine islands and fifty-two cays. Here, the pillar is multi-species beach fishing in a setting of white sand and jungle: you fish standing in the water, the beach in the foreground, howler monkeys behind. Jacks of every species in the shore break, big jacks, tarpon, large groupers on the reefs, and whatever the outing decides to add. A sloth above the path on the way back from the beach. Beachfront houses with equipped kitchen, air conditioning, barbecue: Bluff Beach to alternate beach, jungle and town outings, Bastimentos or another island for complete isolation. Another setting, another rhythm, another species card. Not an annex of the Pacific: a chapter in its own right.
HOW WE START
Every expedition starts with a call. Video or phone, in the traveler's language: we speak fluent French, English and Spanish, before, during and after the trip. We listen to what you are looking for, we look together at the season, the group, what each person wants. The program takes shape there, not in a form.
START
Every expedition starts with a conversation.
These examples set the frame. The rest is decided by voice, video or phone, in your language.
DISCUSS THE PROJECT