Trip Overview

Bocas del Toro is a spectacular archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea, surrounded by an exuberant nature and white sand virgin beaches with transparent water. It's a province located north of Panama, border with Costa Rica.
Bocas del Toro is a mosaic of different cultures: Spanish, indigenous, Afro-West Indian immigrants of the West Indies most of them English, French-speaking, German and American, from all over the world who have contributed to the development of the Caribbean region.
It is a place full of life all year long with locals and tourists from all over the globe, quiet, with its own beauty, with bars and varied restaurants, a paradise for beach lovers and leisure oriented.

In the river mouth of the Changuinola, San San and Sixaola (that borders with Costa Rica), the mix of freshwater and saltwater contains lots of nutrients which makes it very attractive for fish to feed, therefore predators such as jack crevalle, tarpon, snook, spanish mackerel, also have a taste for that place. During the months of SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER the sea is calm and constant, weather permitting, and you can find tarpon rolling everywhere with a size that goes from 20 lb up to 200 lb!!
The fishing of this giants, is not sight seen due to this mix of waters which make the surface a bit turbid, though you can still see them rolling very near the boat but not when they go for the fly.

Beyond this layer of fresh and salt water, there's crystal clear water typical Caribbean sea color, which makes it possible for tarpon and jacks to see the fly and hunt it. Big tarpon, once hooked, give a tremendous fight that can last a couple of hours until the fish gets tired and surrenders, if the fisherman doesn't surrender first! There are also smaller tarpon in nearby bays, they move in big schools and deep clear waters, but they are harder to fish since they don't take the fly as easily as the bigger ones. We're still investigating and trying different flies that tempt them, and also searching the channels and places where they enter the bays.

Package

The program runs from Saturday to Saturday.
Day 0: Reception at Panama airport and transfer to 5* Hotel (TRYP in Albrook Mall).
Day 1: After an early breakfast, transfer to domestic airport and flight at 6:30 am to Bocas del Toro. Transfer to Lodge, equipment preparation and fishing departure at 8:30 am until 3:30 pm.
Day 2 to 5: Full fishing days starting at 5:30 am until 3 pm, stopping for lunch while fishing.
Day 6: Fishing from 5:30 am until 2:30 pm, return to lodge for luggage and equipment packing, flight back to Panama at 4:45 pm. Transfer domestic airport to 5* Hotel.
Day 7: Transfer to international airport.