Why Travel to Panama?
Gorgeous Weather
A Panama holiday or fishing getaway offers fantastic weather for five months of the year, with average temperatures ranging between 24C (75F) to 35C (95F). Sunny season runs from late November to April and the wet season from May to October. Click here for historical weather averages in Boca Chica. Fruits of various types are ripening throughout the year. In the dry season there are ripe mangos, papayas, pineapples, naranjillas, oranges, limes, mandarins, and granadillas (a large passion fruit). In the wet season will be found yellow melons, passion fruits, guanabanas, coconuts, mamons, maranon curazas and avocados among many others.
Low Crime Rate
Being the victim of a crime is never fun or expected, especially during ones’ holidays. Although Panama is not immune from crime, especially petty crimes, most of this takes place in the major cities. Compared to other counties in Central and South America as well as Caribbean Islands, (such as Mexico, Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, and Brazil) Panama is blessed with a very low crime rate. In In fact, compared to the United States, Panama has more favourable crime statistics. We advise against travel to the south of Panama, which borders Columbia, as well as city of Colon.
Expect your trip to Mango Bay to be free of all such concerns. We can arrange for our trusted taxi or guide to meet you at the airport or bus station in David, and transport you to one of two nearby marinas, where our experienced captain will transport you directly to Mango Bay. Our many adventures and activities in Panama are guided by experienced and trustworthy guides, so you can be assured of safe holiday travel.
Endless Adventures
At Mango Bay, on the Pacific side, you can experience some of the best sport fishing in Panama, snorkelling, scuba diving, coral surfing, paddle boarding, whale watching, knee boarding, water skiing, beach combing and island ridge hiking. Within a short trip to the mainland are the mountainous regions of Boquette with forest canopy zip lining, coffee tours, monkey sanctuaries, waterfall and canyon diving, and volcano hiking. Howler monkeys, parrots, With our local knowledge and experienced guides we’ll help you to create the ultimate adventure vacation. Book your Panama adventure here.
Bountiful Nature
Mango Bay Villas in Panama offers an incredible diversity of wildlife and terrains. The country is home to hundreds of species of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians including 125 animals found only in Panama. The country also boasts nearly 1000 bird species, the largest number in Central America, including quetzals, macaws, amazons, parrots, toucans, cotingas and the harpy eagle, which is the national bird of Panama.
Primate lovers will appreciate capuchins, squirrel monkeys, spider monkeys and other fascinating varieties such as howler monkeys which are plentiful on Boca Chica Island.
Panama’s reefs support a wide variety of tropical fish, and many varieties of ocean mammals such as humpback whales, reef sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and killer or sperm whales, small numbers of sharks in deeper waters, as well as five of seven of the worlds species of sea turtles.
High Quality Health Care
When travelling abroad, you don’t expect an accident or illness to strike, but if it does you want to be sure that you have access to adequate health care. Panama offers high-quality medical care and modern hospitals in its metropolitan areas. Many Panamanian doctors, nurses and technicians have been trained in the US and are bilingual. In addition, the standards at the top hospitals compare favorably to those in the United States and are, as a result, able to provide excellent attention in a very broad variety of specialties to meet everyone’s needs.
All the procedures, services and attention can be obtained at much lower costs than in the US and other countries. As a result, these cost savings have contributed to Panama becoming a ‘health tourism’ destination for those seeking medical attention. In addition, many drugs that require a prescription in the US are available over the counter in Panama. We recommend medical travel insurance when travelling.
Easy Travel to Panama
The easiest and fastest way to travel to Panama is by air where major international airlines, including American Airlines and Air Canada, fly to Panama City with regularly scheduled flights. It takes between 3 and 7 hours to fly to Panama from many Canadian and U.S. cities. Most international flights still land in Panama City. With the newly completed international airport expansion of Enrique Malek Airport in David in 2012, more and more flights will be directed there. There is also a luxury tour bus with reclining seats from Panama City to David. Though the ride is 6 hours, it is very comfortable and affordable at approx. $20 per person.
A variety of national airlines operate from the International Airport Marcos A. Gelabert, in Albrook. They offer frequent and charter flights to more than 150 airfields within Panama.
From David our guide or preferred taxi will take you to one of two nearby ports where our experience boat captain will be waiting to ferry you to Mango Bay. Paradise found!