Elite Charter Blog

San Blas islands from the air, a recurring subject on our blog Life on deck during a crewed San Blas charter

This is where our crews write about the work: the anchorages that stayed good after a wind shift, the weeks when it rained every afternoon and nobody minded, what the Guna communities charge and why, and how a private flight changes the first day of a charter. It is written by people who run the boats, not by a marketing desk.

Some posts are practical guides. How to get to San Blas, what a week costs in USD, which yacht suits eight adults versus two couples, what to pack when there are no shops between islands, how sea state and trade winds move a route from Chichime to Cayos Holandeses. If you are planning a trip, start there.

Other posts are simply the archipelago itself: the reef at Coco Bandero, dinner cooked aboard from fish bought off a passing ulu, Isla Pinos and the villages tourism has barely touched, and the difference between the dry season glassy mornings and the softer light of June.

We also write about Panama beyond San Blas, from the Canal transit that many guests add to their trip to the two week passage that ends in Cartagena, Colombia, through the San Bernardo and Rosario islands. Those pieces exist because guests kept asking the same questions on the way home.

If a post leaves a question open, ask it. Message us on WhatsApp and one of us answers, usually the same day, and often the answer becomes the next article.

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