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Contadora Island - Panama City Ferry Operators

  • Sea Las Perlas
    • 7 Sailings Weekly 1 hr 30 min
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Excellent

4.3/5 Average
134384 Reviews

Good service I would recommend them again

I booked a ticket and by some reason the return date was wrong. I called them ( the waiting time is really long) and they sorted my problem without too many questions

Mrs Cristina Anisoara Gugeanu 4 hours ago

Very good customer service

I rang up yesterday after I made a mistake on my booking, booked 2 passengers and forgot to book the car. Spoke to Tom at about 11pm. Extremely helpful , professional and very quick to get my stuff up sorted. Had a confirmation of new booking before the call was finished. Very impressed. I wish we had this customer service in Australia.

Mr Adam Hart 5 hours ago

Cheaper than direct for me... but highlight additional charges UPFRONT.

Overall good, but 1 star dropped as although The overall price was cheaper than going direct to Stena, I'm always irritated when sites add "processing charges" at the end after you've entered all your details, and which were never mentioned previously... and for a visa delta transaction too.

Trusted Customer 14 hours ago

Easy to use site

Easy to use site, price seemed ok.

Trusted Customer 16 hours ago

Very good service and friendly

The packing slot was good,,,the security were nice too,,we liked the service. Thanks a lot

Mr Rahman Maksudur 17 hours ago

Good but Pricey

Excellent service - but pricey and lots of potential extras.

Mr Ian Binnie 18 hours ago

Excellent

The website made the booking of our ferry from France very easy and at a reasonable price too.

Trusted Customer 18 hours ago

Quick and easy

The site is easy to oversee and easy to book prices are competitive been using your site for a few years now never disappointed!

Trusted Customer 19 hours ago

Easy and quick to book.

Very easy to book with and gave plenty of other options to times and dates.

Mr RAYMOND ARMSTRONG 20 hours ago

Contadora Island to Panama City Ferry

The Contadora Island Panama City ferry route connects Panama with Panama. Currently there is just the 1 ferry company operating this ferry service, Sea Las Perlas. The crossing operates up to 7 times each week with sailing durations from around 1 hour 30 minutes.

Contadora Island Panama City sailing durations and frequency may vary from season to season so we’d advise doing a live check to get the most up to date information.

Average Contadora Island Panama City Prices

Prices shown represent the average one way price paid by our customers on this route. Prices shown are per person.

Contadora Island Guide

Contadora Island is an isle found off the wide curving shores of Panama Bay, south of the Panamanian mainland. There is one route and two service providers operating out of the terminal. Four times weekly sailings with Ferry Las Perlas head to Panama City and seven weekly crossings also head to the capital with Sea Las Perlas.

What is there to do on the island?
The island is one of the larger landmasses of the Pearl Island archipelago and is widely renowned for its pristine shoreline dotted with long stretches of palm-lined beaches. Once buzzing with traders selling pearls plucked from the shallows of the surrounding sea, the island is now a spectacular resort of luxury villas and apartments. It’s a particularly popular destination during the summer months when the surrounding waters of the Gulf of Panama glow almost electric blue beneath the warm sun. With a spectacular array of marine life it’s the perfect destination for snorkelling, fishing or even dolphin and whale watching.

What transport links are available for visitors?
Nowhere on the island is more than a five minutes’ drive away, meaning that travelling to and from the port is a straightforward affair. A taxi-service is available to take visitors from the port to the hotels found across the isle, though rented golf buggies are the preferred method of transport.

What services leave the Contadora Island port?
The port offers services to one destination, the mainland terminal in Panama City. A Ferry Las Perlas line sails the short distance north to the mainland capital of Panama City four times throughout the week, a fast route that skims across the gulf with Sea Las Perlas offering seven trips a week. The duration of the journey varies between an hour and a half and an hour and forty minutes.