Local firm boasts fishing excursions in the Pacific Ocean and Lake Gatun and city tours in the capital and to Portobelo.
Sport fishing and ecotourism are what makes Panama Expuesta, a unique local company offering its fleet of boats and buses for excursions in the capital, the Pacific Ocean, Lake Gatun in the heart of the Panama Canal basin, and the historic tourist city of Portobelo in the Caribbean coastal province of Colon.
The company has been in business for nearly six months targeting the market of ecotourism, fauna, flora and bird watching, sport fishing and tours of the banks of the Panama Canal. Panama Expuesta also offers boat excursions in the Pacific Ocean to the islands of Taboga and Contadora on Panama Bay at night, as well as a city tour of the Canal along the Amador Causeway and the ruins of Old Panama.
“Ecotourism is not well known in Panama, but tourists do value it,” Rene Jurado, the firm’s general director, told The Panama Post, adding that 80 percent of his clients are from abroad.
Although Panama Expuesta has seen the biggest demand from foreign tourists – mainly U.S. and European travelers – Jurado said he plans to promote domestic tourism, too. So far, Jurado said, Panama Expuesta has seen good business, as the competition is slim, with few other companies offering the same services through travel agencies and hotels.
Packages
Panama Expuesta has several packages, and the most popular has been a fishing trip to Lake Gatun. For $175 the company offers four people a four-hour tour on a boat with all the fishing equipment, safety gear and a captain.
The firm offers two packages on the Pacific Ocean, which are also very popular. The boat, which holds four to seven people, departs at 7 a.m. to the island of Taboga and returns at 4 p.m. for a starting price of $700, including beverages. The other Pacific Ocean package is a sport fishing trip to the island of Contadora and its surroundings, also starting at $700. The company boasts eight boats that can hold four to eight people each.
Panama Expuesta also holds five-hour corporate fishing tournaments for $60 per person, for 12 to 40 people, which includes fishing equipment, life jackets, a judge to oversee the fish weigh-in and trophies.
The firm offers two packages on the Pacific Ocean, which are also very popular. The boat, which holds four to seven people, departs at 7 a.m. to the island of Taboga and returns at 4 p.m. for a starting price of $700, including beverages. The other Pacific Ocean package is a sport fishing trip to the island of Contadora and its surroundings, also starting at $700. The company boasts eight boats that can hold four to eight people each.
Panama Expuesta also holds five-hour corporate fishing tournaments for $60 per person, for 12 to 40 people, which includes fishing equipment, life jackets, a judge to oversee the fish weigh-in and trophies.
The city tour packages include for $40 to $80 per person transportation and guided tours of Panama City, the Panama Canal and Portobelo, in the Caribbean province of Colon.
