Coiba national park

Somehow it feels like the areas we wanna go to in Panama are much more difficult to reach then anywhere else on the trip. Also it feels like there are not many tourists around here. We have also never heard of someone saying 'Hey I'm gonna go to Panama for holidays!'

After visiting the archipelago of Bocas we left the Caribbean coast and switched again on the western pacific coast to visit the national park and archipelago of Coiba.

And it was really worth it!! While snorkeling we our first hawkbill turtles, a few white tip reef sharks and so many schools of different fish. (And the beaches where also very nice 😉).

Today Jan went diving in the hope to finally see some whale sharks, but again there was non around. Instead more turtles, dozens of white tip reef shark, one or two bull sharks (known for being aggressive) and a whole school of mobula rays. A ray of the same family as the big manta rays, with the special superpower to be able to fly. 😉

(PS: on the left side of the ray picture there's a black shadow -> bull shark)Read more