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Central America Cruise
Panama Canal, Costa Rica and San Blas.
Centimetre by centimetre the ship rises inside the lock, until it sits higher than the bank that towered over it only moments before. Transiting the Panama Canal is a piece of engineering history that everyone should experience once. The next day brings an entirely different scene: in a Costa Rican bay, howler monkeys shriek in the rainforest that runs right down to the water. Central America draws two worlds together in the smallest of spaces.
Between the two great oceans lies a narrow bridge of land, and no journey reveals it more beautifully than the one made from the water. At its heart is the transit of the Panama Canal, from Colón on the Caribbean across to Panama City on the Pacific. Add to that the nature of Costa Rica: around Puntarenas and in Drake Bay the rainforest reaches the sea, alive with monkeys, sloths and brightly coloured birds. And the San Blas Islands, an archipelago of tiny palm-covered islands where the indigenous Guna people live.
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You travel aboard small ships that pass through the canal and also reach the hidden bays and islands. The season falls in the European winter, from December to April, the local dry season. Most voyages last around nine nights.
Why ivent-sailing
Why book with ivent-sailing
Good advice costs you nothing and makes all the difference.
Fair prices
You pay not a single euro more than with the cruise line. We have agreed a commission with our partners.
Independent advice
We recommend the voyage that suits you, because we have no ship of our own to fill. In our consultation we can go into the small differences that make the experience yours.
Travel-security certificate under German law
With us you receive a travel-security certificate and book with insolvency and consumer protection under German travel law.
All-round package
If you wish, we arrange the whole experience including travel there and back.
Under sail
Under sail
The Caribbean side of Central America is a classic sailing ground. Aboard the tall ships of Star Clippers and Sea Cloud, the region can be experienced as a sailing cruise, close to the trade winds and the little islands. A particularly atmospheric way to travel.
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Personal advice
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Which route, which cruise line, which season, we settle that best in conversation. Without obligation and free of charge, and you book secured by the travel-security certificate under German law.
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