Panama – Desert Island Survival

•  We meet in Panama City (the exact location will be shared with you in the Expedition Guide you will receive after booking).
• That late afternoon you meet your instructor and receive the safety expedition briefing before dinner with the team. We have an early night in shared accommodation.
• You can request the solo room supplement on our booking form if you want a private room. We will confirm availability after your request.

•  After breakfast, we head to the marina and take a 90-minute speedboat to your new island home, explore the expansive beach, choose the location for the camp, and string the expedition hammocks.
• Typically after a couple of days, everyone on the island reconnects with their circadian rhythm and rises a little after sunrise. So we use the mornings to learn the 4 key elements of survival: Shelter, Fire, Water, and Food. We explore different methods for each element.
• Afternoons are for exploration, trekking through the jungle and rocky headlands, mastering fishing skills, or simply enjoying paradise.
• Evenings are for gathering and connecting with your new tribe around the campfire, eating a communal meal we all helped catch and cook, telling stories, or marveling at the open sky.

• After completing your training phase, you and your new tribe will move to a different spot on the island to put into practice the skills learned.
• You will experience the wilderness with little more than a machete, knife, essential fishing equipment, medikit, and satellite phone. But don’t worry; we have an invisible safety net in place!
• For many, this is one of the toughest psychological and physical challenges they have ever endured: the reality of survival sinks in, and new highs and lows are encountered as hunger, thirst, and discomfort are offset by the euphoria of success starting a fire or finding food. And simultaneously, this is an experience that leaves the most incredible sense of achievement and deep gratitude.
• If you would like this phase in complete solitude, please request this on your booking form. We will reach out to you after checking availability.

• After completing your survival phase, speedboats are sent in the morning to bring you to Mar Y Oro’s beach to eat and rest.
• That night we head out for a survival party where you’ll eat your weight in pizza at the excellent Casa Tortuga restaurant.
• We will all head back to Panama City by speedboats arriving around noon.

Sporting a fine suntan and a tremendous sense of achievement, you will depart home with enough tales to woo at any dinner party.