Traveling To Panama
The first stop on your Panamanian vacation will be the international airport in Panama City. From the airport you will be driven to either your lodge, or your hotel to spend the night before another short flight in the morning to "David", the countries capital.
Transportation from David ranges from a shuttle to your lodge or to awaiting boats that will take you to your off-shore mothership from which you will spend the following days fishing in your private charter boats.
Travel within Panama
...is dependable and inexpensive. Taxis in Panama City are cheap and reliable. You can go just about anywhere for less than $5. The highway system and the feeder roads off the main highways are excellent. For $12 you can travel across the country on a luxury bus from Panama City to Chiriqui province in West Panama. If you are renting a car, the Interamerican highway that goes from the border of Costa Rica to Panama City is a four-lane highway most of the way.
ATM machines providing access to your USA bank account are located throughout Panama City and in many locations outside Panama City as well. Panama has a sophisticated banking sector compromised in ninety different banks, including Citibank and Scotia Bank of Canada. If you are looking for offshore activities there are specialists who can provide personal or corporate services with strong financial privacy laws and no taxes on offshore profits.
Complete Itineraries
For some complete sport fishing and lodging packages check out these Panama Sport Fishing packages.
In Country Flights
...provided by Copa, Taca Regional and Aeroperlas Reginal Airlines.