Las Perlas, Panama - couple travelling to the pearl islands

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Archipelago Las Perlas is located in 40 miles from Panama city and consists of about 100 islands. The most famous island of this archipelago is Contadora Island, because it has several resorts, but we decided to go to San Jose Island.

During the World War II Pearl Islands had military bases on them. But soon the archipelago turned to a rest place for rich and famous (former US president Jimmy Carter, former Spain president Adolfo Suarez Felipe Gonzales, Iran shah lived there).

To get to Pearl Islands you have to take a small plane in the regional airport of Panama City (in Albrook). This plane is even smaller than the one we talked about in our Bocas del Toro review. There are 2 air companies making regular flights to Contadora Island - "Aeroperlas" and "Air Panama", but to San Jose Island flies just "Air Panama".

First our plane made a stop at Contadora and after that it took us to Isla San Jose. A trip took about 40 minutes with this short connection on Isla Contadora and costed $110 per person for round trip.

San Jose Island is a private island. It belongs to the Panamanian family who is also the owner of Air Panama company.

When we landed on our San Jose Island, we didn't see a landing strip - nothing like that. We landed on a small field in the jungle. Well, our plane looked more like a helicopter, not a real plane, so we guess it shouldn't have been a surprise for us 😊

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