Escape the ordinary and unwind in the San Blas Islands! Enjoy an epic sailboat ride on the Tintamare.

NAVIGATING THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS

We love to sail and we like to share our passions. We take life slowly to appreciate what we have around us and the opportunity to enjoy this paradise.

We know many of the indigenous inhabitants and have a great relationship with them. We want to preserve their environment and also their culture and share it with our guests, making your days aboard the Tintamare unforgettable.

EMBARK WITH US AND ...

Enjoy the sensation of sailing in a monohull, take the helm, swim in turquoise waters, snorkel in coral reefs, kayak among isolated islands, exercise your balance with the paddle, practice yoga on the beach with a certified teacher, enjoy delicious food, and have a drink in the most beautiful scenery.

WE ORGANIZE TAILOR-MADE TRIPS...

San Blas deserves a few days to settle in at your own pace. Depending on the amount of days, we will sail to the most remote islands to explore the more unknown San Blas.

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN… 

a unique destination full of natural beauty. The Guna people have fought to preserve their customs and indigenous autonomy. They do not allow foreign investment and thus have remained free of hotels, resorts, noise and overcrowding.

ADVENTURE... 

San Blas is ideal for those who want to live and enjoy an authentic experience in contact with nature and local people.

EMBARK WITH US ON A REAL & UNFILTERED ADVENTURE

“Guna Yala is a dream of the past that in many places will never return”. Hernando Arnal

CULTURE GUNA YALA. (The land of the Gunas)

The Guna people have managed to maintain their territory and customs over time thanks to their struggle and love for their land. They have also preserved their Guna language, also called “Dule”.

During the month of February they celebrate their autonomy, it is the month that commemorates their revolution in 1925. The flag of Guna Yala always surprises the visitor. The swastika that appears on the background of the three horizontal stripes (red/yellow/red) is an ancestral symbol and has nothing to do with the Nazi swastika. In fact, its cross is in the opposite direction.

Regarding the Guna women, they have a lot of power in Guna Yala, they are the ones who inherit the land. Their traditional way of dressing is very colorful and in addition to the blouses with their characteristic molas (textile with geometric shapes or elements of nature) they also use what they call “winis”, beads with colored balls called chakiras that they roll up their legs and arms.

The Guna men are great sailors and fishermen and aboard their cayucos, built by themselves with local trees, they sail using the oar as a rudder.

The Gunas are the indigenous people that inhabit the archipelago of the San Blas Islands in the Panamanian Caribbean. This archipelago is made up of approximately 350 small islands and islets, most of which are uninhabited. The archipelago extends along the coast of the Guna Yala region (as the locals call it) and reaches the Colombian border. It is so close to the mainland that, from practically all of its islands, you can see the jungle that extends all the way to the Darien, the Colombian border.

Its islands are of white sand and surrounded by coral reefs. Its vegetation is palm trees and mangroves. Its crystalline blue waters are ideal for snorkeling.

The Gunas are a peaceful and friendly people, and above all, they know how lucky they are to inhabit this wonderful corner of the planet.

We are immensely grateful to be here. We are “foreigners”, but they welcome us and treat us as part of their community.

Guna Yala is still a dream of the past that in many places will never return. That is why we must continue to take care of it in a sustainable and sustained way, but without trying to exploit it excessively so that it does not “die” of success as has happened before with other paradises.

For us it was a gift to discover it.

NUEDI GUNA YALA. THANK YOU GUNA YALA!!

Join us for an unforgettable experience sailing the San Blas Islands.

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