If you decide to spend your holidays on one of the pearl islands, Las Pearl archipelago, or rather the island of Contadora, then you will probably be interested in the question of the approximate value of such a trip. You understand that it is impossible to say for sure or count the amount of expenses, since it depends on many factors, but the general presentation and an approximate picture of how much such a rest can do, you can understand.
So, I'll start from the very beginning. Visa to visit Panama to Russian citizens and a number of other countries of near and far abroad is not needed, so expenses can only be associated with the acquisition of insurance, which can be done in their homeland. The cost of the insurance policy also depends on the conditions you have chosen, but on average it turns out in the area of twenty dollars. I will point out all the prices in US dollars, since the financial system of Panama uses this currency, along with its own monetary unit - Balboa.
Next flight to Panama. If you take the departure from Moscow as the basis, then the following is obtained. There are no direct flights to Panama (as far as I know). All flights are carried out with a change in one of the European airports of France, Portugal, Spain or another country.
Aeroflot flies in the United States and transplant occurs there. Daily crashes a sufficiently large number of flights, so you can choose any day of interest. But if you want to purchase a ticket cheaper, then it should be engaged in searches in advance. Now there are no difficulties with this question, the search and booking is carried out via the Internet, where the official sites of various airlines are presented and there are a large number of other sites engaged in booking and selling tickets to any directions. According to personal experience, I can say that from Moscow to Panama and back, it is quite realistic to find tickets in the area of the six hundred dollars per person. You can find out in more detail about this in the article "Rest in Panama: How to get? Cost, travel time, transfer". If you decide not to linger in the capital of the country, Panama City, but to go to the contadory, it is easiest to order a ticket to immediately (you can do it at home) to the island, using the company's website Air Panama. which performs several flights per day in this direction.
As a rule, these are small brand aircraft Britten-Norman Islander or Cessna . The flight time is about twenty minutes, and the cost in the area of ninety dollars in both ends per person. These flights are performed from another airport, which is called Albrook. , and to which to get from Tokumen is easier by taxi. The distance between them is about kilometers thirty, and accordingly, the fare will be in the area of thirty dollars (a taxi in Panama goes around one dollar for a kilometer of travel). You can get to the Contador on the catamaran "SEA LAS PERLAS" sailing every morning at 7.30 from the pier Balboa Yacht Club. Located in the area Panama Canal , but in time the road to the island takes more than one and a half hours, at the same value of the ninety dollars, in both ends. Yes, and get from the airport to the yacht club, also worth not less than thirty dollars. I do not think that it is worth it, and admire the ocean and islands, from the height of bird'sman, it is no worse than from the boost of the ferry that, besides, is quite crowded.
Now, with regard to the cost of living on the island. There are about two dozen options for various properties that are characterized by both comfort and cost. It all depends on your desire and financial opportunities. Some of these options are written in the article "Rest on Contador: Where to stay better?", But you can choose and go on sites. TripAdvisor, Booking.com. or to them like, where there is a more complete description of hotels and the possibility of booking. Must warn you that Panamans are not very responsible about such issues and booking the option you like, it is not a fact that you will stop in it, so have it in mind. Read reviews of tourists who previously rested in certain hotels in order to have a general idea of them. Cheap accommodation on Kontador will not call, and for fourteen days in a double room with breakfast, you will have to leave one and a half or two thousand dollars (this can be said at a minimum).
As for nutrition. There are several restaurants on the island, where you can eat more or less normally. In one of them called TORTUGA. (I immediately remember the film "Pirates of the Caribbean"), are preparing a good pizza.
IN Restaurant Gerald's. Also a good menu of seafood and dishes of German cuisine (apparently the fact that the owner is German). Prices for food are a wide variety and depend on your choice. I can not eat dollars for twenty.
In order to save, it makes sense to take advantage of the goods of local "supermarkets", if you can call them. The prices in them are much more expensive than on the mainland, but compared to the restaurant, it will be greatly cheaper, it will have to prepare yourself. There are several stores on the island, to get acquainted with their assortment and prices will not be much difficulty, you can easily go around them.
Who wants to drive around the island on buggy or quad bike, has the ability to rent this type of transport, which will cost forty dollars and above, per day. Although such long-lasting rides are definitely not needed (based on the size of the island), but for a couple of hours everything is worth it (the hourly rent is also valid). Dollars for forty per hour, you can rent a small motorboat with captain. This is if you want to ride around nearby islands.
For fifty dollars per person, a three-hour walk on the boat will cost, with an occasion and swimming on the islands Bajo Boyarena., Isla Chapera. and Isla moogo moogo. During such a walk, masks and flippers are provided, and in the refrigerator there are soft drinks. By the way, on the islands of my and chapera, the TV project "The Last Hero" was shot.
You can save on accommodation only in the case of rest in the summer when the weather does not please and periodically go tropical livne. At this time, tourists on the island are not many, and accordingly, the prices of rest below. Although there is also its own plus, since since July, the migration of whales is held along the islands, which can often be seen right from the shore.
That's what I wanted to tell you to help understand an approximate amount of expenses, making this journey. I repeat once again that prices are approximate and largely depend on your needs and desires.