14 islands, 18 guests, 20 miles from civilization!!
Islas Secas Reserve & Lodge is an elevated outpost of adventure on Panama’s Pacific Coast. The archipelago of 14 islands is a secluded and sustainable destination for world-class fishing, diving and other marine adventures.
Sophie Friedman reports for Forbes on her recent trip to Isla Secas a very special place in the Gulf of Chiriqui.
Ian Fleming himself couldn’t have dreamt up a more luxuriously isolated resort than Islas Secas. The nine-casita eco-lodge is the only structure in the 14-island archipelago Islas Secas (“dry islands”, so named for the low tides), 20 nautical miles south of mainland Panama. It’s estimated that before the resort was built, the last human habitation was some 600 years ago. The adventure to Islas Secas Reserve and Lodge begins in David, 45 minutes’ flight from Panama City. From here it’s a tranquil hour-long boat ride, through waterways flanked by mangroves and then out into the open sea. The rocky clumps of islands flanking the path gradually drop away and then there’s nothing but you, the occasional frigatebird overhead, and Pacific, the rich blue of the crayon used to draw it.
