Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

18-Night Panama City to Vancouver Cruise Adventure

Explora Journeys · EXPLORA III · from Panama City

$11,660 per person · next sails Apr 22, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Panama City (PTY)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into PTY, home from YVR · $884 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Panama City

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

0 mi from Panama City

Panama Canal Tour

0 mi from Panama City

San Blas Islands Day Trip

Your voyage · 18 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Panama City Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
Tazumal Mayan Ruins · $240 for two with EC Tours El Salvadorhow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Puerto Quetzalport guide →
Private Antigua Colonial City & Jade Factory Full-… · $265 for two with Tours by Locals — Guatemala Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Puerto Madero
⚙ Curating Puerto Madero’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Santa Cruz Huatulcoport guide →
Private Yacht Charter · $450 for two with Explore Huatulco (Private Yacht Rentals)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Puerto Vallartaport guide →
Hidden Beach at Marietas Islands · $111 for two with Vallarta Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Days 10–11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
Los Angelesport guide →
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood · $150 for two with Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
★ San Diego Zoo — how to make it yours →
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 15–16
San Franciscoport guide →
San Francisco Gourmet Food & Neighbourhood Walking… · $218 for two with A Taste of SF Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Galavant Private Victoria Highlights Tour in a Lux… · $402 for two with Galavant Private Sightseeing Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Vancouver Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Vancouver

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

58 mi from Vancouver

Private Whale Watching and Wildlife Tour (Capt. Jim's Whale Watching)

Board a comfortable vessel for expert-guided marine wildlife viewing, targeting orca, gray whales, sea otters, and bald eagles with naturalist narrati…

45 mi from Vancouver

Westcott Bay Sea Farms & Oyster Shack

Visit a working oyster farm where you can watch oyster cultivation in the bay, then shuck and eat fresh oysters at a waterfront shack with only raw ba…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Panama City

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

11 mi from Panama City · fly PTY

Balboa & Beyond: Panama's Wild, Cultured Other Side

Rainforest Meets Ruin Culture

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11 mi from Panama City · fly PTY

San Blas Islands: Molas, Medicine Men & Midnight Snorkels

Indigenous Culture Meets Caribbean Wild

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291 mi from Panama City · fly CTG

Cartagena's Caribbean Edge: Mud Volcanoes, Maroon Villages & Market Chaos

Caribbean Culture & Coast

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Vancouver

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

44 mi from Vancouver · fly YYJ

Victoria's Wild Coast: Falconry, Gold Mines, and the Pacific

Coastal Wilderness Luxury

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130 mi from Vancouver · fly SEA

Tacoma's Wild Side: Puget Sound, Quarries & a Volcano

Pacific Northwest Adventure Base

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Home

Fly home from Vancouver (YVR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into PTY, home from YVR · 2 travelers $884 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Panama City · Luxury~$180
Cruise fare18 nights · Explora Journeys · 2 guests$23,320
Shore excursions7 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,836
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$26,400
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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