7 Nights - Colón to Puerto Caldera

Type of Vessel

Star Pride All Suite Yacht
With only 212 guests, a Star Pride cruise will make you feel like you're on board your own private yacht almost as soon as you step aboard.

The sitting area of your spacious, newly refurbished suite gives you an expansive ocean view — making it a welcome retreat.

When you're ready to make an appearance, the lounges, club, casino and library are waiting to be explored. Take some "you" time in the tranquil WindSpa . . . enjoy a dip in the pool . . . work off that decadent dessert in the Fitness Center . . . and, of course, you are always welcome to visit the Bridge to examine navigation charts with the Captain.

Star Pride is large enough to pamper and entertain you, yet small enough to tuck into delightful tiny harbors and hidden coves that others can’t reach.

Itinerary

Reverse options available

Day 1: Colón, Panama I Colón’s history has always been defined by the desire for the riches of its natural resources. From its gold and silver to its value as a trade route made possible by the Panama Canal, Colón is today known for the Zona Libre – the largest free-trade zone in the Americas. The Zona Libre links producers in North America, the Far East, and Europe with the Latin American market. As such, it is home to more than 1,600 companies and several dozen banks. Far less commercial, the area surrounding the city encompasses pristine beaches, lowland rainforests, splendid colonial architecture, and wonders of modern engineering. This variety of environments allows a wide range of activities that include snorkeling in the clear Caribbean waters, exploring ruins, or even marveling at the massive locks on the other side of the Panama Canal.
Day 2: Panama Canal, Panama I Over the 10-hour transit through the Panama Canal you will enter three sets of locks that raise and lower the vessel 85 feet between the calm Pacific Ocean and the shimmering waters of the Atlantic. Your voyage features a daylight hours transit with numerous observation vantage points for outside viewing and comfortable indoor air-conditioned lounges. Expert onboard commentary enhances your journey as you watch the day to day workings of this bucket list experience.
Day 4: I Covering 430,825 pristine acres, the island of Coiba has been identified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and offers some of the world’s most superb snorkeling. The warm, translucent waters are teeming with dazzling marine life and surrounded by one of the largest coral reefs on the Pacific. Follow them to the underwater Cordilera mountain chain, which extends as far as the Galápagos Islands.
Day 5: Golfo Dulce (Puerto Jimenez), Costa Rica I Picture Jurassic foliage growing down steep hillsides all the way to the waterline, the hoots of monkeys echoing through trees choked by orchids. Golfo Dulce is one of Costa Rica’s most biodiverse areas, where both the jungle and the sea brim with life. Explore the canals by kayak in search of javelinas, butterflies, and more bird species than in all of North America.
Day 6: Bahia Drake, Costa Rica I Believed to be a port visited by Sir Frances Drake in the 16th century, Bahía Drake is actually composed of two towns, Agujitas, along the southern shore of the bay; and Drake, to the north. The beautiful and remote coastline of sparkling coves, pristine beaches, and rocky crags extends for miles and the bay can only be reached by road during the dry season. Bahia Drake offers so much variety in activities for you. Come ashore by Zodiac to explore one of Costa Rica’s most remote destinations with its vast rainforest and expansive mangroves – home to howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, crocodiles, frogs and more. Traverse the rainforest’s canopy on a ziplining tour from treetop to treetop or join a naturalist guide on a horseback ride and explore the beaches, rivers, waterfalls, and tropical rainforests of the region. Snorkel the warm blue waters off Cano Island, a spectacular marine biological reserve where you’ll find sea turtles, dolphins, parrot fish, manta rays and more in the coral reef and surrounding waters. Take a boat ride through the enormous expansive mangroves or join a hiking tour through the peaceful green world of the Osa Biological Corridor listening for red macaws, toucans and other small mammals.
Day 7: Quepos, Costa Rica I The former banana-exporting town of Quepos is your basecamp for a day of rainforest adventure. Take a walk along trails that weave up to waterfalls, or ride horseback to a beautiful jungle pool. A float trip through a mangrove swamp populated by monkeys, crocodiles, egrets, and herons is also available. Or you may choose a nature walk through Manuel Antonio National Park, with its lovely beaches, easy trails, and abundant animal life.
Day 8: Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica I Absorb Costa Rica’s magnificent biodiversity by adding a land package to your cruise. Venture to the Monteverde Cloud Forest, where 300-year-old trees and orchids form a spectacular backdrop to resplendent quetzals, tapirs, monkeys, sloths, and other rainforest residents. Or to Tortuguero National Park, one of the most remote places in Costa Rica, known for being a primary nesting site of endangered green turtles. .

All Inclusive

Each Windstar Cruise includes all meals, in all venues, non-alcoholic beverages, including specialty tea and coffee drinks, beautifully appointed ocean view stateroom or suite, plush bathrobes and slippers, fresh flowers and fruit in your stateroom or suite, marble finished baths, flat screen TV and DVD player, spectacular onboard deck barbecue, onboard entertainment, including local performances in most regions, room service menu available 24 hours, fully equipped Watersports Platform, use of all water sports equipment included, access to the Open Bridge, and champagne Welcome Reception.

Food and Dining

All meals and non-alcoholic beverages are included.

Onboard Activities/Events

A fitness center, screening room, library/business center, counter-current pool, WindSpa, informative nightly port talks and destination briefings, and more.

Shore Excursions

A partial list includes: Golfo Dulce: Botanical Garden & Beach Scape; Chocolate Farm - A Sweet Experience; Bahia Drake: Corcovado Canopy Zip Line Tour; Bahia Drake: Horseback Riding to the Last Frontier; Quepos: Highlights & Wildlife Rescue Center; Quepos: Manuel Antonio National Park Nature Walk; Quepos: Sport Fishing; Puerto Caldera: Espiratu Santo Coffee Tour & Oxcart Factory & Transfer; Puerto Caldera: Espiratu Santo Coffee Tour & Oxcart Factory & Transfer

Staterooms or Cabins

Depending on the suite, accommodations may feature Egyptian cotton linens, full size tub or shower, walk-in closets, separate living and dining areas, a veranda, powder rooms, full-stocked mini bar/refrigerator, safe, direct dial phone, luxury bath amenities, granite vanity with magnifying mirror, 110/220 outlets, Wi-Fi, queen beds, and ocean views.

Spa

WindSpa pampers with spa services.

Fitness

The fitness center is equipped for your unlimited use.

Other Info

A Complimentary Windstar Private Event:The Canal Celebration Deck Side Festival

Considered one of the great achievements of the 20th century, the Panama Canal connects 160 countries and 1,700 ports around the world. Celebrate your Panama Canal daylight transit with onboard festivities as we make the 48-mile journey through this historic Canal. You will enjoy onboard narration describing both the history of the Canal and its day-to-day working as you and your yacht are raised and lowered 85 feet through the three sets of locks. Numerous observation points on the ship will allow you to have the best view, either indoors in the Yacht Club at the front of the ship with cool air conditioning or outside on the deck in the warmth and sunshine. The deck will be the place to be with festive music provided by onboard musicians, local beverages, and a mobile bar for drink service. As you continue through the Canal the Captain will ask you to join him in a toast to your bucket list crossing of the Panama Canal. Return to your stateroom to find your “Order of the Ditch” certificate, a Naval tradition verifying your place in the exclusive group of “sailors” who have passed through the Panama Canal.