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October 17, 2017
Crossing the Darien Gap
I'm trying to come up with a plan for crossing the Darien Gap. So far, I really haven't found a way that seems like the "best" way to go.
This video shows how the trip would look if you use a shipping container for the vehicle, and then catch a sailboat to Columbia.
https://www.aswesawit.com/cross-the-darien-gap/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENgDtSQt_XU
HOW TO CROSS DARIEN GAP WITH A MOTORBIKE FOR UNDER $300
the price for sailing from Cartagena is USD 450-600 per person and about the same price for a motorcycle. It covers 5 days of sailing with full-board and stops in very beautiful San Blas islands. All (or at least the most) sailboats and catamarans which offer this service from and to Cartagena are managed by the same agency - Blue Sailing, therefore the prices are very similar and it's difficult to negotiate them down.
ADVRider.com seems to be the only place where I've actually seen companies advertising in English that they can get your bike across the Darien Gap on a sailboat. So, I think I'll focus on the information I find on this website from now on. I've decided that taking the bike on a sail boat would be the most adventurous way to go, it seems.
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/darien-gap-boats-update.1208124/
We take mbikes every Thursday from Carti (Panama) to Sapzurro (Colombia) and every Sunday from Sapzurro to Carti for $350.- up to 6 at a time [IMG]
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OK. This looks like the way to go.
Then, from Sapzurro (Colombia), you take a 1 hour boat ride to Capurgana, where you clear Immigracion into Colombia. Then, catch the ferry to Necocli (or Turbo).
it is illegal for yachts to transport bikes out of Cartagena- since about a year, the rest of Colombia seems O.K. take the ferry from Turbo or Necocli to Sapzurro, we collect you there.
Yeah...so this looks like the way to go.
I'll ride the bike up to Carti, Panama. Get on the boat in Carti. It sails along the coast of Panama to the border with Colombia, and they drop you off at Sapzurro, Colombia. From there, you catch a ferry to either Turbo, Colombia or Necocli, Colombia. At that point, you're on Highway 90, and can ride through to Ecuador no problem.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 17, 2017 at 8:39 PM
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Hi, we still do the sarvice Portobelo to Obaldia,Sapzurro- earlier we did sail the smaller Catamaran "Fritz the Cat" for many years! C U soon
Posted by: Fritz R. Breckner on January 22, 2018 at 3:18 AM