GENERAL:
This island is in a bay off Coiba Island which served as a penal colony for Panama.  The history of the island is interesting, including the fact that the guards locked themselves away for the night while the prisoners roamed the island.  Its remoteness kept the prisoners from escaping.

The Oro beach has very fine sand and crystal clear waters.  Coiba National Park is quite a recent park in Panama only being established as recently as 1991.  Some of the snorkeling group saw eels, turtles, and large varieties of fish.  They felt as if they were swimming in an aquarium.

• View of Oro from the ship.
• Time to go snorkeling!
• Low tide shows the island to be the cones of two small, extinct volcanos.

• The beach is populated by hundreds (maybe thousands) of hermit crabs.
• Hermit crabs crabs enjoy some of the ship's punch.
• The park rangers give us a 'looking over' -with some BIG artillery!

• The waters and sand are pristine.
• Snorkeling, or just wading, is great fun.
• Kayaking is also available.