Costa Rica
Tour and Panama Cruise with CruiseWest Pacheca Bird Island of
Panama * Photos
and text by Jack
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GENERAL: Pacheca is the northern-most island in the
Archipelago of the Pearls, once a pearl-diving center consists of 60 tropical
islands spread between 35 and 70 miles southeast of Panama on the Pacific
Ocean side of the Central America Isthmus. Pacheca
is only 35 miles from the city of Panama. See detailed location maps
(HERE).
On this location map, the bird island
was the last stop before traveling northward through the Panama Canal
Click on the following
thumbnails for larger views ..........
This island isn't very large! The
white color is probably guano.
Frigate birds circle over their nest.
The nest and birds are in the large dark
green shrub in the lower-right of the picture.