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boat crossing from Panama to colombia at turbo. Are these boats big enough for motorcycles? I'm planning a motorcycle trip from Alaska to Argentina and wondering about the best way to cross into Colombia. How about cars ? one of our partners plans to take a toyota land crusier to carry supplies. Thanks for any info. Don

By fill on Jun 13, 2005, 06:43 in Friendly Talkzone.

ColombiaBoard says on Jun 13, 2005, 07:48:

Boats There are boats that cross from Panama to Turbo but for safety reasons I suggest that you find a boat that goes to Cartagena and then continue your trip from there.
It´s possible to have a car or motorbike also on the boat but this is available only to Cartagena on a cargo boat.

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Cessi says on Jun 13, 2005, 18:18:

too small for a car and a motorcycle Yes, the boats from Puerto Obaldia (Panama) to Capurganá (Colombia, from there you would have to take another boat down to Turbo) are motorboats but they aren´t big enough to bring a motorcycle and definetely not to bring a car. However about the safety reason, I almost always use this boarder crossing and I´ve never had a problem. It´s quite a lot of military around the area and between Capurganá and Sapzurro just next to the boarder there´s a military base. But as ColombiaBoard said, if you plan on bringing the motorcycle and a car then the boats to Cartagena are probably your only option.

good luck!

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