About us

Built by people who actually live in Panama — and one who built the tech.

Hop On Panama exists because the existing options either oversell or undersell. We're trying to do neither. Show you what's real, charge fairly, and stay around long enough that you can find us next year.

How we work

Three people, one country, no middlemen.

We're not a marketplace. We're not an aggregator. We're a small team that runs the day, picks up the phone, and shows up when things go sideways. That's our edge — and we like it that way.

Local first

Two of us are based in Panama full-time. We use the experiences we recommend.

Bilingual end-to-end

Spanish + English on every booking. Portuguese on most. We're not running you through Google Translate.

Honest pricing

No surge surprises, no fake discounts. The price you see is the price you pay.

The team

The three people behind the lineup.

FP

Franklin Powell

Founder · Panama City

Born in Panama. Tour operator for over a decade. Bilingual fishing guide, certified canal expert, and your first point of contact on the ground.

VH

Vic Harden

Operations · Panama

Day-to-day ops, logistics, and the calm voice when the WhatsApp is going off at 6am. Your direct line for anything that comes up mid-trip.

RC

Ray Caldwell

Strategic & Digital Partner · US

Founder of BluePulse AI. Built the platform you're reading right now and handles the digital side — site, automations, customer flow — end-to-end.

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