Last 3 Units in Playa Venao from $298,830

SANA — Venao Surf Lodge — is a boutique 10-unit building on Playa Venao, under the "SANA · Surfers Community" brand and managed by Makaya. Unlike the large, multi-phase developments in the area, SANA is a single small building built for surfers and digital nomads: a co-working space, a full gym with jacuzzi and lockers, a pilates studio, a social/dining area, and a pool overlooking the building and the jungle.

Of the 10 units in the building, **only 3 remain available** — everything else is already sold or in negotiation. The available ones are: a second-floor studio (unit 201, 112.93 sqm total saleable area, $310,770), a first-floor 2-bedroom (unit 101, 99.61 sqm total, $298,830), and a second-floor 2-bedroom (unit 203, 121.88 sqm total, $328,800).

Presale on these last units begins in September/October, with a simple payment structure: 10% at reservation, 10% at construction start, 10% mid-construction, and the remaining 70% upon title delivery. The other seven units in the building — including both ground-floor 3-bedrooms and both penthouses — are already sold or under negotiation, which is itself a signal of how quickly this small building has moved since launch.

Two of the three available units — studio 201 ($310,770) and apartment 203 ($328,800) — clear Panama's Qualified Investor Visa threshold: permanent residency for anyone investing a minimum of $300,000 in real estate, with funds from abroad deposited in a trust managed by a licensed fiduciary entity in Panama. That threshold is permanent (Executive Decree 193 of 2024) and does not rise over time. Apartment 101, at $298,830, falls just short of it — it's still, by a comfortable margin, the most affordable of the three available units.

The building's masterplan places commercial and office space on the ground floor alongside the gym and pool — a compact format designed so residents and passing-through visitors (surfers rotating through the seasons) have everything essential without leaving the building.

The shared spaces follow the same logic: the gym has a weights and cardio area, its own jacuzzi, and lockers; there's a separate pilates studio for low-impact classes; the dining/social lounge works both for residents and informal work meetings; and the co-working space is built for people who combine surfing with remote work — one of the most common buyer profiles in Playa Venao over the last few years.

SANA is entering a market that already has traction: Playa Venao is home to several developments of different sizes (like Blue Venao, the neighboring "Ocean Village") competing for the same kind of buyer — someone looking for a second home or a vacation-rental investment in one of the beach areas with the most sustained demand in Panama. A boutique 10-unit building with only 3 left offers a different scale: fewer units on the market means less direct competition between owners when renting them out.

SANA sits at the heart of Playa Venao, one of Central America's best-known surf spots — host of the 2011 ISA World Surfing Games and the 2022 Pan American Surfing Championship, with waves reaching up to 3 meters. For people who live surf culture as a lifestyle rather than a vacation destination, having the gym, pool, and co-working space steps from the room — without relying on a large resort — is the project's core pitch, and it fits the kind of short-term, surf-season rental demand that already exists in town.

Access is the same as for the rest of Playa Venao: about a 5-hour drive from Panama City (roughly 360 km via the Interamericana and Avenida Belisario Porras), or a commercial flight of under an hour from Marcos A. Gelabert Airport to Pedasí Airport, with Playa Venao another 30 minutes by road. The Tonosí district has its own Hospital Rural and a CAPPS primary care center, and the beach itself has an international school, The Creating Center, in Las Escobas de Venao.