-Day 1 Flight to Panama
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Day 2 Panama City
Panama City guided sightseeing tour Details: The National Handicraft Market visit
Explore and purchase beautiful handmade crafts, textiles, and souvenirs that reflect the rich cultural heritage of Panama.
Details: Biomuseo visit
Visit Panama’s newest museum dedicated to biodiversity, designed by distinguished architect Frank Gehry.
Details: Miraflores Visitors Center visit
Discover the fascinating history and global significance of the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Visitor Center. Enjoy interactive exhibits, an engaging short film, and observation decks where you can watch ships navigate the locks.
Details: Punta Culebra Nature Centre visit
Punta Culebra Nature Center (PCNC) is a non-profit initiative of STRI that relies on the support of the Smithsonian Foundation of Panama and international entities. It offers visitors an open-air museum focusing mainly on marine science and education, conservation and interpretation of marine coastal environments. More than 700,000 students and visitors have visited PCNC since it opened in 1996, and hundreds of schools have taken part in its educational program.
Day 3 Panama City
Details: Gatun Lake boat tour
Lake Gatun is situated in the heart of the Isthmus of Panama. It was constructed between 1910-14 to make the Panama Canal possible. From the lake's shore you will board a fast panga style boat for a voyage of discovery. Navigate ancient routes that crossed the isthmus long before the lake’s creation. Huge ships can be seen transiting across the ocean, the canal is a water bridge that links the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Go past the rainforest to a scenic region of the lake and witness firsthand the splendor and excitement of the jungle. Exotic birds, monkeys, sloths, iguanas, and crocodiles are just a few of the animals that you can view in their native surroundings.
Details: Sloth Sanctuary & Nature Labs guided visit
Welcome to Gamboa Rainforest, a tropical ecosystem and home to the first official sloth sanctuary in Panama. Learn about the starkly different sloths and the conservation program in place to protect these unique mammals. See the protected Frog Pond containing two species of poisonous frogs and the Butterfly Garden, with more than 15 species of butterflies while learning about their life cycle and the flora that feeds them.
Details: La Granja Campo y Aventura visit
“La Granja” or “The Farm” offers a huge variety of agricultural and adventure activities. Try your hand at composting or learn about the farm’s thriving animal population. End on an adventurous note with a ziplining tour and kayaking Gatun Lake.
Day 4 La Chorrera
Travel to La Chorrera
Details: Pineapple Farm visit
Pineapples are Panama's second most exported product, only behind bananas. Visit a working plantation and learn about the process from sowing to harvest and the export process.
Day 5 El Valle de Anton
Details: El Valle de Anton excursion
“El Valle,” situated in Panama's Coclé province, is a picturesque town set within the crater of an extinct volcano, making it the largest populated volcanic crater globally. Renowned for its verdant landscapes, the region is teeming with wildlife, including sloths, toucans, and the elusive golden frog.
Details: Cerro Gaital hike
The hike to Cerro Gaital offers stunning panoramic views of the surrounding area, including the distinctive ridge of La India Dormida, or the Sleeping Indian Maiden, known to reflect the silhouette of a sleeping maiden when seen from afar.
Day 6 Embera Village
Travel to Embera Village
Details: Chagres National Park and Emberá village excursion
Sail down the Chagres River to meet the community of an Embera indigenous village nestled within the lush tropical rainforest of the protected Chagres National Park.
Details: Rio Chagres boat ride
Sail on traditional piragua canoe-style boats down the Rio Chagres through the lush Chagres National Park.
Details: Waterfall hike
Follow your local guide on this easy 30-minute hike through the Chagres National Park. This tropical rainforest is teeming with natural beauty, stunning vistas, abundant tropical flora and wildlife. With over 900 endemic plant species, 100 mammals and 400 bird species, scientists are still working on identifying and naming them. Enjoy a dip in the waterfall at the end of your hike.
Details: Emberá Village visit
You will be warmly greeted by members of the Emberá community as you approach the shores of the Rio Chagres and discover a village nestled within the national park. Enjoy lunch spending time with the indigenous Emberá community and learn about their culture, traditions and crafts.
Day 7 Flight home from Panama City
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- Buffet-style breakfast daily
- Lunch daily
- Dinner daily
- Full-time services of a professional tour director
- Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
- Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Local Guide and Local Bus Driver tips; see note regarding other important tips
- Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
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