Panamanian Paradise

PANAMA CITY / RIO CHAGRES / SAN BLAS / GAMBOA / BOCAS DEL TORO

10 days

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9 nights
Classic Programs
Panama
10

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9
Classic Programs
Panama
  • Day 1 Panama City IN
  • Day 2 Panama City: Full-Day Tour with Panama Canal
  • Day 3 Panamá City: Indigenous Embera Community Rio Chagres
  • Day 4 Panama City: San Blas (2h30 drive)
  • Day 5 Panama City: Rainforest Discovery Center & Monkey Island
  • Day 6 Panama / Bocas del Toro (1 hour flight)
  • Day 7 Bocas: Salt Creek Community
  • Day 8 Bocas del Drago, Isla Pajaro & Playa las Estrellas
  • Day 9 Bocas del Toro / Panama City
  • Day 10 Panama City OUT
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Useful Information

Day 1: Panama City In

Day 2: Panama City Tour

Day 3: Panama City / Rio Chagres (1 hour drive) / Embera Community (45 minutes by boat)

Day 4: Panama City / San Blas (2h30 drive)

Day 5: Panama City / Gamboa (50 min by car)

Day 6: Panama City / Bocas del Toro (1 hour flight)

Day 7: Bocas del Toro

Day 8: Bocas del Toro

Day 9: Bocas / Panama (1 hour flight)

Day 10: Panama City Out

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 Panama City IN

Arrival at Panama City International Airport.

Meet and greet by your guide. Transfer and check-in at the hotel.

Dîner non inclus et nuit à votre hôtel.

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Day 2 Panama City: Full-Day Tour with Panama Canal

Breakfast at the hotel.

 

Start the day with a panoramic tour of the Amador Causeway Calzada with a photo stop at the Biomuseo, designed by the famous architect Franck Gehry. This is his only work in the Americas.

 

Discovery of the colonial district Casco Antiguo, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk through its charming alleys to see churches, Plaza Bolivar, and Plaza de Francia, where the French Embassy is located. Your guide will tell you about the importance of France in the history of Panama.

 

Lunch in a local restaurant in the heart of Casco Antiguo.

 

Visit of the locks of Miraflores, from where you can observe the transit of boats on the Panamá Canal.

 

Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.

 

Dinner not included and overnight at the hotel.

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Day 3 Panamá City: Indigenous Embera Community Rio Chagres

Breakfast at your hotel.

 

Departure for an excursion into the world of the indigenous. Boating aboard a canoe to go up the Chagres River in the heart of the jungle. Observation of different kinds of birds (toucans, kingfishers, vultures, etc.) and other animals during the voyage. Meet the Embera community to learn more about their lifestyle. Walk in the forest to find out all about the use of plants to feed, heal and dress (accompanied by your guide and a member of the tribe). Presentation of their traditional dances, their body painting made with the fruit Tagua and their crafts.

 

Lunch in the Community.

 

Return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon.

 

Dinner not included and Overnight at your hotel.

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Day 4 Panama City: San Blas (2h30 drive)

Spend a day in San Blas! The tour starts in the morning (at 5 am) where your driver will pick you up in Panama City to transport you by 4x4 to the port. From there, you will be picked up by our Kuna team and transported to the island. On the island, you can relax, play volleyball, and enjoy the crystal clear, warm water!

Lunch on the island!

You will visit the natural pools "piscinas naturales" and 2 islands.

Return to the hotel in the late afternoon.

Dinner not included and overnight at your hotel.

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Day 5 Panama City: Rainforest Discovery Center & Monkey Island

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure early in the morning to go to Soberania Park. You will discover the Rainforest Discovery Center. It was built (70% of it) with recycled materials of the old buildings in the Canal Zone (wood, metal). You can climb a tower of 30 meters where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the jungle and observe many species of birds and other animals. We will continue our observation of the fascinating nature of Soberania Park along the famous ‘‘Pipeline Road'', a legendary route for birdwatchers, but where you can also spot many mammals (howler monkeys, capuchins, tamarins, sloths, anteaters, agoutis), reptiles (lizards, snakes), amphibians, insects, etc.

Lunch in a local restaurant the hotel Gamboa.

Navigation for an approach of the small islands of the Gatun Lake, including the famous Isla Mono to observe many species of monkey. A part of this journey will be on the Panama Canal, where with some luck, you will come across huge container ships.

Dinner not included and overnight at the hotel.

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Day 6 Panama / Bocas del Toro (1 hour flight)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning off.

Lunch not included. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bocas del Toro

Transfer and check-in at the hotel.

Dinner not included and overnight at the hotel

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Day 7 Bocas: Salt Creek Community

Breakfast at the hotel.

Next, you'll learn about the Salt Creek Indigenous community.

Lunch in the community.

The indigenous community of Salt Creek offers several very interesting walks such as the Cayman Walk where you can see wild animals in their natural environment or the tours that make you discover medicinal plants, a cave, batsmouse, or a natural waterfall. During these walks, you will be accompanied by a village guide who will pass on all his knowledge to you.

Dinner not included, and overnight at the hotel.

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Day 8 Bocas del Drago, Isla Pajaro & Playa las Estrellas

Breakfast at the hotel.

 

You will start the day by visiting Bocas del Drago surrounded by nature with beautiful beaches and coral reefs. It is home to a small indigenous Ngöbe-Buglé community.

 

Then you will go to Isla Pájaros (Bird Island): in the direction of the high sea stands on the waters the Isla Pájaros, a sanctuary of birds that nest there or fly over the island. Among the species that one can appreciate are the gannet, the gulls, the pelicans, the frigates and a tropical bird with orange beak, white plumage and long tail, which has for name Rabijunco Piquirrojo (Phaeton Aethereus), which only nests in three other places in the world, this being the only one in the Caribbean.

 

Lunch included

 

Finally, you will discover the Beach of Las Estrellas (Stars). This beach with calm waters is home to starfish (Oreaste reticulatus), orange, red, chocolate or yellow with five short branches and which can reach a diameter of 50 centimetres in adulthood.

 

Dinner not included, and overnight at the hotel.

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Day 9 Bocas del Toro / Panama City

Breakfast at the hotel.

Lunch not included. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Panama City.

Transfer and check-in at the hotel.

Dinner not included, and overnight at the hotel.

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Day 10 Panama City OUT

Breakfast at your hotel.

Free time in the morning.

Lunch not included.

At the agreed time, transfer to the airport.

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