Panama Tours: Natural Panama
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Natural Panama

Description:

Day 1: Panama Upon your arrival you will be greeted by one of our representatives and transferred to your selected hotel.

Day 2: Panama City and Canal Tours Breakfast. Depart from your hotel to start the Historical Tour, which first stop is at the Ruins of "Panama Viejo", the first city founded in the isthmus by the Spanish. Detour through Altos del Golf, a fancy residential neighborhood. Afterwards, we visit Casco Antiguo, the colonial city of Panama, built in 1673 with a taste of French, Italian and Spanish styles in the architecture. Next, visit the Independence Plaza and the new Inter-oceanic Canal Museum where you will learn the history of the Panama Canal construction. You can also visit the Presidential Palace, Bolivar Plaza, the National Theater and French Plaza offering a beautiful view of the city. Next, you travel to the Amador Causeway that unites 3 islands and is the entrance to the Panama Canal. Last but not least we will stop at the Miraflores Locks where you can experience the operation of the Panama Canal and enjoy the audiovisual presentation that describes this engineering wonder.

Day 3: Panama/Embera Indian Village/Panama Breakfast. Depart from your hotel at 8:00 am. to start this beautiful tour where you will appreciate the Tropical Rainforest during a light hike for about 45 minutes. Then we will take the boat across the Lake and the Chagres River. There we will meet the passionate Chocoe-Embera Indian village, and know their indigenous culture and traditions. Lunch is taken in their typical Indian huts. Return to hotel at 4:30 pm.

Day 4: Panama/Barro Colorado Natural Monument/Panama After the breakfast, you will depart from your hotel to Gamboa. This is considered to be one of the best nature tours offered in Panama due to the ecological richness of the area and the short distance between this nature paradise and Modern Panama city. With a specialized nature tour guide navigate in the Panama Canal and experience the big ships transiting the waterway. Once in Barro Colorado Island, explore its coves to look for monkeys, sloth, and other mammals. Admire countless species of tropical birds in their natural habitat. Enjoy a nature walk where the tour guide will provide explanatory talks on the flora and fauna of the area. Picnic lunch is included. Return in the afternoon.

Day 5: Panama/Archipelago de San Blas Breakfast. Then, you will be transferred to the local airport to take the flight to Achutupu and upon the arrival to Dolphin Island Lodge. There you will take the tour to the Indian Village. In the afternoon enjoy the beach. Lunch and dinner included.

Day 6: Archipelago de San Blas/Panama/Metropolitan Park/Camino de Cruces/Contadora Island Breakfast and transfer to local airport to take the flight back to Panama City. Upon arrival, immediately tour to Metropolitan Park and Camino de Cruces Trail with lunch in a local restaurant. The Metropolitan Park is only 15 minutes from downtown Panama City and there, you will be able to see trees that characterize the dry lowland pacific forest, an ecosystem almost extinct in the region. Transfer to the local airport to take the flight to Contadora Island and upon arrival to Punta Galleon Hotel.

Day 7: Isla de Contadora Breakfast. Leisure day.

Day 8: Isla de Contadora/Panama After the breakfast, you will take the flight back to Panama City. Transfer to your hotel.

Day 9: Panama Breakfast. At appropriate time you will be transferred to the International Airport.

Package Includes:

• Domestic flights tickets
• Hotel Accommodation
• Transfers, tours, meals and entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary

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