Experience Panama

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8 or 9 days

Panama City, Chitré

Start by exploring what remains of the first European settlement on the Pacific coast at Panamá Viejo, then see life in Panama today. Meet with a scientist at a tropical research center, travel to lesser-known Chitré to visit a local farm, and try your hand at pre-Columbian painting during a workshop with an artist. Then it’s back to the city to marvel at the passage of ships through the locks of the Panama Canal and discover the region’s flora and fauna in one of the lush parks that surround Panama City.

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Day 1: Fly to Panama

Meet your Tour Director at the airport

Day 2: Panama City

Visit Panamá Viejo, the ruins from pirate attacks on the original Panama City

Take a tour of Casco Viejo

Visit the Biomuseo

Take a group photo by the Panama sign on the Amador Causeway

Day 3: Panama City

Visit a tropical research institute at Punta Culebra

Participate in a workshop with local scientists

Explore Panama City on your own

Add this in-depth excursion:

Boat ride on Gatun Lake

Board a boat for an exciting, guided boat tour of Gatun Lake. Motor through a stretch of the Panama Canal and watch as massive tanker ships make their way to another ocean! Try to spot monkeys as your boat circles Monkey Island, then learn how so many species are able to survive in the middle of the Panama Canal.

Day 4: Panama City • Chitré

Travel to Chitré

Visit a local farm to learn about the agriculture of the Azuero Peninsula

Enjoy (and help prepare) lunch with locals

Day 5: Chitré

Visit with local artisans and learn how traditional Panamanian crafts are made

Participate in a pre-Columbian painting workshop

Enjoy a folklore dance show

Day 6: Chitré • Panama City

Travel to Panama City

Visit the Miraflores Visitor Center at the Panama Canal

Stop for a photo at the Panama Canal Administration Building