The Path Less Travelled - Panama

This tour is a wonderful introduction to Panama. Travel through parts of the famous Panama Canal, experience an indigenous Indian community and absorb the Spanish history in the capital city.

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Arrive Panama City

    On arrival you will be met at the airport and transferred to El Panama Hotel for six nights.

  • Day 2: Portobelo

    Take the trans-continental rail journey along the historical route to Portobelo. Tour this site before returning by train to Panama City.

  • Day 3: Panama City

    Tour the city and visit the Inter-Oceanic Canal Museum and the Miraflores locks to experience the Panama Canal operating first hand. Evening dinner and show.

  • Day 4: Panama City

    Board a boat and travel through the locks to arrive at Gamboa, headquarters of the Panama Canal Dredging Division.

  • Day 5: Panama City

    Full day tour to El Valle de Anton, a village located in the centre of an extinct volcano. Visit El Macho waterfall and the local handicraft market.

  • Day 6: Panama City

    Take a motorised dugout canoe up the Chagres River to visit the Embera-Drua community. Tour with the medicine man who will explain the use of plants as natural medicines.

  • Day 7: Panama City

    Transfer to the airport.

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Pricing

7 Days / 6 Nights From $2,157*

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Includes: Accommodation, transfers and sightseeing on a seat-in-vehicle basis with bilingual guide and meals as indicated.

Departs: Wed.

An Independent Journey

  • Sightseeing with bilingual guide

  • All transportation

  • Meals as specified

Highlights

Combine one of the world's greatest engineering achievements with the rich cultural and environmental diversity that Panama has to offer.

  • The Panama Canal

  • The ruins of Portobelo

  • The indigenous Embera-Drua