Panama – from coast to coast
Great variety in a short time: a modern capital, rain forests, the panama canal, later coffee plantations in the highlands, a cloud forest and finally relaxation on a tropical island.
A first trip to Panama at the pace the country asks for: early starts for the Canal and the lake, the old quarter when the heat eases, the cooler highlands, and the islands at the end.
The long road days are planned: the crossing to the Caribbean goes over the cordillera and then by boat. Heat and
traffic in the city are real, so the excursions start early and return before midday.
2 to 5 persons
Dates: after agreement
| 2 to 3 pax | 2690€ |
| 4 to 5 pax | 2190€ |
Program of the trip
Day 1: Our team meets you in the arrivals’ hall at Tocumen and drives you to the hotel.
Afternoon free.
Day 2 – Canal Legacy: Out at 7:30, ahead of the tour coaches and before the heat. The
Miraflores observation decks with a private bilingual guide, who explains the engineering and the history of the Canal rather than the statistics. Entrance included.
A second viewpoint · Another angle and another class of ship, with time in hand. Back at the hotel before the midday heat; afternoon free.
Day 3 – Casco Antiguo at golden hour: The morning is free. In the afternoon we visit the old town. From 15:30 with a private guide, shaded streets first, moving through the old quarter as the sun drops, with stops indoors. It ends at Plaza de Francia as the sky changes colour.
Day 4 – Gamboa and Gatún Lake: MORNING Private boat on Gatún Lake · An early start, when the animals are most active. A boat for you only, with a naturalist, between the islands of the lake that feeds the Canal: howler monkeys, sloths,
birds and the ships crossing. Pick-up and return to the hotel included.
AFTERNOON At leisure · Back in the city in the early afternoon.
Day 5 – Highlands: Flight to David · Private transfer to Tocumen and a one-hour flight to David, with checked bag.
Up to Boquete · Private transfer up the mountain, about one hour, to cooler air and coffee country.
Day 6 – Coffee and cloud forest: Cloud forest with a naturalist · The morning is the best time for birds. A walk in the cloud forest with a private naturalist, about four hours with the drive.
AFTERNOON A coffee estate · A private visit to a family coffee estate on the slopes of Volcán Barú, from the plant to the cup.
Day 7 – Crossing to the Caribbean: Over the cordillera · About 3 h 30 by private road across the mountains to Almirante.
By boat to Bocas · Thirty minutes by boat to Isla Colón and on to the hotel.
Day 8 – Isla Urraca and Cayo Zapatilla: A day on the water · From 9:00 by boat: Isla Urraca, a monkey rescue sanctuary, and then Cayo
Zapatilla, inside the Bastimentos marine national park, with time on the beach. Lunch included.
Day 9 – At leasure: A free day · Beach, rest or a walk through Bocas Town. Dolphin Bay and the reef by private boat can be
added on request.
Day 10 – Departure: Flight to Panama City · Flight from Bocas del Toro to Panama City, with checked bag, and private transfer to Tocumen for the international flight home, which should leave in the afternoon.
