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Itinerary
1st day: Arrival to Panama City
You will be welcome by us at Tocumen International
Airport, nearby Panama City, and transferred to a Panama
City Hotel. We will have a welcome meeting for the group at
07:00 pm in the hotel lobby.
Lodging at Hotel Marbella**
2th day: The Chagres Challenge
Get ready for an early start at 7 am when you will
be picked and taken in an all-terrain vehicle to the remote
village of San Cristobal, which is past the mountains of
Cerro Azul, northeast of Panama City.
After a wild 4x4 drive through our own made highway,
you will hike for about 2-3 hours on a trail within Chagres
National Park up to Rio Piedras, a Chagres River tributary.
Here you will get into rafts to float downstream (Class
II-III rapids) into the untouched jungles of the upper basin
of the Chagres River.
We will set up camp in a river shore around 4 p.m. Tales
around a cozy campfire are a sure thing.
Lodging at Tent Camp – breakfast, lunch, dinner
3rd day: Embera Indian Village
After breakfast you will help to take down our camp
and leave no trace behind.
Then, you will continue rafting further downstream passing
an impressive granite canyon with some white water rapid
action, and ending just before encountering Madden Lake.
There you will be expected by a “piragua” (native wooden
canoe equipped with outboard motor) that will take you to
their Embera Indian Village.
These Embera Natives migrated to Chagres National Park more
than 20 years ago, where they found here the same habitat
that they were so familiar with in the Darien Jungles, by
Colombia..
After sharing the kind hospitality of Embera Natives we will
get back to our “piragua” that will take us to the nearest
road. A driver will be expecting to bring you back to
civilization, and to your new destination, Santa Clara
Beach, about 2 hours drive, to the southwest of Panama City.
Here you will be pampered by the sound of the breaking waves
of the Pacific Ocean for a good night sleep.
Lodging Hotel Veraneras* – breakfast, lunch
4th day: Rio Grande White Water, Class III
After an early breakfast we will head northwest,
about 1.5 hour drive, toward Rio Grande where depending on
river water level we might raft or kayak it. And then hit
the road further west and up to Boquete in the mountain
region of Chiriqui Province, where a cooler climate will
surprise you. Around dinner time you will reach your hotel.
The rest of the evening you can walk around enjoying the
fresh and cool air.
Lodging Hotel Panamonte** – lunch
5th day: White Water River Rafting, Chiriqui
After an early breakfast, you will head toward the
border with Costa Rica, at Paso Canoas. Close by, you will
put in on a breathtaking, adrenaline rush, rafting tour on
the Chiriqui Viejo River with most rapids being Class
III-IV. The river passes through a canyon and spectacular
waterfalls characterize it. Depending on the water level and
section used it you will be rafting about 3-4 hours.
Lodging Hotel Panamonte**– lunch
6th day: “Los Quetzales” Trail, Chiriqui
After breakfast you will be taken to hike “Los
Quetzales” trail from Cerro Punta to Boquete crossing Volcan
Baru National Park. With luck, you will see the magnificent
Quetzal, a bird only found in cloud forests of Central
America. This hike will last 4 – 5 hours and ends in Boquete
where a driver is waiting to take you to David Airport in
time to take the last flight to Panama City
Lodging Hotel Marbella***– lunch
7th day:
Mamoni (Class III-IV) or Pacora (Class III) in
duckies
By now we had paddle all river worth running in Panama
except Mamoni, only within 1.5 hour drive from Panama City
toward the north east. If by any chance it is flooded we
might choose smaller Pacora River but our objective will be
to paddle in duckies ..
Lodging Hotel Marbella***–breakfast, lunch
8th day:
Departure
After your breakfast you will be transferred to Tocumen
International Airport (depending on departure time). If time
allows it you can search for great buying deals at Los
Pueblos Mall or visit ethnic cultural exhibition at Los
Pueblitos, or visit Panama Canal Miraflores Locks. It is up
to you !. (Activities not included).
Breakfast
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What's included & What is not: |
The program includes:
Activities:
All mentioned activities are guided and included
Lodging and catering:
3 nights at Hotel Marbella**, Panama City
1 night at Tent Campsite by upper Chagres River,
Chagres National Park, Panama
1 night at Las Veraneras Lodge*, Santa Clara,
Cocle
2 nights at Hotel Panamonte**, Boquete, Chiriqui
3 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 1 dinner
Transfers:
Ground transfer from Tocumen International
Airport to Panama Cityl
Ground transfer from Chagres National Park to
Santa Clara
Ground transfer from Santa Clara to Chiriqui
Air Transfer from David to Panama City
Ground Transfer from Panama City to Tocumen
International Airport
All transfers within Panama
The program does not include:
·Optional
activities
·International
airfare
·Departure
tax ($20.00 per person)
·Meals
not specified in the itinerary
·Alcoholic
beverages
·Personal
equipment
·Extras
in hotels (e.g., laundry, phone calls, room service)
.Medical, Evacuation and Trip Cancellation
Insurance |
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