Panama Highlights - Panama City and the San Blas Archipelago Travel Vacation Package

Travel to Panama and experience its wonders with this 8 Day / 7 Night Travel Vacation Package and Tour that includes Panama City, the Panama Canal, Portobello, San Miguelito Town and San Blas Archipelago.

Destinations Visited

Panama

Panama is a delightful combination of the colonial and the ultra-modern. It gets people astonished with its infrastructure, roads, hotels, services related to tourism, easy access to the lush forests, and magnificent beaches either in the Caribbean or the pacific side, just a few minutes from one to the other. Besides, this country offers a rich legacy in history and mix of cultures such as Spanish, Indian, and Caribbean among others, which make Panama a perfect destination to discover and visit. Panama has became one of the best destination to visit not only because it has been considered the connecting access to the international business trade but also because of its great ecological attractions to the national and international tourism.

Day-by-day Itinerary

Day 1 Panama City

You will be met at the Tocumen International Airport and transferred to the hotel in Panama City by one of our representative. A brief orientation about your program will be provided.
Overnight at Caesar Park Hotel.

Day 2 Panama City

We will start with a guided trip to the most important places and characteristics of Panama. You will have a pretty good vision of Old Panama City, the Colonial or "Casco Viejo" and the modern areas of Panama. Walk around Old Panama City, destroyed by pirate Henry Morgan in 1671; the tour continues to the traditional and commercial areas, banking area, and the modern Panama City. Then, we are going to Colonial area or "Casco Viejo" through the stretched streets, plazas and public parks, where still conserve part of our history, as France Plaza, Las Bovedas, San Jose Church, with its wonderful altar (all made of gold), the Flat Arc, and Catedral Church, as others. Also, you will appreciate the biggest engineering structure of this century, considered the "Marvel of the World Number 8". Learn about its function and history. If we have good luck, we will see the vessels as they transit through the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal. Return to the hotel at noon. Light clothes, comfortable shoes, sunscreen are suggested. Do not forget your camera and a lot of films.
Breakfast included.
Overnight at Caesar Park Hotel.

Days 3 and 4 San Blas

Early morning we will be transferred to the domestic airport to take our flight to San Blas. During our flight we will have the opportunity to admire a beautiful panoramic view. At our arrival we will take a canoe to Dolphin Island. It is important to remember that the Kuna Indians are in their natural habitat, therefore, there are not luxurious hotels or resorts. The following day we will be visiting the nearby islands enjoying the clear and crystal waters, sun and beautiful beaches.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included.
Overnight at Dolphin Lodge.

Day 5 Panama City

Visit to the picturesque bay side town of Portobello with the ruins of four Spanish forts and restored custom house. Besides, we will visit the local church were the Cristo Negro and its surroundings.
Portobello was the shipping point to Spain for all the treasures of the Inca Empire and the favourite target of the pirates like Sir Francis Drake.
Breakfast and Lunch included.
Overnight at Caesar Park Hotel.

Day 6 Panama City

We will depart early morning through the Transísmica road, passing across San Miguelito Town, which counts approximately with 300 municipalities. During our journey, we will have the opportunity to observe a lot of rural areas where people do their living based on agriculture. Later on, we will be arriving to Corotu port where a canoe will be waiting for us to paddle around Chagres River for about 30 minutes until we arrive to the Indian village. At our arrival, the Tusipono Indian community will welcome us and then walk to the Bohío (Embera social meeting area made of palm and guagara) where they will give a conference about themselves, customs, way of living, natural medicine, working materials, and so on. Tusipono has two Embera meanings: Tusi which means a bird and pono which refers to a flower (Indian tree which has a flower similar to the guayacan). We will be enjoying their music, tribal dance, share their native food, and offer authentic body paintings.
Breakfast and Lunch included.
Overnight at Caesar Park Hotel.

Day 7 Panama City

We will have the whole day for our last visits around the city.
Breakfast included.
Overnight at Caesar Park Hotel.

Day 8 Panama City

Transfer to the international airport to take our flight back home.
Breakfast included.