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Depart early this morning to El Corotu on the shores
of Madden Lake. The main
reservoir of drinking water
for the cities of Panama
and Colon, Madden Lake also
supplies 40% of the water
required for the operation
of the Panama Canal. Here,
we board a motorized "piragua" (dugout
canoe) and travel up the
Chagres River to the Embera
Indigenous village of Embera
Drua.
The boat journey takes us through the rainforest
of the 194,000-acre
Chagres National
Park, which is the
largest of the National
Parks protecting
the Panama Canal
Watershed. Along
the Chagres River,
we may be able to
spot Little Blue
and Green Heron,
Great Egret, Anhingas,
Neotropical Cormorant,
Amazon, Ringed, and
Green Kingfishers,
along with Keel-billed
Toucans and Ospreys
flying above. At
the Embera village
we will be greeted
with dancing and
music.
We will learn about Embera customs and their relationship
with nature. There
will be handcrafts
available for sale
and we will have
a chance to be painted
with the traditional
'jagua', a natural
dye the Embera use
to adorn their bodies.
After lunch we visit
the nearby waterfall
where we can take
a dip in the crystal-clear
waters of the Chagres
River before heading
back to Panama City
(lunch included).