C i

 

These are the best of the best: the most popular destinations/ activities/ itineraries that Panama has to offer

 

We picked only the most reliable, prepared tour operators (with excellent bilingual AND guiding skills) to be your hosts in Panama.

 

Panama tourism pictures


Panama Day Tours >>> Chagres Embera Tour

Quick Quotation... Booking ... Information

To quote this tour, or to get more information, email us at the following email. Please include your name, planned tour date(s), and number of people in your party. We will respond very promptly. Thank you.

Email - click here


(If you have any Panama tour questions in general, feel free to write us as well!)

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).

 

 

Price & Booking Information for this tour
 
© 2002 The Executive Hotel, Panama City, Panama.
All rights reserved. Todos los derechos reservados.