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100-50 Panama Extension to Costa Rica (8 Days)
Bocas del Toro - Panama City – Chagres National Park –
Santa Clara- Chiriquí Highlands
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1st day:
Northeast Costa Rica / Bocas del Toro, Panama
Very early in the morning you will be picked up by our
driver at your hotel. He will escort you across the border of Costa Rica
and Panama reaching it about noon. After settlement of boundary formalities
that will last about half an hour our trip goes further, close to
Changuinola Town. There you will board a water taxi that will bring you
within an hour to Bocas del Toro Village in a trip across waterways, among
mangrove vegetation . The village, which has the same name as of entire
region, lies on the largest island of the archipelago, Colon Island. In the
afternoon, you will reach your hotel and have enough time to explore the
village. To rent bicycles or sea kayaks is a good option to get acquainted
with surrounding area.
Lodging hotel Bahia*** –
lunch
°°° Northeast of Costa Rica being the following towns:
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Cahuita, Sixaola
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2nd day:
Bocas del Toro
You will start at 9.30 a.m. an entire day tour in
motorboat. After a short trip along the banks of islands covered with
mangroves, you will reach Dolphin Bay. Once there, you will not have to
wait long for dolphins to show up since they are usually attracted by
motors sound and they will swim lively around you. Later your trip
continues to two very little islands, the Cayos Zapatillos, confessed as the
two most untouched islands with the prettiest sand beaches of the entire
island group. You will have a picnic here, at the beach, and bathe while
your imagination takes you away to past adventures of the famous pirate,
Captain Henry Morgan, who buried his treasure on the southern part of the
island. Around 5 p.m. you will return to your hotel.
Lodging hotel Bahia***
– breakfast, lunch
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3rd day:
Bocas del Toro
Today you will explore the submarine world of the
islands. About 9 o'clock in the morning, you can receive, as an option, an
introduction to snorkeling. Then, you will take off around 9.30 a.m. to a
new entire exciting day tour in motorboat. You will reach The Hospital Point
where you can gather immediately your first experiences with sea
inhabitants. A yet more impressive place for snorkeling waits for you at
CayoCrawl, characterized by untouched coral and innumerable fishes. About
noon, you will have a typical meal in a restaurant built with wooden piles
over the water. Next, the trip continues further into The Bastimentos
Island where you will hike across it on a short path within 15 minutes from
one side to the other. You will spend the afternoon at the Red Frog Beach,
and find out for yourself why it is called like that. Around 5 p.m., you
will return to your hotel.
Lodging hotel Bahia ***
– breakfast, lunch
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4th day:
Bocas del Toro, Panama City
You will take a morning fly from Bocas del Toro to Panama
City where you will discover its history visiting “Panama Viejo”(Colonial
Panama), “El Casco Viejo”(Old Panama) and Modern Panama City. You will also
visit Panama Canal Locks.
Lodging Hotel Granada****
– breakfast, lunch
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5th day:
Chagres National Park, Jungle Expedition
Your driver will pick you up at 5 o'clock in the morning
at your hotel and take you in an all-terrain vehicle to the remote San
Cristobal Village, which is further away from the mountain village Cerro
Azul. After a typical breakfast, you will hike on a narrow path deeper in
the jungle. Within 1.5 hours you will reach the Piedras River, a
tributary of the Chagres River, where you will board rafts and head into
the depths of the untouched jungle of Chagres National Park. About noon, an
outdoor lunch will be served on the riverbanks. Later in the afternoon,
in a suitable place in the jungle, you will erect with our guides a tent
camp for the night. Afterwards, they will prepare a delicious meal for you.
Lodging tent camp –
breakfast, lunch, supper |
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6th day:
Chagres National Park, Santa Clara
After breakfast you will continue in rafts further
downstream, until you reach Madden Lake. There our Embera native guides in
their long wooden boats with outboard motor expect you, to take you to their
village. There, our guides will explain you their culture perfectly adapted
to rain forest environment. You will also visit a place called Natural
Bridge, where a river flows in a cave thorough a mountain. Then, you will
be taken to the nearest road where your driver will take you back to
civilization and to Santa Clara Beach. In a beautiful hotel, pampered by
the sound of the Pacific Ocean, you will have the remaining afternoon to
relax.
Lodging Cabañas Veraneras
– breakfast, lunch, supper
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7th day:
Santa Clara - Volcan
You will spend the morning at the beach. After lunch you
will continue your journey toward the west and up to Volcan in the mountain
region of Chiriqui Province, where a cooler climate
will surprise you. Around dinnertime you will reach your
hotel. The rest of the evening you can stroll around enjoying the fresh and
cool air.
Lodging Bambito Camping Resort
–breakfast, lunch, dinner
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8th day:
Volcan, Paso Canoas
After breakfast you will head early in the morning
towards Paso Canoas, by the border with Costa Rica. Nearby you depart for a
breathtaking and wild Class IV rafting tour on the Chiriqui Viejo River.
The tearing river passes through canyons and spectacular waterfalls
characterize it. Depending on the water level we will be in the river
around three to four hours on a stretch of 14 km whereby we master a heights
difference of 180 ms (approximately 13 ms per km). After that you set off
to Paso Canoas to cross the boundary back to Costa Rica.
breakfast, lunch
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Included Services and Price
Price net rate:
US $ 1,499.84 per person in double
room
US $ 1,723.65 per person in single room
Included Services:
Activities:
All mentioned activities are included
Lodging and catering:
3 nights at Hotel Bahia**, Bocas del
Toro, Bocas del Toro
1 night at Hotel Granada***, Panama
City, Panama
1 night at Chagres Campsite, Chagres
National Park, Panama
1 night at Lodge Las Veraneras*, Santa
Clara, Cocle
1 night at Hotel Dos Rios**, Volcan,
Chiriqui
7 breakfasts, 7 meals, 3 dinners
Transfers:
Ground transfer from Northeast Costa
Rica to Bocas del Toro
Air transfer from Bocas del Toro to
Panama City
Ground transfer from Panama City to
Chagres National Park
Ground transfer from Chagres National
Park to Santa Clara
Ground transfer from Santa Clara to
Volcan
Ground transfer from Chiriqui to Paso
Canoas, Southeast Costa Rican Border with Panama
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All transfers within Panama are included
Not Included:
International flights, Airport tax ($
20.00/person), personal expenses, tips, meals not specified in itinerary, extras
in hotels(laundry, room service, phone calls)
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