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| Day 1 : Arrive Panama |
: Meet and greet at international airport.
: Transfer from airport to hotel.
: Relax and overnight at hotel.
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| Day 2 : Panama |
: Breakfast at hotel.
: Visit the Old Compound of Casco Viejo, where the city was built after the destruction of Old Panama. We will visit the San Jose Church with it’s golden altar, The Bovedas (jail of the Spanish era), the Cathedral, The National Theater and the Presidential Palace (if possible). Continue to several residential areas and Balboa Avenue making a brief stop at the Statue of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean.
Then we will visit Old Panama Ruins founded in 1519 by the Spaniards an destroy in 1671 by English Pirate Henry Morgan. Visit the Art craft building followed by a typical lunch.
In the afternoon, you will visit Miraflores Locks at the Pacific side of the Canal, visit the Museum, a guide will explain the operation of the Canal and visit the Administration Building.
: Relax and overnight at hotel.
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Day 3 : Panama
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: Breakfast at hotel.
: Enjoy Bird Watching, There are 927 species of birds recorded in Panama. The Panama Audubon Society holds the world record for over 18 years in their annual Christmas Bird Counts. For this experience, we will visit the Soberania National Park, stopping at places that are characterized by high diversity of birds. Soberania National Park is one of the parks that protects the Panama Canal watershed and is located at 30 minutes drive from Panama City.
: Relax and overnight at hotel.
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Day 4 : Panama
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: Breakfast at hotel.
: Leave from Amador (Pacific Terminal) and begin your once in a lifetime journey through the Panama Canal. Enter Miraflores Locks that will raise you to a level of 56 feet above sea level into Miraflores Lake, then continue to Pedro Miguel Locks, the second level which will bring you up to 85 feet.
From here, navigate through the engineering marvel of Gaillard Cut, the narrowest part of the Panama Canal.
: Continue to Gatun Lake one of the largest man-made lakes in the world where Barro Colorado Natural Monument Island is located. Arrive at Madden Lake on the Atlantic side to see one of the largest earth dam in the world. Enter Gatun Locks where you will descend in a two-step process to arrive at Cristobal by 5.30pm approximately and return to the departure point in Amador.
: Relax and overnight at hotel.
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| Day 5 : Panama |
: Breakfast at hotel.
: Free and easy day.
: Relax and overnight at hotel.
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Day 6 : Departure |
: Breakfast at hotel.
: Transfer from hotel to airport for next departure
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