Family Adventures in Panama

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Beyond the Canal: Family Adventures in Panama

Active family travelers who venture beyond the deck of a cruise ship will discover that Panama has become the promised land of family adventures in the New World.

Until recently, it has been overlooked as a small country run by an ousted, criminal dictator with little more tourist interest than the Panama Canal. Today, Panama has a stable democratic government, developing infrastructure, an extensive system of National Parks covering 29 percent of the country, Caribbean and Pacific beaches, and seven distinct, flourishing indigenous groups.

Compared to Costa Rica and other countries in Central America, the only thing Panama has less of are tourists! Bordered by the Caribbean and the Pacific, the Isthmus of Panama is a land bridge uniting two continents. Over eons of time, flora and fauna have migrated between North and South America mixing and evolving in Panama. Traveling through diverse habitats from highland cloud forests to lowland rainforests, beaches and coral reefs, you and your kids will discover tremendous bio-diversity including many species of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.

Family adventures in Panama begin by zigzagging your way like a video game road race through the busy streets of Panama City. Within easy reach from home on many carriers, Panama City is an international cosmopolitan hub with a wide range of excellent hotels <<more>>

Explore the Undiscovered in Panama

By Jen Smith

While vacationers flock to the Caribbean, Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, and Costa Rica, many travelers overlook the incredible sights and sensations awaiting them in Costa Rica’s southern cousin, Panama. With everything from jungle to history, there are so many reasons to spend vacation time in this seemingly obscure vacation paradise. <<more>>

Information About Boquete

By Yuk Shee

Boquete is easily considered one of the most beautiful places in the world. It is located in the western part of Panama, in the Chiriqui province. The city is quite close to the border and in fact receives its name for its location. Boquete literally means 'the gap', which was used for easy access into and out of Panama into Costa Rica.<<more>>