Archive for the 'Where to go?' Category
La Tavida - Cerro la Vieja
Cerro la Vieja (The old Lady’s Mountain) is located about 40 minutes up into the mountains from Penonome in Chiguiri in the province of Cocle. Up there you find the Eco Lodge called Posada Ecológica Cerro La Vieja (see the Posada Ecológica Cerro La Vieja website here for up-to-date info) Around the Hotel there are [...]
Read More..>>Santa Fe, Veraguas
Turn right at the cross over in Santiago if you come from Panama City and from there it is about a 50 - 60 minutes drive 50Km up into the cool hills where you find Santa Fe in Veraguas. Santa Fe counts with a small Hotel and a few shops where you can buy [...]
Read More..>>The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
From the The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center brochure: Visitor Center: 140 square meters of open structure with terrace, 2 bathrooms and a small gift shop. There is parking for 8 cars and car access by 600 meters of dirt road from Pipeline Road. Hiking trails extend from the center to the forest. The center is [...]
Read More..>>Parque Natural Metropolitano
From their brochure: “At only 10 minutes from downtown the Parque Natural Metropolitano is one of the most accessible tropical forests in the world.” Yes and im amazed that not more folks take advantage of this jewel within the city limits (or maybe thats a good thing, who knows). There are a few nice a [...]
Read More..>>El Cope National park
The El Cope National Park or also known as the Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park is located in the province of Cocle. To drive to El Cope you turn off the Pan-American Highway about 20 miles after passing the town of Penonome coming from Panama City turning right. And from there uphill about half an [...]
Read More..>>Taboga Island
Taboga Island is also a great place for a day trip or to stay over for a few days, its just a short boat ride from Panama City, the Calypso Queen ferry leaving from the Causeway, see the attached image for the schedules and fair. Taboga is known as the island of flowers, it is [...]
Read More..>>Punta Chame, Panama
Punta Chame is a great beach to pass a nice day and besides some swimming enjoy the many sea and shore bird in the area. Its only an hour and a half drive from Panama City, after passing Capira and the Campana hills you turn left when you see the Punta Chame sign and that [...]
Read More..>>San Lorenzo National Park
From sanlorenzo.org.pa: “San Lorenzo National Park. Spread over the west bank of the Panama Canal, on the Atlantic coast, the San Lorenzo Protected Area includes 9,653 hectares (about 23,852 acres) of forests, mangroves and pastures, as well as 20 km (12 miles) of coastline.
We know of almost 600 species of vertebrates, a third of all [...]
El Valle de Anton
El Valle is a great place for a day trip from Panama or even to stay there for a few days. A good Hotel I can recommend is Los Capitanes where the German owner Captain Manfred will be glad to show you around and even organize trips to Rio Indio on the other side of [...]
Read More..>>La Laguna de San Carlos
La Laguna de San Carlos is a great place to visit and it seams its a well guarded secret as not many folks know about it. How to get there? Drive along the Panamerican Highway to the interior, shortly before coming to Coronado there is a pedestrian crossover and right there take a right turn [...]
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