Explore Panama's Natural and Cultural Diversity
with your Panamanian naturalist guide on one of these tours.

1-2 Week Expeditions
Short 3-4 Day Adventures 
Day Trips from Panama City 
Birding Tours
Meet Your Guides in Panama

Let us help you plan your trip to Panama.  We offer a variety of scheduled tours with expert naturalist guides, or we can create a customized itinerary just for you to any part of Panama including the Darien jungle, the San Blas Islands with the Kuna Indians, Las Perlas Archipelago or the western cloudforests of Chiriqui.  Bocas del Toro is an excellent area for swimming and snorkeling with beautiful beaches.  You can even cross from ocean to ocean on a scenic transit of the Panama Canal.   

Panama Fixed Departure Expeditions of one to two weeks

The Best of Panama: 10 Days. Explore the Panama Canal with its natural and historic legacy, enjoy cloud forest environments filled with life, learn about extinct and thriving indigenous cultures, travel by train from ocean to ocean. 
Birdwatching in Panama:   4 to 14 days. We have scheduled birdwatching tours throughout the year or we can schedule a private tour for you with a minimum of only two people.
Panama Discovery:  8 Days featuring the Chiriqui highlands, Bocas del Toro and Bastimentos Marine National Park.
Panama Family Adventure:  9 Days to discover the wildlife and endigenous Indian culture of Panama, the Panama Canal, Western highlands, and Bocas del Toro.
Darien Explorer Trek:  A 14 day exploration of the Darien jungle and its indigenous people on foot and in dugout canoes. 
Camino Real Trek: 8 dyas. On this expedition through Chagres National Park by foot and dugout canoe through mostly primary rainforest you will visit Embera Indians and encounter birds and other wildlife of Panama.

Short Adventures in Panama

The Ultimate Darien Experience   Go to Cana in the World Biosphere Reserve of Darien National Park in the most remote area of Panama.
Coastal Darien Explorer  Travel by boat to a lodge in the private Punta Patino Nature Reserve and visit an Embera indigenous village.
San Blas Islands and the Kuna Indians  One of the best-preserved indigenous cultures of the Americas, the Kuna men are essentially fishermen and the women make beautiful hand sewn molas to sell. Snorkeling is excellent in the turquoise waters surrounding the many small islands.
Bocas del Toro 3 day Adventure  Bocas is the best place for white sand, lush tropical rainforests and coral reefs to snorkel.
Chiriqui Cloudforest Explorer  The cool, humid cloud forests of the western highlands of Panama are home to a variety of birds including Quetzals and Bellbirds. The picturesque countryside is dotted with flower, fruit and vegetable farms and coffee plantations.

Day Trips from Panama City

Panama Canal Transit  From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic we travel in our passenger ferry through locks that raise the boat 85 feet on its scenic journey through the Panama Canal. Transisthmian Route  Follow the paths of the Spanish Conquistadors and the Panama Canal from the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama to the Atlantic. Return by train along the historic route that follows the Panama Canal.
Panama Rainforest Boat Expedition  Travel with a naturalist guide through backwaters of Gatun Lake to look for trogons, toucans and four species of monkeys here, crossing paths with gigantic cargo ships on the Panama Canal.
Pipeline Road Birding and Natural History  World famous Pipeline Road provides excellent access to primary forest within Soberania National Park.
Panama City Tours (Half Day or Full Day) Visit the ruins of Old Panama and Casco Viejo which dates from the late 1600's. The full day tour continues with lunch and a tour of the Panama Canal area.

Meet Your Guides in Panama: The finest in the country, our bilingual guides are top-notch natural history experts. Bird watching, geography, history, marine environments, conservtion, native cultures are their specialities.

PANAMA

The emergence of the Isthmus of Panama more than 3 million years ago was one of the most transcendental events in the evolutionary history of the western hemisphere. Since then, a great variety of animal and plant species have been able to migrate from one continental mass to another through Panama, where many congregate to offer an array of unique biodiversity. 

The Republic of Panama covers 29,761 square miles - an area smaller than the size of South Carolina. Yet, its several life zones host more than 960 species of birds, 220 species of mammals, 240 species of reptiles, 160 species of amphibians and over 10,000 species of vascular plants. Impressively, more than 25 percent of its territory is protected by national parks and nature reserves.

 These factors, added to the close proximity of the Pacific an Atlantic oceans at a narrow isthmus, have created a vast concentration of life in the heart of the Americas, leading the Smithsonian Institution to establish the most advanced laboratory for tropical biological research in the world. It is no coincidence that ANCON, one of the region's most efficient and respected conservation organizations, is passionately motivated to protect the natural heritage of Panama.

 Travelers to Panama discover a destination that is blessed with rich biodiversity found within magnificent rainforests and splendid seas and ancestral indigenous cultures – a land of magic and mystery where major events have helped shape the world's history.

 EcoVentures in partnership with Ancon Expeditions of Panama welcomes you to enjoy an experience of a lifetime, offering you the best nature and culture oriented tours, as well as adventure and academic programs. Our expertise and the friendly, enthusiastic, nature of the people of Panama will ensure that your vacation is educational, comfortable and hassle-free.

 The finest in the country, our fully bilingual guides are top-notch natural history experts. Bird watching, geography, history, marine environments, conservation, native cultures are among their specialties. Prepared to help you discover the best that Panama has to offer, the guides of Ancon Expeditions of Panama will make sure that your experience at the crossroads of the world is a memorable one.

 Discovering Panama

From the western highlands of Chiriqui where the Resplendent Quetzal thrives, to the underwater world of Coiba Island where Orca whales find passage on their annual migrations - and further east to the legendary Darien where the Embera people cohabit the unspoiled tropical rainforest with the Jaguar, the Tapir and the Harpy Eagle - Panama is a natural jewel to be discovered. Added to its magnificent natural environments, Panama boasts a rich history full of primitive indigenous cultures, conquistadors, pirates and adventurers that is still preserved in the walls of colonial forts, sunken ships and stone trails hidden within the dense jungle.

 The natural splendor and the intriguing history of Panama are all reachable with EcoVentures. And to make it even more rewarding, we can lodge you right where you want to be. Our eco-oriented lodges are located in the most extraordinary natural areas of Panama, offering comfort, safety and excellent food. Come and discover this untamed and ecological paradise called Panama!

 Earth and People Friendly Programs

Affiliated with one of Latin America's most prestigious conservation organizations, Panama's National Association for the Conservation of Nature (ANCON), and committed to the philosophy that conservation tourism can be one of the environment's best friends, EcoVentures brings to the travel world professional staff backed by vast field and operations experience. Through proper management and planning, we ensure that our lodges comply with environmental standards of conservation and our tours respect nature, local traditions and cultural practices.