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A Cultural Encounter with the Emberá Private Tour
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Panama City
Important Information
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Not recommended for travelers with difficulties to walk in slippery terrain (possibility to remove this activity walk to waterfall) from the tour
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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The guardians of the Panama Canal Jungle. Learn the ancestral culture of the indigenous Emberá living within the jungle of the Chagres National Park and its biodiversity. Your experience will start at 7:30am with a pick-up at your hotel, and head to Chagres National Park. Our Emberá hosts will be waiting for us at the port of Curutu. They will take us in their traditional dugout canoes across the Chagres River, you will enjoy the beautiful nature and scenery to start a moderate 20 minutes hike through the jungle to a pristine waterfall where you can enjoy a freshwater swim in the middle of the rainforest. Afterwards, we will return to our traditional dugout canoes and head to the village of ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Professional guide
Bottled water
Dugout Canoe transfer
Lunch
National Park and Community entrance
Optional Traditional body painting with juice from the fruit of the Jagua tree (20 USD)
The guardians of the Panama Canal Jungle. Learn the ancestral culture of the indigenous Emberá living within the jungle of the Chagres National Park and its biodiversity. Your experience will start at 7:30am with a pick-up at your hotel, and head to Chagres National Park. Our Emberá hosts will be waiting for us at the port of Curutu. They will take us in their traditional dugout canoes across the Chagres River, you will enjoy the beautiful nature and scenery to start a moderate 20 minutes hike through the jungle to a pristine waterfall where you can enjoy a freshwater swim in the middle of the rainforest. Afterwards, we will return to our traditional dugout canoes and head to the village of ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Professional guide
Bottled water
Dugout Canoe transfer
Lunch
National Park and Community entrance
Optional Traditional body painting with juice from the fruit of the Jagua tree (20 USD)
Itinerary
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Panama City
We will pick you up at your hotel in Panama City at 7:30 am and head to Chagres National Park.
5 minutes
2
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca
Drive to Chagres National Park
1 hour and 20 minutes
3
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca
Our Emberá hosts will be waiting for us at the port of Curutu and take us in their traditional dugout canoes across the Chagres River
20 minutes
4
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca
Moderate but slippery 20 minutes hike through the jungle to a pristine waterfall where you can enjoy a fresh water swim in the middle of the rainforest
2 hours and 30 minutes
5
Embera Drua Villiage
Head to the village of the Emberá community. We will be warmly welcomed with traditional music, and offered an authentic lunch of fried fish, plantains and fruit. We will then receive a presentation on their culture and traditional way of life and enjoy traditional dance and music performance
2 hours
6
Panama City
It is time to say good bye to the Embera Community and beauty of the Chagres river and go back to Panama-City
