A Cultural Encounter with the Emberá Private Tour
- 8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
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 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 performances.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private transportation
- Professional guide
- Bottled water
- Dugout Canoe transfer
- Lunch
- National Park and Community entrance
What's not
- Optional Traditional body painting with juice from the fruit of the Jagua tree (20 USD)
Itinerary
We will pick you up at your hotel in Panama City at 7:30 am and head to Chagres National Park.
Drive to Chagres National Park
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
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
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
It is time to say good bye to the Embera Community and beauty of the Chagres river and go back to Panama-City
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Panama Bubble Trips
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for travelers with difficulties to walk in slippery terrain (possibility to remove this activity walk to waterfall) from the tour
How it compares in Panama City
- Its from-price is 53% above the median of the 870 experiences we list in Panama City.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 395 of 870.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Panama City
Panama City is the capital at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, with a colonial old quarter, a glittering skyline and rainforest at its edge.
Panama City sits on the Pacific coast beside the entrance to the Panama Canal, and ships queue in the bay for the passage. The Miraflores Locks, a short drive from the centre, let visitors watch vessels being raised and lowered. Casco Viejo, the old quarter founded in 1673, has restored colonial plazas, churches and balconied houses, and the Amador Causeway runs out into the bay with views back to the skyline.
Top-ranked sights in Panama City: Casco Viejo, Panama Canal, Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador).
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