Tour Chagres Rainforest and Embera Village

Tour Chagres Rainforest and Embera Village

$99.00

per person (price decreases by your group size)

Fascinating and unforgettable experience winner of the Badge of Excellence in Tripadvisor visiting a village of the Embera native tribe and walking in the Chagres rainforest in Panama.

This will be an exciting day out of the grid, totally outdoors, surrounded by beautiful landscapes, walking and inmersed into an amazing tropical rainforest in Panama, stunning nature full of sounds from birds and animals, and learn about the Embera culture, music, food, dressing, how they make handcrafts and how they keep a very simple life at a real native village in our modern and technological world.

Included:

  • Round trip transportation and guide.
  • Pick up and drop off in downtown of Panama City ( Pick up from hotels outside Panama City is available for a reasonable additional charge to be informed prior tour date.)
  • Water bottles
  • Fruits
  • Lunch (fried fish and plantains)

Not Included:

  • Body painting or temporary tatoos (optional)
  • Handcrafts (bring cash because you may want to buy some of the beautiful pieces of art made with their own hands that support the families in this village). Just by visiting the Embera village with this tour you are helping their families, supporting the education and progress of the tribe.

Duration:

7 hours

Starting time

8:00 AM

Language

English

Recommendations

  • Wear shoes with good grip that you don’t bother if get wet like sport shoes, hiking sandals or water shoes, avoid beach sandals or flip flops because you will be walking on mud, rocks and through water.
  • At the end of the trail there is a waterfall where you can swim with clothes or bring swimsuit under your clothes because there is no place to change there. There are proper bathrooms at the village where you can change at the end so bring an extra change of dry and clean clothes for the transfer back to your accommodation.
  • Bring cash in case you want to buy souvenirs or have a temporary tattoo.
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Pick up from Playa Bonita has an additional cost of USD $30 per group (not per person) to be paid cash on the same day of the tour.
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Impresive landscapes and nature mixed with the cultural encounter in the Embera village at the stunning rainforest in Panama

  • The guide will pick you up in a comfortable vehicle from your hotel or accommodation in Panama City and after 1 hour by car, you will be at the Chagres National Park, one of the largest rainforest reserves of Panama.
  • We take you by car to the end of the road, at a port by the Chagres River, where the friendly Embera people will take you and the guide in a traditional canoe by the Chagres river, the biggest and most important of the 5 rivers providing water to the Panama Canal.
  • The canoe ride is a great experience just by itself because you will have impressive views of the rainforest in Panama, 2 Embera villages a lot of birds and keep your eyes wide open as we could spot animals like monkeys, sloths and others.
  • After around 30 minutes of canoe ride, we will leave the canoe at one shore of the river, from where we will begin a short hike by a but exciting trail in the rainforest in Panama heading to a breathtaking waterfall.
  • After swimming and staying at the waterfall for about 1 hour or as long as you want, we will walk back to the canoe and head to the Embera village.
  • Once at the Embera village, you will be welcomed by this friendly Embera community.
  • There you will have fruits and lunch while the nocó (chief of an Embera village) discuss with you about their traditions and culture. This will be a special moment when you can also make every question you want.
  • This wonderful time is complemented by a walk around the village and be amazed by their fantastic houses.
  • Followed by a performance of traditional music and dance, they will show you what to do and then you will dance with them if you wish.
  • Finally, you will have free time for you to buy handcrafts and then we will go back to the canoe and head to the port.
  • After a day full of adventures, rest in the vehicle in the way back to your hotel or accommodation.

Recommended on Tripadvisor by 100% of clients who visited the rainforest in Panama and Embera village on this tour

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