Panama, located in Central America, is bordered by coaster Rica and Colombia, South America. Panama’s tourism attracts many tourists each year to its crystal-clear waters, sandy beaches and the trendy Panama City. The best way to travel to Panama on is to purchase an all-inclusive vacation package. Panama has many great hotels, resorts, vacation homes, apartments, condos and villas for you to rent while you are on vacation. The beautiful bodies of water that surround Panama are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
The modern Panama City vacations attract thousands of tourists each year to the city. The Parque Natural Metropolitano hilltop lookout attracts many naturalists where they can enjoy spectacular, breath taking views of the Panama Canal. Many of the high rise buildings and real estate make for wonderful views in the capital city as well. If you turn to the east on the hilltop, you can see the debris and ruins of Panama Viejo.
Panama is best known for the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel that allows ocean liners to travel to Lago Gatun, located between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. A staggering 20,000 people lost their lives while building the canal. The beautiful consists of Lago Gutan, which is a river fed body of water. There is a reserve in the lake called Reserva Biologica de la Isla Barro Colorado, which is where fish and other marine animals go when the basin flooded.
You will also want to see the Colon, located on the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal that is a great vacation spot to visit. This is the biggest port in the country for container traffic and the world’s second largest tax free zone for tourists and shoppers.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, there were old-timey markets in Portobelo that were filled with gold and silver. The gold and silver belonged to the Peruvians and were protected with 24 hour patrol from the pirates.
There is a marine burial site for a seaman named Sir Francis Drake. He is a huge name in the history of the country. He was from Britain and was a buccaneering seaman for his entire life. You can see his burial site while on vacation in Panama.
A huge tourist attraction is the 365 islands in the Archipielago de San Blas that exists under the rule and guidance of the Kuna nation. The palms are spectacular scenery and the crystalline waters are clear blue seas, allowing you to see the marine life that lives below. These islands are inhabited and can be visited by tourists. There are hotels, lodges and cabanas on the remote islands for your pleasure.
If you are into driving, walking and biking, you can rent a car to ride on the worldly known Pan-American Highway. This long stretch of road runs parallel with the Pacific coastline, which allows for incredible views for your entire drive. You will drive through the beaches of the Pacific, Panama’s agricultural zones, mountainous regions and landscapes, and historic colonial towns on your journey from Panama City to Costa Rica.
Off of the Pan-America Highway lies one of the hidden gems of the Panamanian tourism industry, called the Peninsula de Azuero. Within this marvelous wonder lies tropical birds that live in protected wetlands, beaches that provide superb surfing for surfers, historic colonial towns for sightseeing, sea turtles and the most important, peace of mind with the solitude the Peninsula offers.
David is another city to visit that is home to many of Panama’s sugar plantations. David possesses open pastures and savannahs that allow it to openly grow sugar, a main export for the Panamanian country and government. Tourists can find the hot and humid Boquete and Volcan, which are home to gorgeous mountain resorts. If you travel up the mountains, you will come to Chiriqui Highlands, which offer much cooler climate and weather to hike, trek, mountain bike, ride horses, and white water rafting.
If you are into seeing the countries natural exports and resources, you can check out the banana plantations located in the Talamanca Mountains, which surround the Laguna de Chiriqui. These plantations are located in the Caribbean lowlands that are home to the islands of Bocas del Toro. These islands have grown tremendously in popularity over the past decade. The unspoiled reefs offer wonderful scuba diving and snorkeling for tourists and travelers.
If you are really adventuresome and love to hike or boat, you can visit a location without roads that is in the wilderness. There is no road between Panama and Colonbia, leaving only you to bravely cross the untamed wilderness. There have been a number of kidnapping stories about adventuresome travelers that are nowhere to be found. This is an extremely dangerous place to be that literally has no land links to connect the two countries.
In short, the possibilities of where to go on your Panama vacation are endless. You can find great deal on vacation spots all over the remote Caribbean islands surrounding Panama, that are home to resorts, spas, hotels, condos, and villas. Panama City is another great destination to look for Panama tours, cheap hotels, cheap lodging condos and rentals that you can find great deals on all year long. You can even take an all inclusive vacation to the Panama Canal via air travel or a cruise. You can find Panama City houses rentals or stay at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City with access to Panama beach. Decameron Panama Hotel is another great destination people love to go. It is all up to you!