The following is your basic 10-Day "Panama Venture Trek".  We came up with this itinerary in order to give you the best possible combination of tours, history, and adventure.  This itinerary won’t get your crew the 50-Miler.  If the 50-Miler is important to you, or you see something else you'd like on the "Options" page, then drop us a line.  We'd love to hear from you!

Due to weather or circumstances beyond our control, the program may vary.  However, the overall quality and content will remain the same.

 

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Itinerary

Day 1	Arrive at Tocumen Airport, and depending on your arrival time, go straight to where you'll be staying, or take a short tour of city.
Day 2	Tour the Miraflores Locks, Summit Zoo, and possibly the ruins of Old Panama.
Day 3	Ride the Panama Railroad to Colon, take a bus to San Lorenzo, then head to Portobelo for an afternoon of swimming and snorkeling in the Caribbean.
Day 4	Visit the historic Forts and Customs House of Portobelo, before taking a bus to your first campsite on the bank of the Madden Lake, not far from the Old Canal Zone Council’s “Camp Chagres”.
Day 5	Canoe across the lake to an Emberá Indian Village.  After setting up came, take short hike in the Rainforest before cooling off at a beautiful jungle waterfall.  Float down the Chagres river back to the Village for the night.
Day 6	Canoe back across the lake to the next camp for an afternoon of fishing for Peacock Bass and Tilapia.
Day 7	Canoe a short distance before leaving the lake, and hiking down to the Chagres River below the dam.  From here, canoe down the river to either another Indian Village or to the Gamboa Rainforest Resort.
Day 8	Cross the Chagres River to the ruins of the old Town of Venta Cruces, then hike the historic Las Cruces Trail
Day 9	Take another tour of Panama City, picking up were you left off on Day 2, and then spend some time shopping for souvenirs.
Day 10	Head back out to Tocumen Airport and have a safe trip home!