Overview & Highlights
Spend time at an enchanting wildlife lodge in Costa Rica before moving on to Panama, full of delightful surprises and unspoilt landscapes. After these explorations, laze on a sunlit beach on Panama’s Pacific coast.
Tiny Costa Rica is a volcanic country of fertile plains, rolling hills supporting acres of coffee plantations and tropical lowlands bursting with fruit. Throughout, it has a friendly, relaxed ambiance. After a night in the modern capital San José, you’ll move on to a wildlife lodge in an area of the Pacific coast where exotic flora and fauna is especially prolific, and follow trails through the rainforest.
Continue to Panama, an up-and-coming destination for nature lovers with some amazingly unspoilt beaches to boot. You’ll spend time in the glorious, rugged mountain landscapes surrounding Boquete, a centre for active adventures: you’ll be very tempted to pull on your walking shoes and get out on to the wooded trails in search of quetzals.
After this, travel to the Panamanian Pacific coast for a few days’ relaxation in low-key Boca Chica, a fishing village at the end of the road opposite a string of tiny islets. The beaches here are powder-white, backed by coconut palms and dense, untouched forest.
Your trip finishes in Panama City, a thriving cosmopolitan metropolis with a rich and varied history and the location for one of the greatest feats in engineering, the Panama Canal.
- Osa Peninsula: Hiking and Snorkelling at your lodge
- Boquete: Hanging Bridges
- Boca Chica: Activities at the beach resort
- Panama City: tour of Miraflores Locks and Casco Viejo walking tour
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in San José and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2
Fly to Drake Bay on the Osa Peninsula and take a boat to your lodge.
3
Wildlife-spotting hike in Corcovado National Park.
Days 4
Snorkelling excursion; whale and dolphin watching in season.
Day 5
By boat and vehicle to Boquete, Panama.
Day 6
Hanging Bridges excursions
Day 7
Optional excursions in Boquete
Day 8
Transfer to Boca Chica.
Days 9-10
At leisure on the Pacific coast.
Day 11
Fly from David to Panama City.
Day 12
Panama City tour
Day 13
Day at leisure - optional activities available
Day 14
Transfer to Panama City for international flight home.
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