Panama Articles

Into the Heart of the Universe

Tropic Star Lodge

If you’re going to Pinas Bay, Panama, you’re probably going to one place: Tropic Star Lodge. And you’r...

Panama City

When the English pirate Henry Morgan plundered and razed Panama Viejo in 1671, the first European settlement...

Isla Grande

If there is paradise on earth, it is here, it is here. These oft-quoted lines, written in another language, ...

El Valle

As you arrive in the town of El Valle, a large sculpture of a sleeping Indian sits on the hilltop overlookin...

Bocas del Toro

Cruising through the narrow canals on the Río Changuinola, your motor boat passes by simple wooden canoes p...

Embera Drua Village

There are not many places left in the world where outsiders can sneak a peek at another culture seemingly lo...

Rio Chiriquí Rafting

Running the Chiriquí Viejo means bouncing and bobbing through umpteen rapids. It might mean flying through ...

Kunas of San Blas

Behind you is thick, misty forest. In front of you, the sea. Moored beside a rickety wooden pier is your “...

Panama Canal

Kuna women are rolling up their molas for the night, and lovers are strolling the old sea wall atop the Bóv...