Wonders of Central America - 22 days
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Overview
Highlights
- Panama City - visit the famous Panama Canal and explore Central America's most cosmopolitan and wealthy capital
- Boquete - ride in a chicken bus and explore Panama's coffee-growing country
- Bocas del Toro archipelago - discover Panama's pristine islands, with their laid back Caribbean vibe and beautiful beaches
- Sarapiqui - visit some of the wonderful national parks in the area or the Sarapiqui River
- Monteverde National Park - hike through the beautiful cloud forest, shrouded in a canopy of cloud and home to a wonderful array of flora and fauna
- Leon - explore this charming old Colonial town
- Granada - stroll around Central America's oldest Colonial city on the shore of Lake Nicaragua
- Ometepe - spend three relaxing days on this exquisite volcanic island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua
- Copan - take a guided tour of the world famous Mayan ruins of Copan
- Antigua - Guatemala's delightful colonial town
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Trip includes
- 21 Breakfasts
- 21 nights 3-4 star hotels
- Arrival and departure transfer on days 1 and day 22
- Transfers & transportation in private air-conditioned vehicles with one public bus journey from Panama City to Boquete
- Escorted by an English-speaking local tour leader
- Walking tour of Granada, Panama City & Canal, and Antigua
- Guided tour of Mayan ruins in Copan
- Excursions to Masaya National Park and market, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Colon island, Ometepe Island
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Itinerary
Saturday. Welcome to Panama City! Upon arrival at the airport you will be met by a local representative and escorted to the group hotel where the rest of the evening is at leisure to explore the capital before meeting the rest of the group the following morning.
We spend the morning exploring Central America’s most cosmopolitan and wealthy capital. We start off walking through the Paitilla district where the skyline is dominated by Hong-Kong style skyscrapers until we reach the colonial heart of San Felipe where we wander thr...
Panama City - Boquete. We board the bus this morning and journey along the Pan-American Highway across Western Panama to the city of David. Once we reach the city of David we swap our bus for an old American school bus, or as the locals call it ‘chicken bus’s as we ma...
Boquete - Bocas del Toro. We have the morning at leisure to finish exploring Boquete before our bus takes us to the Caribbean coast across the continental divide as we make our way to Colon Island. We make our way to Almirante, known for the export of bananas grown in...
Bocas del Toro - Sarapiqui (Costa Rica). We make our way back to the mainland today where we meet our bus and take a short scenic journey through the countryside until we cross the Costa Rican border. We then continue our scenic drive along the road from Sixaola to Br...
Sarapiqui - Monteverde. This morning we make our way to Santa Elena on the edge of the Monteverde National Park, a beautiful sanctuary of verdant cloud forest in the Costa Rican mountains. We have a day to explore this exquisite region, with a guided tour of the Cloud...
Monteverde - Ometepe Island (Nicaragua). We descend from the cloud forest, across coastal plains, through Liberia, the provincial capital of Northern Costa Rica, before crossing the border into Nicaragua. Our journey then continues along the shores of Lake Nicaragua t...
Ometepe Island - Granada. After breakfast we make our way back to San Jorge and onto the Spanish colonial town of Granada, once one of the wealthiest cities in Latin America. On arrival our tour leader gives us an informal orientation walk around the city’s cobbled s...
We take an excursion to the Masaya National Park today, home to the only active volcano in the country, that allows visitors to visit the rim of the crater. We take time to walk to the hilltop fort of Coyotepe, a military fortress which was then extended into a dungeo...
Granada - Leon. We continue our journey north this morning across the volcanic plains of Momotombo volcano to Leon, another restored colonial city. The rest of the day is ours to explore the cobbled streets and shady plazas around the town centre where we get a feel f...
Leon - Suchitoto (El Salvador). An early morning bus journey finds us cutting across the coastal plain of Choluteca to the border of Honduras where we enter El Salvador, Central America’s least visited country. We continue to drive until we reach the untouched colonia...
Suchitoto - Copan (Honduras). We make our way across the remote region of western Honduras to the village of Copan, home of the world famous Mayan ruins of Copan. The region is famous for its velvet green hills and whitewashed colonial buildings where the main form of...
Copan - Antigua (Guatemala). After breakfast we take the 10-minute drive to the Guatemalan border before continuing onto colonial city Antigua, the land of eternal spring, set against a spectacular backdrop of towering volcanoes. The rest of day 20 and all of day 21 a...
Our tour comes to an end today and it’s time to make our way to the airport and return home. We can arrange post tour accommodation if you want to extend your stay.
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- Border entrance & exit fees - Approx $35USD
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