Customized Tour
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Group Leader: Chelsie Osenga
Requested Return Date: 7/6/2024
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For over 55 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to one global mission: Opening the World Through Education. Our programs help students expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, grow more confident and independent, and understand new people, places, and cultures.
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from the cities you’ll stay in to the cultural discoveries you’ll make have been customized by your teacher for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly to Costa Rica
Meet your Tour Director at the airport -
Day 2: San José | Cartago | Puerto Limón region
Travel to Cartago
Take an in-depth tour of Cartago
With your Tour Director you will visit:
- Basilica de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
- Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins
- Cartago Municipal Museum
Visit Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles
Visit the Guayabo National Monument, the pre-Columbian ruins of an ancient city that bustled about 3,000 years ago
Travel to the Puerto Limón region, known for its Afro-Caribbean culture
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Day 3: Puerto Limón region
Visit Cahuita National Park with an expert local guide
Go snorkeling amongst colorful fish while observing 600 acres of living coral reefs
Enjoy a Calypso dance class
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionLimonese cooking class
Enjoy a Limonese cooking class. You’ll learn to cook a classic dish such as gallo pinto using ingredients that are common in Limonese cuisine, like large red beans, coconut milk, thyme, and Panamian peppers.
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Day 4: Puerto Limón region | Caribbean Coastal region
Visit the Veragua Rainforest Research & Adventure Park, where you will:
- Spot animals like snakes, frogs, and other reptiles
- Take a gondola ride to a waterfall
Travel to the Caribbean Coastal region
Enjoy an interactive drumming lesson and performance
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Day 5: Caribbean Coastal region
Visit the Bri Bri Indigenous Village, where you will:
- Take a cacao tour and try some local chocolate samples
- Enjoy a freshly grown, authentic Bri Bri lunch
Enjoy an outdoor adventure at Punta Uva beach, where you’ll go river kayaking
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Day 6: Caribbean Coastal region | Chiriquí region
Travel to Chiriquí region by crossing the border into Panama
Take a guided tour of Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
With your expert local guide you will encounter a plethora of wildlife, including crocodiles and tapirs
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Day 7: Chiriquí region
Enjoy a ziplining adventure through the Boquete treetop (Participants must weigh less than 200 lbs)
Take a canopy tour, where you’ll:
- Travel through the jungle via hanging bridges
- Spot unique flora and wildlife as you explore the ecosystem of jungle canopies
- Take in amazing aerial views
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Day 8: Chiriquí region | David | Panama City
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionWhitewater rafting
Experience the thrill and excitement of whitewater rafting on this excursion! Use teamwork to navigate a path through the free-flowing waters of the Río Gariche rapids (level 2-3), all while admiring lush Panama scenery as you pass by stretches of tropical forest.
Travel to Boquete
Fly to Panama City
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Day 9: Panama City
Visit Panamá Viejo, the ruins from pirate attacks on the original Panama City
Take a tour of Casco Viejo
Visit the Biomuseo
Stop for a photo at the Amador Causeway for a view of the Panama City skyline
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Day 10: Panama City | Gamboa
Take a day trip to Soberanía National Park
Take a boat ride on Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal
Learn about the different species on Monkey Island
Visit the Miraflores Visitor Center at the Panama Canal
Stop for a photo at the Panama Canal Administration Building
Visit the Panama Canal Administration Building
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Day 11: Panama City | El Palmar
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionSurfing lesson
Learn to surf on the white sand beaches of one of the Panama’s premier surfing locations. Here, an instructor will teach you how to stand on your board as well as how to paddle and pass waves. Once in the water, you'll have the chance to surf by yourself under the supervision of your instructor.
Participate in a folklore evening with authentic Panamanian food and a traditional dance show
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Day 12: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly to Costa Rica
Meet your Tour Director at the airport -
Day 2: San José | Cartago | Puerto Limón region
Travel to Cartago
Take an in-depth tour of Cartago
With your Tour Director you will visit:
- Basilica de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
- Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins
- Cartago Municipal Museum
Visit Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles
Visit the Guayabo National Monument, the pre-Columbian ruins of an ancient city that bustled about 3,000 years ago
Travel to the Puerto Limón region, known for its Afro-Caribbean culture
-
Day 3: Puerto Limón region
Visit Cahuita National Park with an expert local guide
Go snorkeling amongst colorful fish while observing 600 acres of living coral reefs
Enjoy a Calypso dance class
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionLimonese cooking class
Enjoy a Limonese cooking class. You’ll learn to cook a classic dish such as gallo pinto using ingredients that are common in Limonese cuisine, like large red beans, coconut milk, thyme, and Panamian peppers.
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Day 4: Puerto Limón region | Caribbean Coastal region
Visit the Veragua Rainforest Research & Adventure Park, where you will:
- Spot animals like snakes, frogs, and other reptiles
- Take a gondola ride to a waterfall
Travel to the Caribbean Coastal region
Enjoy an interactive drumming lesson and performance
-
Day 5: Caribbean Coastal region
Visit the Bri Bri Indigenous Village, where you will:
- Take a cacao tour and try some local chocolate samples
- Enjoy a freshly grown, authentic Bri Bri lunch
Enjoy an outdoor adventure at Punta Uva beach, where you’ll go river kayaking
-
Day 6: Caribbean Coastal region | Chiriquí region
Travel to Chiriquí region by crossing the border into Panama
Take a guided tour of Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
With your expert local guide you will encounter a plethora of wildlife, including crocodiles and tapirs
-
Day 7: Chiriquí region
Enjoy a ziplining adventure through the Boquete treetop (Participants must weigh less than 200 lbs)
Take a canopy tour, where you’ll:
- Travel through the jungle via hanging bridges
- Spot unique flora and wildlife as you explore the ecosystem of jungle canopies
- Take in amazing aerial views
-
Day 8: Chiriquí region | David | Panama City
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionWhitewater rafting
Experience the thrill and excitement of whitewater rafting on this excursion! Use teamwork to navigate a path through the free-flowing waters of the Río Gariche rapids (level 2-3), all while admiring lush Panama scenery as you pass by stretches of tropical forest.
Travel to Boquete
Fly to Panama City
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Day 9: Panama City
Visit Panamá Viejo, the ruins from pirate attacks on the original Panama City
Take a tour of Casco Viejo
Visit the Biomuseo
Stop for a photo at the Amador Causeway for a view of the Panama City skyline
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Day 10: Panama City | Gamboa
Take a day trip to Soberanía National Park
Take a boat ride on Gatun Lake in the Panama Canal
Learn about the different species on Monkey Island
Visit the Miraflores Visitor Center at the Panama Canal
Stop for a photo at the Panama Canal Administration Building
Visit the Panama Canal Administration Building
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Day 11: Panama City | El Palmar
Explore on your own orAdd this in-depth excursionSurfing lesson
Learn to surf on the white sand beaches of one of the Panama’s premier surfing locations. Here, an instructor will teach you how to stand on your board as well as how to paddle and pass waves. Once in the water, you'll have the chance to surf by yourself under the supervision of your instructor.
Participate in a folklore evening with authentic Panamanian food and a traditional dance show
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Day 12: Depart for home
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