by: Anne Kehmeier, Intern Luckily I had the chance to join an exciting EcoCircuitos tour to the indigenous village of the Embera Drua people to get to know their lifestyles and traditions. Accompanied by a great naturalist guide we started our trip with a ride through the Canal Zone and the nice Soberania National Park [...]
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Fish ID Guide App. Free on I-Tunes
Posted in Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Panama, Panama beach tours, Panama tour operator, panama whales, Scientific tours, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Whale watching Panama, tagged bilingual species identification guide for the Tropical Eastern Pacifi, D. Ross Robertson, fauna of the tropical eastern Pacific, field guide for shor fish, fishes of Panama, gerald r allen, iphone applications, panama tour operator, Panama Tours, species identification guide, STRI, tropical eastern pacific fish guide on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
STRI staff scientist, D. Ross Robertson has released the first, completely portable, bilingual species identification guide for the Tropical Eastern Pacific as a free Iphone application. Unique fish-finding and list-making tools provide powerful resources for scientists, divers and tour guides. The Tropical Eastern Pacific, spanning Baja California to Ecuador and the Galapagos, is one of [...]
Bits & Pieces: The Polleras Of Panama
Posted in Educational tours, Ethnic tourism, Events, Panama Canal History, Sustainable Tourism, tagged azuero peninsula, carnival dresses, La Pintada, Museo de Polleras, Ocu, panama, panama polleras, pedasi, Penonome Polleras, Pollera de Gala, Pollera montuna, polleras, spanish influence dresses, typical dress of panama, women dress in panama on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
by: Louie Celerier The traditional dress for women in Panama is the “Pollera”. This is a richly decorated dress with needlework in many designs, styles and colors. The woman wearing the pollera is further ornamented with gold and pearl jewelry. Naturally this is not every day wear but one used for special occasions. As with [...]
My Stay In Panama
Posted in Adventures, Ecotourism, Educational tours, Intership, Panama, Panama tour operator, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Travel, tagged azuero peninsula, bocas del toro, coclé, educational tours in panama, gatun locks panama, hiking tours panama, horseback riding tours, intership in Panama, melting pot panama, Panama City, panama gastronomy, panama internship, snorkeling tours, soberania natonal park, the highlands of panama on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Antoine Oudot – French Intern It is a little bit hard to describe my Panamenian internship with Ecocircuitos. This is a amazing country, small, but with the richest flora and fauna I have ever seen. When I arrived there I did not know anything about Central America and this country. As so many French [...]
Canopy Bed & Breakfast Grand Opening!
Posted in B&B, Hotels in Panama City, Panama, Sustainable Tourism, tagged bakcpackers hotels, canopy B&B, canopy lodge, gamboa B&B, gamboa lodging, hotels close to soberania national park, hotels gamboa, hotels in gamboa, panama hotels on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Canopy Tower Family is proud to announce the opening of its newest venture, the Canopy B&B! Located in the quaint, historic town of Gamboa on the Panama Canal, and just a 15-minute drive to world-famous Canopy Tower or a 20-minute walk to Pipeline Road, the Canopy B&B offers a quiet retreat from big-city life [...]
EcoCircuitos Panama move offices
Posted in Adventures, culture travel, Ecotourism, Educational tours, environmental tours, Panama, Panama tour operator, Sustainable Tourism, tagged ecocircuitos guides, ecocircuitos office in panama city, ecocircuitos reservations manager, ecocircuitos team, itzel jenkins, jj calvache, lili sanson, new office ecocircuitos, panama christmas tours, panama tour offices, panama tour operator, panama vacations, tour operator in panama on October 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are excited to share the news: we just move to a new and bigger office in Albrook neighborhood, Panama City! We are growing and we needed a bigger space. Our new offices are located in Albrook Plaza, No. 31. We hope to see you there soon! This is our first week in our [...]
Transpanama trail completed by Rick Morales
Posted in Adventures, birdwatching, culture travel, Darien, Ecotourism, environmental tours, Ethnic tourism, Geotourism, hiking, Panama, Panama tour operator, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Trekking tours, tagged colombia border, costa rica border, darien hiking tours, Darien national park, ecocircuitos guides, guides in panama, hiking guides panama, hiking tours in panama, naturalist guides, panama naturalist guides, Panama Tours, panama trekking, panama trekking guides, rick morales, sustainable guides, transpanama on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When the original pioneers began settling the land that is Panamá such a trail existed; however, to this day there is no single map outlining the original route or the settlements along its path. By undertaking this project, the volunteers of TransPanama Foundation realize a tangible sense of participation in the making of Panamanian history. [...]
New Hotel in Casco Viejo
Posted in culture travel, Hotels in Panama City, Panama, panama canal tours, panama news, Panama tour operator, Sustainable Tourism, Travel, tagged B&B in panama city, casa del horno hotel, casco antiguo, casco antiguo hotels, casco viejo, casco viejo hotels, ecocircuitos hotels, hotel casa del horno, hotels in panama, hotels in panama city, old quarter of panama, old quarters hotels, Panama City Hotels on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently in Casco Antiguo, a stylish new hotel open it doors:. Casa del Horno, a boutique hotel located on Avenida B in the Colonial District in Panama City. Casa del Horno (The Oven House) is a majestic colonial property built by the French colony in the 1850s that served as a bakery. The building has [...]
Discover Coiba National Park
Posted in Adventures, Beach vacations, beaches vacations, culture travel, Ecotourism, environmental tours, Ethnic tourism, hiking, Panama, Panama beach tours, panama canal tours, Panama tour operator, panama whales, STRI, Sustainable Tourism, Tours and Adventures, Turtle Observation, Turtle observation Panama, Vacations, Whale watching Panama, tagged arug, aventuras rurales del golfo, azuero, azuero pen, azuero whale watching, coiba marine national park, coiba national park, malena beach, marine national parks panama, pedasi, turtle watching in panama, whale watching in coiba, whale watching in panama on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This national park and UNESCO World Heritage site is located in the southern part of the Veraguas province in the Pacific Ocean, made up of a group of islands. Coiba is the biggest island. The area of the land on the islands combined with the marine territory comes to the amazing total of 270,125 hectares [...]










