Panama is located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica.
Panama has a wide range of tropical landscapes including pristine beaches, rain forests, cloud forests, over 900 species of birds, 1500 species of trees and over 7000 vascular plants. Without a doubt, Panama is a real tropical paradise for nature´s lovers and outdoor´s adventurers.
Panama has coasts on two oceans: the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea. These coasts, although different, are suited for all sorts of activities with the different beaches and islands found in them. World famous beautiful beaches and islands will make your visit unforgettable!
Caribbean Sea: On the Caribbean coast, the beaches on the provinces of Colon, San Blas and Bocas del Toro and their neighbouring islands, are small to mid-sized and all of them have coral reefs nearby, they are often near other waterways and most have been formed by coral buildup. These are the best beaches to do some scuba diving in.
Pacific Ocean: On this coast you'll find a series of beaches which are easily accesible from the Panamerican Road. Many water sports including windsurfing, surfing and swimming are practiced here. The most popular of these are: Gorgona, Coronado, San Carlos, El Palmar, Río Mar, Corona, Sea Cliff, Santa Clara, Playa Blanca and Farallón.
Panama Canal: Considered one of the Eight Wonders of the World, the Panama Canal is one of the most fascinating places in the world, where human genius and skill join to link two oceans and bring the world closer together.
The Panama Canal has a length of approximately 80 kilometers between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Between 13,000 and 14,000 ships use the Canal yearly, thanks to the work of approximately 9,000 workers, working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, offering transit service to ships of all nations.
The narrowest part of the Canal is Gaillard Cut and it stretches from the Pedro Miguel Locks to the southern tip of Gatún Lake in Gamboa. This stretch is approximately 13.7 kilometers long.
Panama is an ideal country for direct contact with the tropical rainforest. The only capital in Latin America with a rainforest less than 10 minutes away from downtown and with easy access to three national parks.
Panama offers national parks declared Biosphere Reserves and World Heritage.Rainforests with the widest variety of flora and fauna in the world (Darién) where we can find over 10,000 plant species and over 1,000 bird species.
El Valle de Anton- Panama's Perfect Mountain Getaway 
A picturesque, verdant mountain town just two hours from Panama City, El Valle is a great escape from the hustle and heat of the city. El Valle de Anton, known simply as El Valle has a geologically unique setting- it's nestled in the second largest volcano crater in the world- a five by three mile crater created when a volcano blew its top off five million years ago. The result was a lovely steep valley surrounded by jagged mountain peaks and rich volcanic soil that gives way to flowers and verdant forest as a result. El Valle also boasts a near perfect year-round spring climate.
El Valle has lodging options for every budget from hostals to fine small hotels. There are two new upscale hotels-
La Casa de Lourdes, a Tuscany-style retreat with some of the most beautiful views anywhere and a famous gourmet restaurant and
Canopy Lodge, a world-class eco-lodge for nature lovers and birders.
Beautiful homes and mansions line El Valle's country lanes- it's a preferred place for the weekend homes of some of Panama's wealthiest families. El Valle's Gaital National Monument, a cloud forest nature preserve is excellent for hiking, nature tours and birding.
El Valle is the perfect day trip or weekend getaway from Panama City. Some of its attractions are panoramic mountain views, adventure and extreme sports, a colorful open air handicrafts market, hiking, cloud forest nature tours, bike and horseback riding, Canopy Adventure, a tropical zoo, birdwatching and a very attractive range of lodging options.
Coiba Marine Park
Coiba Marine Park, considered one of the ten top diving spots in the world, is home to the second largest coral reef in the Eastern Pacific and the best diving "to be found along the Pacific Coast from Columbia to Mexico" according to Lonely Planet.
The island's abundant marine and terrestial flora is a delight to nature lovers. Scarlet macaws nest here and humpback whales are seen frequently.
Boquete - Panama's Mountain Paradise
Fortune magazine's 2005 Retirement Guide selects Boquete as one of the 5 best places
in the world to retire. Boquete used to be a "best kept secret." All that changed in 2001 when Modern Maturity magazine of the American Association for Retired Persons chose Boquete as one of the 4 top places in the world to retire, a rating based on safety,beauty, climate and cost-of-living. A scenic mountain town in highlands of West Panama, Boquete is also a world class tourist destination--a flower-filled valley village with gourmet coffee farms on its slopes, spectacular mountain views, nature-rich flor and fauna and springlike weather year round.
