Panama City Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
7 days, planned by Condor Overland
Casco Viejo was built after Henry Morgan burned the original city in 1671. The ruins of that one are still standing across the bay.
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| Casco Viejo |
| Panama Viejo |
| Cinta Costera |
Ships are lifted twenty-six metres from the Pacific to Gatun Lake and lowered again to the Atlantic. The rainforest either side is protected because the canal needs its rainfall.
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| Miraflores locks |
| Gatun Lake |
| Gamboa rainforest |
| Soberania |
Guna Yala is autonomous — the Guna run it, set the fees and decide what is permitted. Photographing people without asking is not.
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| Guna Yala |
| San Blas islands |
| Mola textiles |
Boquete sits at 1,200 m under a volcano and grows some of the most expensive coffee in the world — Geisha, which has sold for over a thousand dollars a pound.
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| Boquete |
| Baru volcano |
| Coffee fincas |
The Quetzal trail runs through cloud forest between Boquete and Cerro Punta, and quetzals are seen on it from about March to June.
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| Coffee finca |
| Sendero los Quetzales |
| Resplendent quetzal |
Bocas is Afro-Caribbean and English-Creole speaking, and feels like a different country from the Pacific side.
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| Isla Colon |
| Bastimentos |
| Starfish Beach |
Bocas has a small airstrip with direct flights to Panama City, which saves the eight-hour drive.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 2 dinners across 7 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
9 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking
“Latin America by public bus, the way most people actually do it”
Overland routes on scheduled buses and public ferries. Slower, cheaper, and closer to how the continent moves.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Dorms were tidy and the common areas were where the group actually gelled. Plenty to eat and they were happy to work around a gluten allergy. Would book with them again.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Dorms were tidy and the common areas were where the group actually gelled. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Good value for what's included.
Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Thanks for writing this up. We've passed your note to the team.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Worth every rupee.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Would book with them again.
Canal done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Would book with them again.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Would send friends their way.
Guna Yala is autonomous. The Guna set entry fees per island, decide what is built and prohibit photographing people without permission — and enforce all of it. Accommodation is basic cabins with no hot water and often no electricity after dark.
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