Central America - Panama (Chapter)

This is the Panama chapter from Lonely Planet's Central America guidebook.

Blue-green seas, foggy highlands and snaking rivers that fringe a great tropical wilderness. This is Panama as the explorers found it, and much of it remains today.

• soak up the Caribbean charm of laidback Isla Colón before exploring the wild beaches and forests of the surrounding islands
• spend the day admiring the faded glory of the old city in Panama City, then party till sunrise on Calle Uruguay
• marvel at hulking freighter ships raised and lowered through sets of enormous locks in the Panama Canal
• maps
• transport
• restaurants & accommodations

Coverage includes: Panama City & around, Panama Canal & around, Monumento Nacional Isla Barro Colorado, Isla Taboga, Chiriquí Province, David, Golfo de Chiriquí, Punta Burica, Playa Las Lajas, Boquete, Parque Nacional Volcán Barú, Cerro Punta, Parque Internacional La Amistad, Bocas Province, Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón, Isla Carenero, Isla Bastimentos, Almirante, Changuinola, The Interior, Santa Fé, Santa Catalina, Chitré, Pedasí, El Valle, Colón Province, Colón & around, Portobelo, Isla Grande, Comarca de Kuna Yala, Darién Province, Metetí, Yaviza, El Real, Parque Nacional Darién, La Palma, Sambú, Cana and Panama Directory.