Cultural Interaction with Tusipono Embera Indigenous Village Tour Details
Embera Indigenous Village Tour Includes:
- * Round trip transportation from most Panama City hotels
- * Scenic drive through Chagres National Park
- * Boat ride on Chagres River in traditional indigenous dug out boat
- * Swimming stop at Mono waterfall
- * Visit Tusipono Embera indigenous village
- * Traditional lunch prepared by the Embera Communiity
- * Bottled water
Departures: Tuesdays through Sundays at 8:30 am from most Panama City hotels. Pick up times vary depending on your hotel. Exact meeting times and instructions will be provided on your confirmation email within 24 hours.
Length: Approximately 6 hours.
Embera Indigenous Village Tour Recommendations:
- * Light layered clothing
- * Comfortable walking shoes
- * Swimsuit and change of clothes if you wish to swim
- * Biodegradable sunscreen
- * Eco friendly bug repellent
- * Camera
- * Rain poncho (this is the rainforest, weather is unpredictable)
- * Money for tour balance, souvenirs, handicrafts made by the indigenous community, & tips for your guides
Children: This is a great tour for the whole family! Children ages 6 to 12 pay half price, children 5 and under are free!!
Restrictions: This is a great activity for the whole family. This tour requires limited walking on relatively even surface. However, due to the logistics of getting in and out of a small boat and onto the shore at the Embera Village and the Mono Waterfall, this tour is not wheelchair accessible.
Insider Tip: This is a truly an experience unique to Panama. Yes of course the Embera are surviving off tourism in present times. So the show they put on is for you as a visitor to showcase some of their traditions, not exactly their everyday life. But sustainable tourism activities such as this help to preserve cultures that would otherwise be swallowed up in modern society. Keeping the language, culture & traditions alive and passed down from generation to generation is a vital and important part to Panama's pre-columbian history. Best of all, the tour provd has actually received multiple awards for their sustainable tourism practices. Part of your tour fee supports the Embera and other indigenous groups of Panama.
Panama Cruise Ship Passengers: This tour is available as a shore excursion from Colon with a minimum of 4 passengers. If you are booking for less than 4 people, we can place your reservation on Standby until the minimum of 4 is reached. From Fuerte Amador, if your itinerary coincides with our regular schedule, we can accommodate you with a minimum booking of 2 guests.
About Your Online Reservation: Booking online does not guarantee that spaces are available and your reservation is confirmed. Our reservation offices are open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm CST daily and we do our best to confirm your reservation and send your confirmed voucher with meeting instructions within 24 hours. If you are booking a tour in less than 24 hours in advance, we recommend you contact us to check availability for you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!! If you are not a Panamanian citizen, you MUST have your passport on you at all times in Panama.
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