Advantage Tours Panama - Day Tours

For many years, this tiny country roughly the size of South Carolina, was only known for the engineering Wonder of the World that connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans: the Panama Canal. However, during the last few years, more and more people are starting to discover the vast natural and cultural wonders that Panama has to offer.Located between 7 and 9 degrees north of the Equator, Panama boasts immense tracks of tropical rainforest. Within its small surface it contains a great variety of tropical habitats; including Caribbean coral reefs, Pacific mangrove wetlands, dry tropical forests, wet rainforests, all the way to mountain cloudforests with their moss-laden, orchid-covered trees. Three-toed SlothFurthermore, these tropical ecosystems harbor an incredible diversity of colorful flowers and plants, and a wide array of wild animals like sloths, toucans, anteaters, monkeys, etc. For example, in Panama there are about 960 different species of birds; that is far more than the total number of species found in the U.S. and Canada, combined ! Having more than 30% of its national territory protected, Panama presents excellent opportunities to see wildlife and learn about tropical environments. Most interesting is the fact that many of these protected areas are readily accessible, only minutes from the modern capital: Panama City.