Sail Windsong Adventures     

Sail Windsong Adventures also offers land adventure packages to show you some of the fabulous sights and sounds of Panama. Visit the Panama Canal, see the ruins of old Panama City, explore Spanish fortifications, see tropical flora & fauna in their natural habitat, visit native Indian villages, and/or shop til you drop at some of the largest Malls in the Americas! Each of these day trips can be taken singly or in any combination. You pick your adventure! Contact Sail Windsong Adventures for current prices, as they do vary.

finds us visiting the Panama Canal Visitors Center, where we can view the 4 floors of the museum, and visit the observation deck to watch the ships pass through the Miraflores Locks. In the afternoon, we will visit Mi Pueblito, where exact replicas of a small interior village, an Embera/Woonan village, a Kuna Indian village, and a French West Indian village are located. These replicas depict housing in many parts of Panama, that are still being lived in today!

finds us taking wooden dug-out canoes up the Rio Chagras river to visit the Embera Drua village in the heart of the jungle. The villagers live as their ancestors did thousands of years ago! We will visit a beautiful waterfalls, where you can swim in the crystal clear water. You will have an opportunity to purchase native crafts made directly by the villagers. They will dance their native dances for us, and serve us lunch consisting of freshwater fish and patacones (smashed plantains). It is an all day adventure that you will not soon forget!

finds us visiting the ruins of old Panama that Sir Henry Morgan and his band of merry men burned to the ground. We will then tour the old city, called Casco Viejo Panama, where the city father's relocated Panama City after Sir Morgan had his way. This area of the city shares a mixed heritage of Spanish and French colonial architecture that is exactly like the French Quarter in New Orleans. We will visit (depending on Availability) the Panama Canal Museum, Presidential Palace of the Herons, the restored National Theatre and the Metropolitan Cathedral, with much shopping in between!

takes us on a journey across the Panamanian isthmus where we will visit the ruins of Fort San Lorenzo, a Spanish fortification also destroyed by Sir Henry on his journey to Panama City. We'll then visit the town of Portobelo, where the Spanish built massive fortifications to protect the Spanish Treasure Fleets laden with all the stolen loot from Peru and South America.

finds us traveling to the Gamboa Rainforest area where we will either board a boat to travel in the Panama Canal to visit Monkey Island and have a close encounter with monkeys, or, visit the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center, where we will climb the 100 ft tall observatory in the midst of thick rainforest. This area is world renowned for viewing wildlife. Record numbers of species have been recorded here, so you will be sure to see something you have never seen before! In the evening, we will have dinner at the Tinajas Restaurant, serving typical Panamanian dishes. After dinner, we will be treated to a folkloric dance show with Spanish and African influences. The "La Pollera de Gala" is Panama's National dress, and women spend thousands of dollars and thousands of hours making this spectacular outfit.

will take us either on a trip to Taboga Island, the "Island of Flowers", or a Shop Til You Drop day at Panama City's large Malls.

Taboga Island is only 7 miles from Panama City, but a world away in time. The little village offers the 2nd oldest church in the New World, French painter Paul Gaugin stayed here before heading to the South Pacific. The Conquistador Francisco Pizarro set sail from here to conquer Peru. There is a wonderful beach where you can wile away the day.

Panama City is considered the Shopping Capital of the Americas. Visit Albrook Mall or Multiplaza Pacifico Mall and you will agree. Both have hundreds of establishments, featuring the most famous International and local trademarks.