Fly from Los Angeles to Panama City. (Flight leaves at midnight. Please arrive airport the evening before departure). Meet arrival and transfer to Gamboa Rainforest. For a bird's eye view of the Soberania National Park and Panama Canal, climb aboard the specially designed sky tram and glide quietly through the rainforest canopy where you'll encounter plants and animals rarely seen by visitors on the ground. Transfer back to Panama City after the tour. You may enjoy your evening in the Casino nearby the hotel and try your luck there.

This morning you will take a canal cruise. The tour starts at the Panama Canal Dredging Division which is located at the north end of the Gaillard Cut, where the Chagres River flows into the Canal. The Gaillard Cut (also known as Culebra Cut because its curves resemble a snake) is one of the main points of interest for visitors because it was carved through the Continental Divide and this section of the Canal is full of history and geological value. Your vessel will travel the Cut's 13.7 kilometers on the way to Pedro Miguel Locks. As you transit the Cut you will be able to appreciate the continuous maintenance that this area requires, because it is very susceptible to landslides. Before reaching the Pedro Miguel Locks at the southern end of the Cut, you will be able to view the new Centennial Bridge, which crosses over the Canal. Next, your vessel will enter Pedro Miguel Locks, which is one of the two sets of locks on the Pacific side, and here the vessel is lowered 9 meters in one step. You will then enter Miraflores Lake, which is a small artificial body of fresh water that separates Pedro Miguel from Miraflores Locks, the latter being the final set of locks before reaching the Pacific Ocean. At Miraflores Locks the vessel is lowered 18 meters in two distinct steps. Once in the Pacific Ocean the vessel will sail to the beautiful Flamenco Marina where passengers disembark. On the way to Flamenco, you will pass under the Bridge of the Americas, and later, you will be able to admire the Bay of Panama and Panama City's splendorous skyline.

Morning tour includes a visit to the ruins of Old Panama and Casco Viejo (the old city compound), which dates from the late 1600's. Casco Viejo is home to monuments to Ferdinand de Lesseps and other Frenchmen instrumental in the ill-fated attempt of the French to construct a canal through Panama. Walking around Plaza de Francia which surrounded by churches and other historic buildings The tour includes a visit to the Panama Canal Museum. Afternoon visit the Panama Canal area, including the town of Balboa, formerly part of the Panama Canal Zone. A stop at the folk art market at the old YMCA building is followed by a visit to the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal where large ships can be seen transiting the canal. Enjoy a presentation by the Panama Canal Commission on the history of the Panama Canal and marvel at the workings of this feat of human engineering. Return to Panama City hotel late in the afternoon.

Morning breakfast, transfer to airport for departure to Manaus. Warm welcome and greeting from the professional tour guide and transfer to the Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge. AMAZON ECOPARK Jungle Lodge is a tourist, scientific and educational property, created and directed by a private initiative, opening its doors to the public as an Ecotourism Lodge in 1995. Several streams of clear water run through the area. Over 6 miles of jungle trails including un-catalogued species, natural savannahs and creeks enable visitors to explore the jungle, observe orchids and giant trees. The Amazon Ecopark Lodge is located at the Taruma river bank - a tributary of the Rio Negro - in the Amazon Jungle and only 30 minutes by boat from Manaus. Welcome drink after which guests will be shown to the room, after check-in, there follows by a visit to the Monkey Jungle Project which houses several species of monkeys, and nurses sick or injured ones back to health. Dinner and evening tour by canoe for Alligator Spotting trip – watch alligators up close as they stare into the lights of the guide’s flashlight. Overnight at the lodge.

Breakfast followed by a Nature Hike We will take a jungle walk to see some of the varied species of trees and medicinal plants of the rain forest. Lunch. After a short rest, visit the home of local Amazonian residents (“caboclos”) who live in river villages in modest houses on stilts (to keep them dry in the flood season). Mestizo descendants of rubber boom workers, the Caboclos live subsistence life on the river ways of the Amazon. They make their living harvesting latex (the raw material for rubber), Brazil nuts and from small-scale farming, primarily the cultivation and processing of manioc. Later, we'll have the opportunity to go fishing for piranha. Dinner &
overnight at the lodge.

Breakfast at the lodge. Board a vessel which will take you on a full day tour to the "Meeting of the Waters," where the Rio Negro and Rio Solim rivers meet but do not mix for a just over 6 miles (10 km) downstream from Manaus. This photogenic phenomenon occurs because the dark waters of the acidic Rio Negro do not readily mix with the muddy Solim stream due to differing speed, temperature and density. Optional canoe ride with an opportunity for Piranha fishing. Stop to have lunch at a floating restaurant and return to Ecopark around 5:30 p.m. Your evening will be free! Dinner and overnight in Ecopark Lodge.

Breakfast at the lodge. Free to enjoy natural pools and swim at the river bank. (Lunch is not included). Afternoon, transfer to Manaus airport for departure to Los Angeles via Panama City. Arrive same day and conclude this 7 days Panama & Amazon pleasant trip. Today your homebound flight will bring you back in the evening to complete this pleasant trip!