Panama's Darien Lowlands: Canopy Camp
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Overview
Highlights
- Watch endemic Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker and a variety of tanagers and honeycreepers among other species.
- Birding in the Darién lowlands,
- Enjoy the late flurry of bird activity around the Canopy camp
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- Includes all meals from breakfast on Day 2 to dinner on Day 8
- Accommodations as stated in the itinerary
- Ground transportation during the tour
- Tipping, park entrance fees
- Guide services provided by the tour leaders
Itinerary
Accommodation: Riande Aeropuerto Hotel, Tocumen
Participants arriving in Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport anytime this afternoon or evening, after clearing customs and gathering luggage, should take the courtesy shuttle to the nearby Riande Aeropuerto Hotel where a room will be reserved in your name.
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Canopy Camp, Sanson, Darién
Our schedule this morning will be somewhat flexible as we head eastward from Panama City. We may spend the bulk of the morning in the foothills of Nusagandi where possibilities in...
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Canopy Camp, Sanson, Darién
The Canopy Camp is tucked into the base of a jagged line of low-lying hills whose forested slopes are part of a protected zone. The camp clearing affords a fabulous view of the sur...
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Riande Aeropuerto Hotel, Tocumen
After a final morning of birding in the Darién lowlands, we will spend the afternoon retracing our route back to Panama City, perhaps with one more stop at Lake Bayano. Conver...
Departures for Home. The hotel’s complimentary shuttle service to Tocumen International Airport can be used to make morning or afternoon flights home.
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Tour Operator
Victor Emanuel started birding in Texas 66 years ago at the age of eight. His travels have taken him to all the continents, with his areas of concentration being Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He is the founder and compiler for 50 years of the record-breaking Freeport Christmas Bird Count, and served a term as president of the Texas Ornithological Society. Birds and natural history have been a major focus throughout his life. He derives great pleasure from seeing and hearing birds,...
Birding tours were just developing in the early seventies when I started taking individuals out for trips. After planning trips to Yucatan in conjunction with the National Audubon Society’s 1974 convention, VENT expanded into Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Trinidad, Tobago, Kenya, and Botswana. I have wonderful memories of trips led by Peter Matthiessen, one of the world’s finest natural history writers, and the incomparable Roger Tory Peterson.
We have continued to grow, adding new destinations and new leaders almost every year. This year we will offer some 140 tours to over 100 destinations ranging from the Texas coast to the forest-clad Himalayan highlands of tiny Bhutan, to the huge expanses of Brazil’s bird-rich Pantanal, and to Antarctica, Africa, and many places in-between.
Our success has been due to the quality of our leaders and the standards they maintain. Almost from VENT’s inception I was fortunate to be joined by outstanding birders who had a talent for finding birds and showing them to others, and for handling the complex logistics of a tour. Included in this group were David Wolf, Steve Hilty, Bob Ridgely, the late Ted Parker, Kenn Kaufman, Kevin Zimmer, and Barry Zimmer. VENT also benefited early on from the support, advice, and encouragement given us by my good friends, the late Peter Matthiessen, and the late Roger Tory Peterson.
Working hand-in-hand with our leaders to make every trip a satisfying experience for each participant is a highly skilled and professional office staff that is dedicated to keeping you well-informed and prepared for every tour. When you call the VENT office you are dealing with a staff which has over 80 years of combined experience with travel and tour operation. You can feel confident that your questions and requests will be handled by the best in the business.
VENT has played a pioneer role in helping develop ecotourism. We have been a strong advocate of supporting local conservation organizations, using local drivers and guides, and using in-country tourism operators.
In 1986, VENT conducted the first youth birding camp in Southeast Arizona. Every summer since then, we have conducted these camps for young birders ages 14 to 18. During the past 30 years over 400 young birders have attended the VENT/ABA camps.
In 1998 and 1999 we were delighted to expand into new territory by offering a cruise program designed exclusively for birders. Our cruise destinations include Antarctica, The Amazon, and the Galapagos Islands. We are very excited about the marvelous birding and natural history experiences these unique cruises provide. Each cruise has its own team of superb, highly qualified leaders. Pre- and post-trips are also offered.
Thanks to your support we have created a marvelous organization that gives us the opportunity to do what we like best and enables us to bring excitement, pleasure, and enrichment to the lives of thousands of people. We look forward to our upcoming tours, and the opportunity to share and appreciate the vast diversity of nature.
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