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Embark in a dugout canoe and cruise up the Pequeni River in the Chagres National Park to a community of the Embera Puru Indians. This spectacular adventure will offer you an opportunity to see a developing community co-existing within the watershed of the Panama Canal. During your visit you can have a typical Embera lunch, which you will burn off when the Embera Indians invite you to dance. You won’t need any rhythm just a sense of adventure. The children in the community always have smiles on their face and at the end of your day you will be welcomed to paint your body as the Embera do, with a natural fruit dye called Jagua that last approximately 10 to 14 days. You will also have the opportunity to view Embera handicrafts. Many visits find it difficult to leave this tropical paradise without feeling that they're in on a secret the rest of the traveling world has yet to discover.

The Chagres River and Lake Alajuel are the first places that you have to visit when you get to the park. The Chagres River is perfect for rafting. Lake Alajuela is great for fishing and watersport activities like waterskiing, jet skiing, sailing and swimming. You can camp almost anywhere in this park and enjoy bird watching or just spend the night in a tropical forest.

There is a lot of interesting history in the park because the Spanish conquerors had two routes they used as a way of carrying the gold and sliver from their colonies in South American. In the Cerro Azul region, specifically on top of Cerro Jefe, you will have a spectacular view of the Panama Canal and on a clear day you can see the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

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