Included: breakfast 

The day is yours to spend as you wish. 

Included: Breakfast

Pick-up at 10:15am sharp, meet in the lobby and tend to the entrance to leave on time. Ferry leaves from the port at 11am and departs from Taboga Island at 4:30pm. The ferry ride is approximately 30 minutes. Bring your passport as this is maritime law.

We will be on Taboga Island from 11:30-4:00pm. Lunch is independent and you can purchase from the local kiosks on the beach. Bring cash in small bills to pay for your meal and other things you buy.

We go to Taboga Island for the day. Bring your beach gear, towel, sun protection, and anything you need for a beach day. There are few resources on the island.

Included: Breakfast and lunch - pick-up at 9:30am. There will be moderate walking. Bring all sun protection and gear.

We start off at the West Indian/AfroCaribbean history of Panama at the

AfroAntillean Museum near the city’s old colonial sector, to go over the history of the AfroCaribbean labor that not only built the Panama Canal but also the

country’s infrastructure from the railroad to the artificial 77 km waterway that is

the Panama Canal. One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, it serves

the vital function of connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean across

the Isthmus of Panama, facilitating international maritime trade for over 100

years. We go to the historically Black neighborhoods of Santa Ana and San

Felipe just outside of the colonial city and within them where the residents are

undergoing gentrification. We end at the Pedro Miguel Locks where we see what the AfroAntillean labor force built.

Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner - pick-up at 7:30am sharp. There will be moderate walking. We will also have our farewell dinner this night.

Bring beach gear as we will end the day on Isla Grande.

We travel to the Atlantic Coast to the province of Colon and experience the Panama Canal on the Caribbean side and the West Indian descendant communities that shaped the province and country at-large. We continue on to our Portobelo Historical Walking Tour and Congos de Colon presentation and workshop with Mama Ari, keeping these traditions alive, working with local youth. We will go over the town’s patron saint El CristoNegro (Black Jesus) as well as the African and Afrodescendant labor that built the town and province, making it a principle region during Spanish pillaging of the Americas, as well as the resistance and maroon legacy of Africans who liberated themselves.

See you next time!