Panama's Waterways & Wetlands

By Jayden and Aiden This morning was much more relaxed, with no hikes, no hands-on activities, just a trip to see the famous Panama Canal. We started the day by taking a boat out to the Gatun Lake, which is a (mostly) freshwater reservoir that serves both the canal and the wildlife. The lake...

By Mariana and Tessa We’ve spent most of the trip thus far on the Pacific Coast of Panama, but today we traveled to the Caribbean Coast to work alongside the CREHO scientists who have been studying the coastline. To start off the day we woke up, as usual, to have breakfast at the hotel,...

Today’s outdoors adventures included a morning at Metropolitan Natural Park and a nighttime nature walk. By Ari and Wynne Ari:  Today we woke up early to be ready and downstairs for our 8:15 a.m. bus departure to Metropolitan Natural Park. Before leaving, we had breakfast at the hotel, where there was a wide assortment...

By Elijah M. and Allen A. On our fourth day in Panama, we went to the Punta Chame peninsula, where we were able to learn about the importance of mangroves with hands-on activities that included picking and planting mangroves. We learned about why mangroves are essential to the ecosystem in Panama and what we...

By Makenna This morning we woke up at 6:30 a.m. to get ready for our 8:00 a.m. departure time to head off to our beach clean up and activity workshop. At breakfast there were foods like fruit, cereal, and coffee that we all enjoyed. After breakfast we went on a 15-20 minute drive to...