Panama, comes from an Indian word that means "abundance of fish, flowers, and butterflies". Bordered by the Caribbean Sea on the north, the Pacific Ocean on the south, Columbia on the east, and Costa Rica on the west, Panama is the connecting link between Central and South America and a true crossroads of the world.
Known as the eighth wonder of the modern world, the Panama Canal was built between 1904 and 1914. This impressive engineering work provides easy transit between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a locks system that ascends ships to the Gatun lake and then descends them to the other ocean at about 50 miles on the opposite side.
This is the youngest land that emerged from the oceans 3 million years ago. The significance of linking the landmasses of the two Americas in biological terms explains the incredible bio-diversity and makes Panama ideal for Geotourism.. More than 10,000 varieties of plants and more than 1,000 species of birds explain the richness of the ecotourism and why the Smithsonian Institute's single permanent Tropical Research Center is located here . The only Rainforest located in the middle of a major city in Latin America is within minutes from your Hotel.
