Embera Village Exploration: Traditional Indigenous Culture Meets Breathtaking Chagres River Views

Immerse yourself in traditional Embera Indian culture while exploring the breathtaking Chagres River views and lush rainforest wildlife. Encounter monkeys, visit a refreshing waterfall, and learn about the rich culture of the Embera Indians.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Emberá-Wounaan Comarca - We will be visiting a native Embera village, where you will meet the tribe and learn about their customs, culture and handicrafts. We will also eat a typical Embera, deliciously prepared meal, along with fruits and water
  • Chagres National Park - We visit a refreshing waterfall along the banks of the Chagres river….
What's Included
  • Transportation from Hotel to Tour Starting Point
  • Bottled water
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Snacks
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Not included: Rain ponchos (please bring your own if desired)
  • Not included: Optional henna tribal tattoos at the community
  • Entrance fees
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

Join us for a captivating trip to a traditional Embera Indian village, just an hour away from Panama City. This unique day will take you off the well-trodden path, into a pristine environment adorned with splendid landscapes. If you’re an animal enthusiast, you’ll enjoy the close-up encounters with monkeys amidst the dense, vibrant rainforest. The area…

Location
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Margarets707
Jul 19, 2025
Trip - It was a great trip , refreshing good food overall great service from pick up to drop off.Our tour guide Dan was exceptional I give him 10⭐️gave a detailed tour was extremely happy to had him.
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758shazw
Jun 7, 2025
Wonderful! - Fabulous! We were met at our hotel by our Tour Guide Mario promptly as arranged. He gave us a great history review of various landmarks on route to our excursion too. Upon arrival to the river, we took a canoe and how beautiful the 20 minute journey in the powered canoe was to the creak. You feel so at one with nature. Be prepared to get your feet wet and wear aqua sandals - take your chances wearing anything else as you will walk across rocks and stones up to knee high. It's a 15 minute walk through little streams and up mini rock hills to get to the waterfall but once there....take a breath and take it all in. We did a private tour which was great and arrived just before the big groups. I can imagine that during peak season that it will be very busy. On the way back, we stopped at an Embera Village and was given a private history about the people, their land, their crafts. A simple lunch of fried talipia and plantain was served in leaves and was surprisingly delicious and comes from someone who's sceptical about where I eat. This was followed with fresh fruit and water and then a dance by the Embera people and then finally, the opportunity to spend some cash buying their crafts. A worthwhile trip! Thank you!
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Yona
Jun 4, 2025
Please get back to me :) - Hi, tomorrow is me and my husbands last day in Panama and we really want to do this tour. Is there anyway you can help us, it says there is no availability for tomorrow. My number is 1516-668-5892
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Bernardo_r
May 26, 2025
Wonderful experience - This visit made the whole trip. After visiting them and having shared time and experiences with these people, it made me want to join their tribe. It seems like such a peaceful and harmonious environment. It was very interesting to learn certain things about how they interact with the rest of the world and how the government treats them or what they are allowed to do and not do.
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Adugna_g
May 2, 2025
Amazing - Amazing all around experience, highly recommend for everyone! Worth the experience and effort. Great!
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Californiaview
Apr 30, 2025
Lots of fun - Lots of fun including the canoe ride to get there History discussion,dances light lunch and very friendly people It’s a bit pretense with the clothes but they do live there Family crafts with darling little girls salesman Take water with you Mosquito risk was greatly overstated, never saw any Some areas of red clay with rain
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Jonrobert_a
Apr 1, 2025
Must do tour! - We had a great time. It was a wonderful experience. Everyone were very friendly and informative. Must do tour.
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Gary
Mar 27, 2025
Great Time! - Our guide, Ana, was wonderful from start to finish. The ride up the river was awesome, our guides from the Embera tribe was great, friendly. We went dueing the dry season so we had to hike up to the waterfall, but that just made going in that much more enjoyable. Plus you get to see more of the flora as well. The Embara tribe were wonderful, the crafts they made and learning how they dye the material was just great. Food was fantastic. My only advice is to bring some extra cash because the crafts the tribe sells are awesome and it helps them maintain their culture.
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Elio_sardegna
Mar 21, 2025
Extraordinary experience in paradise - Fantastic experience thanks to San Blass Dreams and Pedro guide. After half an hour of sailing by canoe we reached paradise.
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O6593xlvictorl
Mar 14, 2025
Review update about a great day tour - Great day tour, I already posted about this. I just wanted to add another photo to show what a great time the Embrera Village people treated us to.
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From $70
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).