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Water Archipiélago de las Perlas
"The pearl that dazzled a Tudor queen and Elizabeth Taylor was pulled from these waters."
Wilderness Bayano Caves
"Wade an underground river past hundreds of bats to where sunlight shafts split the dark."
Water Boca Brava
"At dawn and dusk the whole island howls, a monkey chorus above the whale gulf."
Water Bocas del Toro
"Over-water bungalows on a Caribbean archipelago where sloths drift through mangrove canopies."
City Casco Viejo
"Crumbling colonial balconies where jazz drifts over a skyline of glass towers."
Wilderness Cerro Hoya National Park
"The last wild corner of a cattle peninsula, kept by monkeys that bear its name."
Mountain El Valle de Antón
"A whole town spreads across the floor of an extinct volcano's crater."
Wilderness Emberá Communities of the Chagres
"Upriver by dugout canoe to a village where tattoos are drawn from a rainforest fruit."
Wilderness Gamboa
"A rainforest town where ocean-going ships glide silently between the trees."
Water Guna Yala Islands
"Palm-tufted coral islands where no outsider may own a single grain of sand."
Water Isla Bastimentos
"One island, no roads, and a poison frog that changes colour from coast to coast."
Water Isla Cañas
"On arribada nights, thousands of olive ridley turtles haul ashore in one mass arrival."
Water Isla Coiba
"Fishing was banned to stop prisoners escaping; the reef has been thriving ever since."
Water Isla Contadora
"A Pearl Island of quiet coves where Iran's exiled Shah was hidden from the world."
Water Isla Grande
"No cars, no roads, and 112 lighthouse steps to the whole Caribbean view."
Water Islas Secas
"Fourteen volcanic islands, thirteen still wild, twenty miles out in whale-crossed Pacific water."
Wilderness La Amistad International Park
"One forest, two countries, five kinds of wild cat moving through the cloud."
Water Lago Gatún
"Freighters thread islands of howler monkeys across what was once the world's largest man-made lake."
City Las Tablas
"One town, two streets, and a two-century Carnival war fought with music, queens and fireworks."
City Nombre de Dios
"Where Peru's silver met the Atlantic, the jungle now leans over a village that endured."
Mountain Omar Torrijos National Park
"The general who won the canal back for Panama died in these clouded mountains."
City Portobelo
"Rusting cannons guard the harbour where Spanish galleons loaded Potosí's silver for Spain."
Wilderness Punta Patiño
"Harpy eagles with the largest talons of any living eagle nest in this Darién reserve."
City San Lorenzo
"Morgan's pirates stormed this fort to open the road to Panama's gold."
Wilderness Sarigua National Park
"Panama's driest place: red sand, petrified trees, and a settlement seven thousand years old."
Mountain Sendero Los Quetzales
"A cloud forest trail between two highland towns where resplendent quetzals flash through the mist."
Mountain Volcán Barú
"On a clear dawn from Panama's summit, two oceans shine at once."
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A small Pacific bay has filled an extraordinary number of record books.
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The water rose around a hill. Scientists kept watching the forest left behind.
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Under the jungle, old cobbles remember the weight of silver.
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Beneath pasture, golden ornaments mark the resting places of ancient rulers.
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One forest road, one day, hundreds of different birds recorded.
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