The Canal and Central Panama Features

The Canal and Central Panama Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  The Panama Canal. History, technology, and nature combine like nowhere else in the world at the Panama Canal. The most popular way to explore... Read more

• A Bit of History
  

  Nearly all Panama's history took place here in Central Panama, where the country is a mere 50 miles across. This was a vital link between Spain... Read more

• Building the Panama Canal
  

  Nearly a century after its completion, the Panama Canal remains an impressive feat of engineering. It took the U.S. government more than a decade... Read more

• Interoceanic Jungle
  

  An almost continuous belt of forest stretches between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea in Central Panama, where separate swaths of wilderness... Read more

• The Harpy Eagle
  

  The harpy eagle, Panama's national bird, is an impressive creature, with a beak the size of a jackknife, talons as long as a grizzly bear's claws... Read more