Ecotourism and Recreation in the Panama Canal Watershed: Preliminary Assessment and Recommendations
This report summarizes fieldwork in Panama November 7-23, 1999. The objectives were to assist USAID in planning interpretive trails activities in national parks within the Panama Canal Watershed, provide recommendations for recreation and tourism projects, and identify opportunities for future short term technical assistance from the USDA Forest Service and other federal agencies in the USA. Fieldwork concentrated on Soberania and Chagres national parks, with special attention to the Pipeline Road and Camino de Cruces Trail. As part of the tourism component of this project, we visited Gamboa Rainforest Resort and the Canopy Tower, with short trips to Fort San Lorenzo on the Caribbean coast and Culebra Island on the Pacific side. We also briefly examined the Rio Chagres from Gamboa to Madden Dam, spent a day boating Lago Gatun between Gamboa nearly to the Gatun Locks, and visited the charming Embera villages on the Rio Chagres above Lake Alajuela.
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Ecotourism and Recreation in the Panama Canal Watershed: Preliminary Assessment and Recommendations
Author(s):
Jerry Wylie,
Jim Bedwell
Publication Date: 2000
Location: Panama
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This report summarizes fieldwork in Panama November 7-23, 1999. The objectives were to assist USAID in planning interpretive trails activities in national parks within the Panama Canal Watershed, provide recommendations for recreation and tourism projects, and identify opportunities for future short term technical assistance from the USDA Forest Service and other federal agencies in the USA. Fieldwork concentrated on Soberania and Chagres national parks, with special attention to the Pipeline Road and Camino de Cruces Trail. As part of the tourism component of this project, we visited Gamboa Rainforest Resort and the Canopy Tower, with short trips to Fort San Lorenzo on the Caribbean coast and Culebra Island on the Pacific side. We also briefly examined the Rio Chagres from Gamboa to Madden Dam, spent a day boating Lago Gatun between Gamboa nearly to the Gatun Locks, and visited the charming Embera villages on the Rio Chagres above Lake Alajuela.
