Teen Tours in PANAMA


Whether exploring the bustling metropolis of Panama City or hanging out on the country’s remote islands with members of the Kuna tribe, you will fall in love with Panama! Join us here in paradise for a summer adventure unlike any other! The kind people of the Kuna tribe have invited us to share in their lives, and we are honored to join them for an exciting summer of rewarding service, fascinating cultural immersion, and tropical adventure. You will relax on white-sand beaches next to a turquoise sea that stretches out to eternity, snorkel with brightly colored fish in the waters of the Caribbean, and give back to your host community through rewarding community service.
Summer simply doesn’t get any better than this!

Rustic Pathways Panama is one part Kuna cultural immersion, one part Caribbean island exploration, one part Panama City experience, and all parts amazing! Snorkel over pristine ocean reefs, boat between coconut-palm encrusted islands, live in thatched roof huts, relax on/ tropical beaches, work in Kuna communities, sleep in hammocks, tour the Panama Canal, learn words in the Kuna language, practice Spanish, and so much more.

Students can enjoy this service adventure program on its own or connect seamlessly with any of Rustic’s other Central American programs. Imagine the ultimate Caribbean immersion combination of the Bribri Caribbean Service Project, the Costa Rica Caribbean Adventure and Panama: Kuna Culture, Caribbean Paradise! Alternatively, combine Panama with our new Nicaragua: Soul of Fire journey and experience three incredible countries in three weeks. Rustic Pathways is seeking intrepid travelers ready to get rugged and have fun in a cultural Caribbean paradise. Join us for a week or stay for month – Central America beckons!

Caribbean king crab and small lobsters plucked from green and blue waters
Dangle from the hands of Kuna fishermen
As they bring the fresh catch to the edge of the island
On the island bamboo walls covered in colorful molas
Border sandy pathways tread by bouncing children
And friendly locals cook a marvelous feast
Caribbean Panama… a Paradise…
but for how long?
a unique cultural experience
for the conscious traveler
come…

 

KUNA CULTURE AND CARIBBEAN PARADISE


4 Departure Dates
available

15 and up

Earn up to 10 Community Service Hours
Brightly dressed Kuna women with glittering gold nose rings carefully arrange their colorful textiles, or molas, in the local market. Children, and the occasional parrot, dot the sandy paths that wind through the village, and men dart between boats and land with freshly caught fish and crustaceans. This is life in the Comarca de Kuna Yala, and you’re about to become a part of it on this Caribbean cultural adventure.