Panama Vacations - Panama is great place for the day-trip style of vacation. This is mostly because the country is so small. Although small, it is packed with many things to see, and you will find that tour and vacation companies will offer both one-day and multi-day tour packages. Day trips, however, are the most popular.

When you visit Panama, an absolute must is the half-day tour of the Panama Canal. This tour takes you through one of the locks on the 'Pacific' end of the canal. It raises your boat to 26 meters above sea level, goes through a portion of the canal, turns around, and then the boat is lowered back to the level of the Pacific Ocean.

Some bus tours do not stop there; they can take you Panama Viejo (Old Panama) where you will see ruins of buildings from the 16th and 17th centuries.

There are multiple-day vacation packages in Panama. A concept new to Panama vacations is the increasingly popular eco-tours where the attraction is nature itself. This tiny country is an ecological wonder. There is the rain forest filled with wildlife including monkeys and sloths, as well as flowers, and birds. There are 940 different bird species in Panama making it interesting for all ages. An animal particularly interesting in this country is the three-toed sloth which at first you think it's a monkey, but you will find that no monkey crawls slowly across a highway like a sloth. So these multiple-day vacation packages can be filled with hikes through various nature trails in Panama just to enjoy nature and a tropical paradise.

Panama vacations also have honeymoon vacation packages too. Many go to Hawaii for their honeymoon but how would you like to have all the beauty of Hawaii without the expensive price? For example, there is a Panama honeymoon vacation that starts in Panama City at the luxurious Bristol Hotel. Day two of the vacation is spent seeing the sites of Panama City and ending the day with a private yacht dinner cruise. The next day, can be spent taking a private helicopter tour over the city and Panama Canal. Day four at a resort and on Day five a domestic flight to the Pearl Islands for your honeymoon. All of this for around $2,400 USD. It is a bargain for sure.

Panama vacations are a definite alternative the higher priced more popular vacation distinations.