Panama is SO much more than just the Canal!

For a tiny country Panama has an amazing variety! Choose between …

• Rain forests and deserts
• Booming cities and virgin jungles
• Beaches on the Atlantic or Pacific

Consider that in Panama there are …

• 940 bird species
• 10,000 species of plants
• 200 species of mammals
• Mountain from which you can see 2 oceans
• Rivers where you ride 20 sets of rapids in a afternoon
• Greatest number of deep-sea fishing records have been set in the Pacific just off Chiriqui
• Seven living indigenous Indian cultures who were here before Columbus arrived
• 125 animal species found nowhere else in the world
• 1500 miles of coastline

Panama is the “Crossroads of The World” and it is our famed Canal that “Brings The World Together.” Panama is booming economically with …

• 100 International Banks
• Registration of 25% of the world’s ships
• A booming economy that has averaged 8.5% GDP growth for the past five years (’09-’14)
• 70% of economy is service based
• Second only to Hong Kong in the number of offshore-registered companies
• Second largest free zone in the world
• An ever growing airport that has become the “Hub of The Americas”
• Recognition as the top international retirement destination
• Panama City puts 159 new cars on the road every day
• Cell phone penetration of 1.9 phones per person

All this is a tiny squiggle of a country that is slightly smaller than South Carolina that doesn’t have an army and has had free, democratic elections for over 25 years.