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THE DARIÉN FROM THE AIR
Highlights

1 Lago Bayano Take a boat ride in search of 4 Harpy eagle nests Stake out the nest of the
caiman lurking in the lake’s muddy fringes, and world’s most powerful raptor and wait for a
venture into the bat-infested Cuevas de Majé. parent to swoop into view and deliver a monkey
See p.277 to their needy chick. See p.284
2 Parque Nacional Darién On the banks of a 5 Río Sambú A gloriously sinuous river, lined
picturesque river, the MiAmbiente refuge Rancho with mangroves and rainforest, and populated
Frío provides the best access to the natural with ibis, herons and kingfishers. See p.286
wonders of Parque Nacional Darién. See p.280 6 The Pacific coast A voyage by boat to Playa
3 Staying with the Emberá or Wounaan Muerto, Bahía Piñas or Jaqué from La Palma
Spend a few nights in the villages of La Marea, hugs a rugged, mountainous coastline, where
Mogué or Playa Muerto, where you can learn spectacularly forested steep slopes tumble into
about Emberá culture and the surrounding the ocean. See p.288
rainforest. See p.284 & p.288

HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.274

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