Attractive Tourist Sites In Panama

By: Yajaira Agudo

Introduction

The following destinations are just a few of the many tourism offerings that Panama has to offer. The city of Panama has plenty in the way of museums and historic sites, while the interior region and pacific and Atlantic coasts provide numerous destinations for your enjoyment.

Objectives To identify the importance of tourist sites in

Panama.

To value the importance of national park in our country such as the amistad national park and coiba island.

To recognize the different species in this 1national park.

The Amistad National Park. This park is considered as

the first Bi·National Biosphere Reserve of the world because it is located between Panama and Costa Rica.

Near this park you can find three towns that can provide you with hotels, banks, health centers, transportation and guides to the different attractions of the park. These towns are Cerro Punta and Volcan in Chiriqui; and Changuinola in Bocas del Toro.

In this park you can find different species for example:

Monkey TapirsPumaCoral snake Bird harpy eagle.

Coiba Island This park is located

south of the province of Veraguas. With a surface of 270,125 hectares (650,000 acres)

This park protects three kinds of ecosystems: the island, the reef and marine life. Which make this one of the most extensive marine parks in the world.

In this island you can find different species marine

Humpback whalesSharksWhale sharksOrcas ReefsFesh

Practice

Complet the practica about the attractive site in Panama

Chek true or false

1. We can find shark in the amistad national park. 2. Coiba island protects three kinds of ecosystems.3. Coiba island is located between Panama and Costa Rica.4. The amistad national park is considered as the first Bi·National Biosphere Reserve

The amistad national park

PracticeComplete the next paragraph.Use work from the box to complete the sentences.

reef three word island park

Coiba island This park protects kinds of ecosystems: the

, the and marine life. Which make this one of the most extensive marine in the .

Coiba island

Activities They will make descriptions about the coiba

island national park in five lines.

They will speak about the favorite site in Panama.

They will write some list about the different species marine that you can find in the coiba island.

Referencias http://www.panamatours.com/Rainforest/amis

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