For a captivating adventure brimming with biodiversity, misty cloud forests and indigenous personality, Steph Dyson recommends looking beyond the familiar to uncover some lesser-visited treasures.

While there’s no solid data about quetzal numbers in each country, Iván’s point has some truth: if you spot a quetzal in Panama ... bird or beast in the forest. Plinio has an explanation ...

Panama has long lived in the shadow of its ... has taken us into the mountains to hike through cloud forest – so rare it covers less than one per cent of the planet. These forests are named ...

Panama has long lived in the shadow of its ... has taken us into the mountains to hike through cloud forest – so rare it covers less than one per cent of the planet. These forests are named ...

“But in Panama, for every tourist there are 10 quetzals ... there doesn’t seem to be a single bird or beast in the forest. Plinio has an explanation: “Three days ago, we had two earthquakes.

I’ve heard someone claim that in Costa Rica, there are 10 tourists for every quetzal,” Iván Eskildsen, owner of Ogaya Travel, tells me. “But in Panama, for every tourist there are 10 quetzals,” he ...