Panama's Panorama, From Canal to Hidden Rainforest ; Tom Mangold Revisits the Eco-Tourist Idyll He Discovered Before the Celebs and Is Delighted to Find It As Unspoilt As Ever

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NEARLY six years ago, I revealed in The Mail on Sunday the existence of a new rainforest resort in Panama. I'm delighted to discover that since then no less a bunch of celebs than Sean Connery, President Jimmy Carter and Pierce Brosnan have taken the advice and spent relaxing moments there.

I had been working in Panama when I came across the almost finished Gamboa Rainforest resort.

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Panama's Panorama, From Canal to Hidden Rainforest ; Tom Mangold Revisits the Eco-Tourist Idyll He Discovered Before the Celebs and Is Delighted to Find It As Unspoilt As Ever

Hidden deep inside the Soberania Panama's great national park the resort nestles on the banks of the mighty Chagres river, which waters the canal and most of Panama.

I visited it in the run-up to the departure of the Americans from the old Panama Canal zone in December 1999 and I predicted the nation's first national eco-tourist resort had every chance of attracting holidaymakers.

It has, b...

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