Los Altos de Cerro
Azul is located just
35 minutes from Panama’s
Tocumen International
Airport. On a clear
day in Altos de Cerro
Azul you have a perfect
view of both the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans.
The project is built
at 2500 to 3000 feet
above sea level with
temperatures that
range between 70 and
80 degrees –
at night it gets very
cool and you will
need a blanket to
keep yourself warm.
Altos de Cerro Azul
has 24 hour security,
a country club with
a pool, tennis courts
and birds and wildlife
unique to Panama as
well as a series of
trails that will take
you through one of
the oldest cloud forests
in the Western Hemisphere.
In the cloud forest
you will see palm
trees that can be
seen in only two other
countries in the world,
Ivory Coast and Haiti.
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No
one knows how the
palms were able to
spread from the African
Coast to the Caribbean
and then to the bottom
of Central America.
This is an enigma
that is currently
being studied by the
Smithsonian Institute
in Panama. The palms
often look like something
out of the pre-historic
era, sometimes shrouded
in fog. The flora
and fauna are also
unique. The variety
of wildlife is truly
amazing. You may see
foxes, white-faced
capuchin, ant-eater,
sloth, squirrels,
coatimundi, agouti,
peccary and white-tailed
deer, howler monkey,
red spider monkey,
jaguar, olingo, two-toed
sloth, ocelot, jagarundi,
harpy eagle and guan.In
addition to the stunning
natural beauty of
Altos de Cerro Azul,
you have access to
high-speed satellite
internet, Direct TV
and modern electricity
and telephone services.
The University of
Panama has recently
ranked Cerro Azul
as having the best
drinking water in
Panama.
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Between the
airport and Altos de Cerro
Azul, there is a modern shopping
center with everything from
fast food shops, to supermarkets,
to video stores and building
supply outlets. Medical care
is a short 20-minute ride
from Cerro Azul. Paitilla
Hospital, which is now working
in alliance with John Hopkins
Medical School, is only 40
minutes away. The road to
Cerro Azul is paved so the
trip up into the mountains
from the airport is smooth
and fast. In short, this is
the perfect place to buy if
you are looking for a quiet
hideaway in Latin America
that has all the modern services
you would expect to find in
Canada without the high prices.
You
will drive by a small
lake known as Goofy
Lake that was built
by Swiss engineer. On
the way to Cerro Azul
there is also a railroad
car that was brought
up into the hills of
Cerro Azul as a weekend
house. You will like
the way the houses are
laid out on the mountainous
terrain. The houses
sit on top of the mountains
rather than down in
the valleys. The advantage
of this is that many
houses have great views
of Chagres National
Park, which borders
the Project, Lake Alajuela
and the Panama Canal
and Panama City. Behind
Altos de Cerro Azul
and in the opposite
direction of the Canal,
houses look out over
the Darien Jungle. Another
positive aspect was
the fact that the Melo
Group has been reforesting
the areas between homes
so that there is a great
privacy and nice green
spaces between houses. |
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Most of the reforestation
so far has been done
in Caribbean Pine and
Cedro Espino. There
are also a number of
small streams that run
through the project
and on one of the streams
there is a beautiful
waterfall which has
trails and picnic areas
nearby. The atmosphere
in Altos de Cerro Azul
is calm and the weather
is temperate and the
people are relaxed and
private.Panama has over
900 different species
of birds and Cerro Azul
and nearby Cerro Jefe
are some of the best
places in the world
to watch birds.
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Near
Altos de Cerro Azul
you will find hiking
trails that lead back
into the Darien Jungle.
If you like the idea
of four wheeling then
there are number of
dirt roads that take
you back into the Darien
jungle and Chagres National
Park as well as some
dirt roads you can catch
after the town of Chepo
that will take you to
the San Blas Islands.
The road leading to
the San Blas can only
be taken during the
dry season – December
to April - but the ride
is great as you go through
virgin forest and end
up in perfect blue tropical
water and palm trees. |
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Many
families enjoy hiking
through the forest to
the lookout point that
is located in the center
of the project. The
lookout gives one a
clear view on a sunny
day of the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans as
well as the Panama Canal
and the Darien Jungle. |
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