Journey Panama’s Purpose: Exploration That Connects and Enriches 

Our high-touch, tailormade journeys invite guests into immersive, authentic, and locally-rooted experiences that feel deeply personal – while channeling value back into communities and the natural world. By engaging closely with culture and nature, travelers support and shape the future of traditional livelihoods tied to the land, craft, gastronomy, and local ecosystems. 

Our Commitment to Human Rights

At Journey Panama, we believe that travel has the power to uplift communities, preserve cultures, and create meaningful connections, but only when conducted with the highest respect for people and their fundamental rights.

We are committed to respecting human rights across all our operations, partnerships, and supply chain. This commitment is guided by:

• The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs): We align our practices with these internationally recognized standards, working to identify, prevent, and address any adverse human rights impacts connected to our business.
• The International Bill of Human Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: We uphold the rights and dignity of every individual we work with and for, including our team, local partners, communities, and the travelers who journey with us.
• The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: We are committed to respecting fundamental labor rights throughout our operations and supply chain, including freedom of association, the elimination of forced and child labor, and non-discrimination in employment.

We hold ourselves accountable to these principles as part of our ongoing commitment to being a force for good – for people, places, and the planet.

Lobbying Policy

Journey Panama does not currently engage in any lobbying activities. If this changes in the future, any such engagement will be directed exclusively toward creating a positive impact on society or the environment, and toward protecting the communities where we operate.

Positive Impact Committee

Journey Panama’s Positive Impact Committee is spearheaded by co-founder and CFO Rebecca Scotti, and brings together members from across our different departments – ensuring a holistic approach to our sustainability and social responsibility efforts.

The committee meets weekly to review progress, address challenges, set goals, and develop solutions. It oversees both internal initiatives, shaping how we operate as a company, and external initiatives that extend our positive impact to the destinations and communities we serve.

Positive Impact Fund and Partners

Journey Panama empowers guests to help protect Panama’s legacy. We request $100 USD per traveler, per trip, which goes into our Positive Impact Fund. We donate 100% of these contributions to carefully selected Panamanian NGOS to support their work. Our guests have the opportunity to visit the projects and see the impact of their contributions firsthand through curated Journey experiences.

Journey Panama x Proyecto NiMu

In Panama City, many children, teens, and women face barriers to education, opportunity, and independence – from limited literacy to the challenges facing youth after incarceration. Proyecto NiMu works closely with them, building reading and writing skills in children, offering rehabilitation and support for those young people, and creating pathways to personal and economic independence for women. The project has engaged 600 people through 190 hours of educational programming and 60 hours of literacy training. Journey Panama’s donations help provide what’s needed to facilitate these workshops.