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Gamboa Rainforest Wildlife Tour: Encounter Sloths at Their Sanctuary
4.4
100 Ratings
Gamboa
Embark on a thrilling Gamboa Rainforest Wildlife Tour and interact with captivating wildlife like sloths, crocodiles, and toucans. Visit a sloth sanctuary and witness these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat. Don’t miss this unique wildlife encounter!
Embark on a thrilling Gamboa Rainforest Wildlife Tour and interact with captivating wildlife like sloths, crocodiles, and toucans. Visit a sloth sanctuary and witness these fascinating creatures in their natural habitat. Don’t miss this unique wildlife encounter!
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Gamboa - Get close to four different species of wildlife on this beautiful island.
- Primate Refuge and Sanctuary of Panama - Observe the three-toed and two-toed sloths that have been rescued. We will learn about their life and unique habits and about the efforts that are taken to preserve these amazing animals.
- Panama Canal - We will…
- Gamboa - Get close to four different species of wildlife on this beautiful island.
- Primate Refuge and Sanctuary of Panama - Observe the three-toed and two-toed sloths that have been rescued. We will learn about their life and unique habits and about the efforts that are taken to preserve these amazing animals.
- Panama Canal - We will embark with our boat into the Chagres River, which will lead us into the artificially created Gatun lake, which is a hotspot for biodiversity, giving you the chance to spot wildlife such as the coati, howler monkeys, squirrels and sloths, as well as beautiful birds like the toucan and parrots. Our path takes us mostly parallel to the Canal and into Soberanía National Park on our way to the Gamboa Public Docks, where the Chagres River meets the Panama Canal. A couple of minutes into the boat ride, we enter the Canal and take a quick ride past the Dredging Division’s facilities and along the shipping lane (and past a large ship or three) toward the Monkey Island area. Watch as huge container ships pass by as they traverse the Panama Canal.
- Gamboa - On our last stop we visit the Butterfly House where we will observe the endemic butterflies that live in the Panamanian rainforest such as the colorful Blue Morpho Butterfly. We will also visit the orchid and frog exhibitions.
What's Included
- Tour to Monkey Island, Sloth Sanctuary, Butterfly house and Orchid & Frog exhibition
- Pick-up and drop off at your Panama City lodging
- Boat Tour
- Bi-lingual guides (English/Spanish)
- Entrance to the Sloth Sanctuary, Butterfly House and, Orchids and Frog exhibitions.
- Well-maintained, air-conditioned car
- Monkey Island entrance fees
- Water Bottles
- Tour to Monkey Island, Sloth Sanctuary, Butterfly house and Orchid & Frog exhibition
- Pick-up and drop off at your Panama City lodging
- Boat Tour
- Bi-lingual guides (English/Spanish)
- Entrance to the Sloth Sanctuary, Butterfly House and, Orchids and Frog exhibitions.
- Well-maintained, air-conditioned car
- Monkey Island entrance fees
- Water Bottles
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
Experience an intimate encounter with diverse fauna in the Gamboa rainforest region. Have the opportunity to nourish some creatures as they come close to your boat, taking food directly from you. Encounter a variety of wild animals including crocodiles, toucans, sloths, iguanas, turtles, and a plethora of exotic birds.
Additionally, we’ll be visiting a…
Experience an intimate encounter with diverse fauna in the Gamboa rainforest region. Have the opportunity to nourish some creatures as they come close to your boat, taking food directly from you. Encounter a variety of wild animals including crocodiles, toucans, sloths, iguanas, turtles, and a plethora of exotic birds.
Additionally, we’ll be visiting a sanctuary dedicated to sloths, allowing you to view these fascinating animals in their native environment.
- THERE IS A SURCHARGE FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT HOTELS OUTSIDE OF PANAMA CITY, SUCH AS TOCUMEN, COSTA DEL ESTE, PLAYA BONITA AND OTHERS. Please select the relevant booking option or kindly send us a message.
Location
Gamboa
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(100 Ratings)
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N4606jnstephanies
Sep 1, 2024
You'll love it! - If you want to get up close to at least 3 different kinds of beautiful monkeys, this is your tour! We also got to watch sloths and have a lovely boat ride on the Chagres River.
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Maria_a
Aug 21, 2024
Fabulous animal sightings - This was a fantastic 1/2 day tour. Our guide Daniel went over and above to make sure we enjoyed ourselves and saw many different animals including all 3 species of monkey. We started early which was great as we beat the heat of the day. Ended up being a small group (only 3 of us) so a great experience. I’d recommend this - Gatun Lake is the highlight but I also loved seeing the 4 sloths in the sanctuary. Beautiful animals.
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Rizzle8cinco
Aug 20, 2024
Gamboa adventure - An amazing beautiful sanctuary! Great place to connect with nature! The gandola ride to the top was very relaxing..just you and nature with a great view at the top over seeing the canal. It was great to see the sloths at the sanctuary (spoiled little fur balls ❤️) and all the other animals (butterflies, rain frogs). Had an amazing time overall. There is also ziplining but you need to book in advance.
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Susan_b
Aug 10, 2024
Great trip - Great trip, would highly recommend. We were lucky to see a lot of wildlife on our boat trip. Daniel was a great guide, funny and extremely knowledgeable. We were a small group which also made a difference to the experience.
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Shonaj701
Jul 5, 2024
Monkeys. Butterflies, Sloths, Nature - Super interesting and relaxing trip with unstressful boat ride, monkeys, butterflies, and sloths. Our guide was knowledgeable and very nice.
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Dbstravelbuddy
Jun 19, 2024
A don't miss experience - Wonderful tour! So much more to see and experience than I expected. Our guide was kind, helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. Saw many different animals, canal, parts of the city. I would highly recommend this tour!
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John_z
Apr 15, 2024
If you're curious about sloths, do not miss this trip! - We were excited to see the four sloths in residence and loved watching the butterflies housed in the sactuary.
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Yasmin_k
Apr 12, 2024
Wonderful! - An excellent experience for the cost. Remember to tip the boat driver as well as the tour guide if you appreciate the great adventure.
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Lindsay_a
Apr 7, 2024
Great day trip - We enjoyed this tour! Our group was my husband and our kids, 7 and 4 years old. The tour operator was very professional and communicated well ahead of time. The pickup time was very early, 6:30 am, but it’s for good reason to beat the mid-day heat. We drove from the financial district to Casco Viejo to pick up another couple on the tour and then another 40 minutes or so to Lake Gatun, so around 1 hour total in the car. Then we immediately got into a very small boat for a tour around the lake, which took at least 2 hours or so. There were no bathroom breaks from the time we were picked up until the conclusion of the boat ride which made me nervous with small children, but they were fine—just make sure you go before you are picked up! The boat ride was riding around looking for monkeys and other animals, and offering to feed them when we saw them. Our tour guide was very nice and only held out a hand to offer food; the animals were never forced to come close or touched in any way. After that, we drove to Gamboa resort and did their butterfly and sloth tour, which took around 1 hour and were very good too, especially the sloths. Then we arrived back at the hotel by 12 pm. Overall I’d definitely recommend for families and anyone looking to get out of the city for a nice day trip!
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Gzgr9rbtrq
Apr 5, 2024
Fun and educational! - Great tour! We had up close and personal experience with lots of monkeys and we saw birds and crocodiles too! The sloth sanctuary was neat and seeing the frog and butterfly exhibits was fun.
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