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Gamboa Rainforest Wildlife Tour: Encounter Sloths at Their Sanctuary
4.4
105 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
(105 Ratings)
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Milton_f
Jan 9, 2025
Animal encounter - It was an amazing tour. It started sharp at 1:30 PM. Daniel picked us up at our hotel and took us for the boat tour which was a lovely encounter with different monkeys. After that tour he took us for a ecotour. Everything was excelent. Daniel was extremely gentle. I do recomend the tour.
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Thomas
Jan 4, 2025
Monkeytastic tour - Had a great tour last Saturday. Saw 3 different types of monkeys. Saw sloths. Saw Iguanas. Before we got to the canal, we went to a store and had very flavorful fruit.
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880richp
Dec 15, 2024
Amazing Restaurant and Resort - We stopped for drinks and a snack after a tour to Monkey Island.
WOW !!!!
Amazing view and location and facilities, (and really good food) and we think our son and his fiancé should come get married here !!!
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Jess
Dec 14, 2024
I recommend this tour :) - I was only here for a weekend, so I wanted to make the most of my time. I was able to see a lot of wildlife today. Also, the guide made the tour really interesting and fun.
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Kevin_k
Nov 17, 2024
Awesome awesome awesome - This was a really awesome excursion. Enjoyed the monkeys and the sloths and the Gamboa hotel. Being on a small boat on the Panama Canal was a cool experience. Oscar was THE BEST tour guide - would most definitely recommend him as your guide, and would most definitely recommend this excursion.
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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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160chuckt
Nov 24, 2024
Definitely worth seeing the sloths but remember they don’t move much. - We were very happy to get up close to see the sloths and we also saw the 3toed sloth in the wild. The butterflies were ok but seeing the frogs was super cool (but they are tiny). We hired a driver to take us & that was very helpful as we could go at our own pace & he had a great eye for the sloths and knew a lot about them.
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89lisettel
Nov 21, 2024
Sloth lover! - The sanctuary is on the small side, they have 4 sloths which are lifers. The staff is very nice and helpful however the displays were kind of lacking…..
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Elina_s
Nov 17, 2024
Good but a little frustrated due to language - The tour was decent, but the tour guide did not speak English despite us booking an English speaking tour because several people in our group didn't speak Spanish. That was a little frustrating. Also, she kept saying we were running late and kept rushing us despite us seemingly arriving early to everything on schedule. I would recommend the morning tour of lover the afternoon tour because we were also told many times that we didn't get as many animal interactions because they were already full from the morning.
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Johnpp1138pg
Nov 27, 2024
Not worth the price! - Got picked up around 6:45am from the hotel. Spent a good amount of time in the shuttle. Finally got to the boat launch place and took a 25 min boat ride before we got any sightings of any monkeys on the monkey island. Be aware that there are quite a few tour operators that are looking to do the same thing as you. Boats will literally bump into each other all to get a shot at being able to have the monkeys feed out of your hand. Put another way, there might be three monkeys in proximity and 15 hands waiting to get a shot. Our boat only had 4 tourists including myself, plus the tour operator and the driver of the boat. The tour operator got to feed as he was demonstrating how to do it. Perhaps he should've paid us for the tour instead of the other way around. By the time I was able to get to the front of the boat to have a shot, the monkeys were gone. So, I was able to get a few photos of others.. The butterfly, frog, sloth exhibit was also very underwhelming. I would not recommend this tour at all. Next time I would hire a private guide and create my own schedule and spend whatever amount of time I desire doing any specific activity.
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