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.

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.

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!

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.

Loved it! - It was a nice trip of 3 persons and a Guide. We saw 4 different types of Monkeys and were able to feed two of them. We saw a Baby Crocodile, some bats on the boat tour. The Slot Sanctuary was the highlight they had 4 and given information and we could do pictures from far and that’s perfect you should not have to touch the animals. The giftshop is also nice and you can support the sanctuary. The Tour to the frogs and butterflies was short but nice. The Guide could answer us all our questions and made the trip special and individual. It was just perfect from the ride to the program and back.

Wonderful! - Exceptional day! Fabulous interactions with wildlife - saw three types of monkeys and interacted with two. Our guide and boat captain were fabulous- so kind and knowledgeable. Highly, highly recommend for anyone visiting Panama!

Fabulous tour! - Wonderful animal interactions, thanks to well prepared guide and boat . So informative and kind! Our needs were always put first. We even “rescued “ another group whose boat engine had died.

Monkeys Were a Must Do - This tour was broken up into 2 activities: monkey island and the butterfly/sloth sanctuary. The first part of this tour was unbelievable! We absolutely loved the boat ride, the driver and our tour guide were amazing and so knowledgeable about this area. We were able to see many monkeys up close and took some amazing pictures. Definitely a highlight of our time in Panama. The second part of the tour was very much a let down. We took a short walk with a guide who talked about the different flora and we saw some turtles and frogs. The butterfly house was a let down and overall I felt like we could have walked through this without a guide. We were really looking forward to seeing the sloths and that is why we booked this tour. This was a huge disappointment. There were 3 sloths and we saw them from a distance and did not get to interact, hold them or even get up close pictures. The employees of the sloth sanctuary talked a little, but I was expecting a much more interactive experience. Overall I would look for a tour with the Monkey Island experience and skip the sloth sanctuary.

Good for those who don't linger - Wasted time picking up someone far from our hotel. He should have been first. Guide was okay but butterfly tour was rushed.

The guide from hell - Unfortunately we got the guide from hell, who insisted on shouting the whole visit, frightening both animals and other boats and insisted on pointing his laser at birds and other animals. In words of the guide we should have saved our money and bought a second hand car. He will recognize the comments. Other visitors may get lucky with a more experienced guide - I hope so!