Gatun Lake & Panama Canal Wildlife Boat Tour and Sloth Sanctuary

Embark on a thrilling boat tour of Gatun Lake in Panama, where you’ll encounter a diverse array of wildlife, including crocodiles, toucans, and sloths. Explore the lush rainforest and visit a sloth sanctuary and butterfly garden for an unforgettable adventure.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gatun Lake - We will board a boat and navigate on Gatun Lake next to the huge ships that cross the Panama Canal. We will admire the fauna and vegetation of the tropical forest.
  • Gamboa - After our boat trip in Gatun Lake we will visit the Sloth Sanctuary to watch three-toed and two-toed sloths that have been rescued. We will learn about life and habits of the sloths and the efforts for the conservation of the species through the volunteers and specialized guides.

Later we will go to the Butterfly House where we will observe the butterflies that live in the rainforest such as the colorful Blue Morpho Butterfly. We will also visit the orchid and frog exhibitions.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

This journey provides a distinctive opportunity to engage with the rich variety of nature found in the Panamanian rainforest by partaking in a boat excursion on Gatun Lake where you can see creatures such as crocodiles, toucans, hawks, turtles, butterflies, and many others. You’ll sail the Panama Canal alongside massive ships as well. The adventure continues with a visit to the Sloth Sanctuary, where you’ll gain knowledge about the preservation and reintroduction of sloths back into their native habitat. Lastly, the itinerary includes a visit to the butterfly garden where the renowned Blue Morpho butterfly can be seen.

Location
Concordia Plaza Shopping Center
Vía España
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tyler
Jul 31, 2024
Great trip and great tour! - This was a fantastic way to get outside of the city and see more of the beautiful country of Panama. Ricardo was an awesome guide and shared a lot about the history, the culture, and some great humor. They confirmed with us the night before, were promptly on time (Miguel was a great driver), and we had an awesome day. Would highly recommend!
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Benjamin_l
Jul 30, 2024
Very knowledgeable tour - Richardo was very good. Gave alot of info about all items Panama, not just the stops on the tour. Would recommend this one.
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Caitlin_m
Jul 17, 2024
Loved it! - Our guide was incredibly knowledgable about all things Panama, the canal, and the rainforest. It was such a great experience seeing the boats heading to the canal, visiting the monkeys and have them climb all over our boat, and seeing the sloths/butterflies/frogs. Highly recommend!
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Sergio_v
Jun 20, 2024
Great fun tour - Had a fantastic time as did my daughters. Well organized. Fun boat trip particularly boating right by a large container ship in the canal. Sanctuary was fun but pictures on proximity to sloths are a bit misleading. Highly recommend.
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Helen_p
Jun 7, 2024
Yes expensive but a lifetime trip - Most memorable the boat trip In the canal with all the ships snd of course the animals . Pity the old sloths were sleepy but that is animal Life.
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Bt_f
May 5, 2024
An Amazing and Informative Day -- Highly Recommended - We had an amazing day that we would recommend to anybody visiting the Panama City area! Our guide, Juan, picked us up in a comfortable car right from our AirBnB and brought us back later, making sure we didn't have to worry about any transportation at all. He was clearly very educated and well-informed about the wildlife in the area. We saw monkeys, bats, lizards of various sorts, even a sloth in the wild! The Sloth Sanctuary was great, and features much more than just the sloths, including a very interesting butterfly house and poison frog enclosure. Really amazing time, and we're so glad we went!
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Marykay_w
May 4, 2024
World of Difference - Having the monkeys eat out of my hands. The beauty and peacefulness on the lake. How informative and friendly our guide was.
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I5512xvdianar
May 1, 2024
Great Tour - Great tour! Out tour guide Ariel was great, the car was air conditioned and comfortable (not like other tours I’ve experienced) we did not see as many monkeys we had hoped for. At times it did feel as though different tours were competing for the monkeys to come to the boat. They call them over by whistling. I am assuming the monkeys after a while are no longer hungry with so many tourists coming and going! I enjoyed the sloth sanctuary and overall enjoyed the experience.
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Benita_h
Apr 16, 2024
Great Experience - Great activity when visiting Panamá. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, the driver was great and the tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend!
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Kalybeautybio
Apr 25, 2024
TO RUN AWAY!!!! SCAM!!!!!! - So really disappointed!!!!! Just tourism that’s for sure!!!!! The only little extra that was nice was going to see the little monkeys. Otherwise it has nothing to do with a Sloth sanctuary!!!!! Only 2 poor lazy people on a branch in the middle of sleep (the poor people) who are woken up for the tourists!!!!!! No other lazy people!!! However this is not my first trip to sanctuaries, I travel all over the world but it's really catastrophic!!!!!! No interaction with the animals, it was more of an ordinary flower and garden visit than anything else. On the other hand, the walk on the canal is very pleasant. I was delighted to discover these animals, I took the excursion just for that and frankly, a big disappointment!!!!!! I would even have to ask for compensation because either you take it or it is, it's not worth it at all!!!!!! Do something else because you won't meet his little sloths at all!!!!! To flee!!!!
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