Wildlife Boat Tour: Monkeys, Sloths, and Tropical Birds

Embark on a thrilling 4-hour Lake Gatun Wildlife Tour from Panama City and encounter various monkey species including white-faced, howlers, and geoffrey’s tamarins up close.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lake Gatun - The tour begins with a hotel pick-up in Panama City, followed by a transfer to the Gamboa Marina. From there, you’ll embark on a 15-minute boat ride on Gatun Lake, where you’ll have the opportunity to observe three types of monkeys in their natural habitat.
    Accompanied by a guide, you’ll spend approximately 80 minutes watching the…
What's Included
  • Professional local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Boat ride included
  • Transport by air-conditioned car or minivan
What's Not Included
  • Meals
Additional Information

This 4-hour tour is the easiest way for you to have close-up contact with monkeys such as white-face, howlers, and Geoffrey’s tamarins. Plus, you’ll see two-toed sloths, three-toed sloths, capybaras, anteaters, caimans, crocodiles, turtles, manatees, bats, and many tropical birds like the Rainbow-billed Toucan, Keel-billed Toucan, Fiery-billed Aracari,…

Location
Lake Gatun
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Geoff_g
Aug 31, 2024
Excellent!!!! - Alonzo, Juliet and entire team are simply fantastic. What a wonderful time yesterday. Anyone considering should just book this. Thank you!!!!!
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Irish_kiwi77
Aug 31, 2024
White faced monkeys - This is a great way to cross off a few key sites and I really enjoyed this tour. I was collected from my hotel at around 7am and was back around 11:30am. Our tour guide Alonso was very good. One of the things this crosses off is you get to say you were on the Panama Canal (lake Gatun) and you get to see some of the ships go y on the tour (it’s an impressive site). However the main attraction as highlight of the tour was to see the local wildlife, in particular the monkeys up close and in the case of the white faced monkeys to feed them. I throughly enjoyed this and also been on the lake. Doing the morning tour also meant I had the afternoon to enjoy exploring the city and I would note they were very accommodating in dropping some passengers off at locations other than their hotel on the way back
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Explorer10687535797
Aug 28, 2024
A MUST DO activity in Panama. Almiza Tours are the best!!! - The tour was amazing. Mario was very knowledgeable and patient with us, especially because we were traveling with a baby. Juliet really is the monkey whisperer! We saw so many monkeys, we saw iguanas, birds. We got to see quite a few but ships that had just passed through the canal. We got so many beautiful photos and memories! Definitely recommend this to everyone. Transfers went smoothly and the rides were comfortable.
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175tabatab
Aug 27, 2024
Amazing experience! - This was the second time I took this tour, the first one with my husband last year and now with my parents. My husband also took his parents to this same tour in 2023. All the experiences were really great!! The tour guides know a lot about the area and the animals, the pick up/drop off is at the hotel and length of the tour is ideal. The best tour guide is Juliet, the "monkey enchanter", if you go with her it is certain to see all 3 kinds of monkeys and other animals too! Highly recommend!!!
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Camille
Aug 27, 2024
Unavoidable activity - Completely amazing experience! We stayed early in the morning and the atmosphere was calm and the monkeys were adorable! The Guide is kind and tells us lots of interesting facts about the nature and history of the canal! My favorite activity of the trip!
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Brian_b
Aug 27, 2024
Amazing - Amazing experience! Daniel was a wonderful and informative guide, as well as Julie the “monkey whisperer”. The Capuchin monkeys climbing onto the boat was my favorite part!
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Nicholas_m
Aug 24, 2024
Great way to spend half a day in Panama City area - The tour was fantastic. Prompt pick up at hotel, guide was very knowledgeable and funny. Made sure everyone on the tour was able to get a firsthand account with each species of monkey and also other animals that live within Gatun Lake. I would highly recommend.
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Gabriela_m
Aug 23, 2024
Highly Recommend - I highly recommend this tour! Our tour guides Daniel and Juliet were very knowledgeable and made the trip so much fun. Our Captain Ricardo was also great and we had a smooth ride! 10/10
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Brian
Aug 23, 2024
Wonderful way to experience the Panama Canal - We just got back from an absolutely wonderful tour. They picked us up at our hotel and took us to a spot right in the middle of Lake Gatun, where we spent over an hour riding along side giant container vessels, seeing all types or wildlife and, yes, seeing lots of monkeys. We booked it yesterday and it was super easy and a great value. Highly recommend!
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Alicia_e
Aug 21, 2024
Grateful for a bra experience - Great tour guides and a relaxing and exciting exploration of the jungle by boat! So many monkeys, blue iguanas, birds, and beautiful plants to check out!
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