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Gamboa Rainforest Wildlife Tour: Encounter Sloths at Their Sanctuary
4.4
115 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
(115 Ratings)
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Cheryl_o
Mar 17, 2025
Communication was... - Communication was excellent with our pickup at the hotel! And the tour was amazing…we saw 3 different kinds of monkeys, and were able to get close and feed 2 of them. We also saw a sloth at one of the monkey islands! The sloth sanctuary and butterfly exhibit was incredible as well. All in all…I would definitely recommend this tour.
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Connor_o
Feb 8, 2025
Fun in Panama in nature - Tour went very well. Guide was very friendly and professional. Good communication and on time. Got to see so much wild life, the canal and see sloths up close. Would recommend.
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Summer_s
Feb 8, 2025
Awesome experience - This was a really cool experience. The fact that we could give the monkies snacks and see other wildlife on the river was super cool. The sloth sanctuary and butterfly reserve was also really awesome. Didn't know that I was going to actually see some poison dart frogs, but there you go! Since I'm a nerd, our tour guide Richard was very knowledgeable in regards to the history of Panama as well as The reserve and the various species that reside there. He was a plethora of knowledge. And on the way back into Panama City, he took us through the neighborhoods on top of some pretty high heels and got a sweet view of the city. I hope you get Richard as a tour guide because you will not be disappointed. What I appreciated most about him is that he said "don't take my word for it I hope this information makes you more curious. And you can learn some more information"
I highly recommend this tour. And please tip your tour guides!
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Dominic_b
Jan 24, 2025
Great tour! Communication... - Great tour! Communication was great and pickup was exactly the time the driver told us. The boat trip was really fun, we saw lots of monkeys in the wild. Afterwards at the sanctuary, we got to see up close the sloths which was great fun. All in all would recommend.
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V7373osjohns
Jan 22, 2025
Great tour! - Eduardo is a fantastic guide. He picked us up on time and was very knowledgeable about all aspects of our tour. We highly recommend him for your next visit!
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Sirenashaina
Jan 22, 2025
Excellent Monkey and Sloth tour - This trip informative about Panama and the animals. We saw 4 different types of monkeys on the tour! Our guides were good about getting us in positions to see them. The sloth sanctuary was wonderful. The only way to see sloths up close.
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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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Sue_g
Mar 11, 2025
Not what I expected - The monkey islands part was great(except where the guide said there were Tigers in Panama 🤦♀️). We arrived at lobby of Rainforest hotel...was not told how long we had(we could have actually sat down for coffee and something to eat if we had of known). Then the sanctuary, frogs etc. Guide stayed at hotel while we were trucked down and put in a group of at least 30 people!! I was not happy! There were 5 in our group. The reason I book through Viator is i know group size ahead of time. Definitely would NOT book this particular tour again.
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Grandtour258902
Feb 24, 2025
This trip was, at best, a disappointment. - First, the tour guide, Manuel, was friendly and spoke English to me when we were alone. Once we had the rest of the group, Manuel switched to Spanish, knowing I didn't speak the language. All six of the other people were native English speakers and Manuel only spoke English when I asked him to.
I contacted the tour operator in advance to check in on whether I would get help getting on and off the boat (I am large) and was assured there would be staff there to help me. Nobody was there, and I got injured.
Other than that, the boat trip was good. The driver knew where to go and how to attract monkeys.
However, the sloth sanctuary consisted of four sloths sleeping in their beds and a little talk about them. The frog exhibit consisted of seven-ten little teeny frogs, barely visible, in a big enclosure. The orchid exhibit was a mess. The butterfly room had only a dozen butterflies or so but was otherwise beautiful.
I was really looking forward to this trip. It was the last hurrah at the end of a vacation, and expensive, and I really wanted to learn more about local flora and fauna. The trip was a disaster for me.
I wrote to Tao 365 and got a cursory letter back and an offer of $15. I asked for -- and deserve -- a full refund. I was not given the tour I was promised and paid for.
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