7 Hours Nature Exploration of Monkey Island and Soberania National Park
4.9
34 Ratings
Gamboa
Embark on a 7-hour nature exploration of Monkey Island and Soberania National Park. Spot wildlife, monkeys, birds, sloths, and crocodiles while navigating the Panama Canal and exploring the rainforest.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Panama Canal - We start the day with and early pick up at your hotel by our naturalist tour guide, we will drive to the area of gamboa to aboard and expedition boat to navigate on the waters of the Panama canal, after pass the dredging division of the canal we will reach the gatun lake to visit different islands with monkeys and wildlife.

  • Soberania National Park - When we finish our navigation at the Panama canal, we continue to thw area of the soberania national park for our nature walk, during this part of the tour you will see the rainforest from the inside and will be a great opportunity to spot birds and more wildlife.

  • Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador) - When we finish our nature walk we will continue to the causeway island for lunch (not included) and enjoy the ocean views to the city.

What's Included
  • Boat included
  • Captain provided
  • English-speaking tour guide
  • Land transportation included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuites
Additional Information

Start this fascinating journey with a pick up by your English speaking naturalist tour guide, we will drive for 45 minutes to the town of Gamboa once there we are going aboard our expedition boat to navigate into the waters of the Panama Canal.

On the waters of the canal you will see a giant ships  just next to our boat, reach the gatun lake to explore different islands looking for wildlife, monkeys, birds, sloths, crocodiles will be part of this experience.

Return to the pier and drive to the soberania National park, we are going to explore the rainforest from the inside and we will have the opportunity to spot more wildlife along the road, after this nature walk drive to  a restaurant for lunch (Not included), we will be back around 2:30 p.m to your hotel.

Location
Gamboa
Public marina of gamboa
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(34 Ratings)
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Michaelkz3368jh
Mar 11, 2024
Great day trip from Panama City - Hector was an amazing guide and very knowledgeable about the different species of flora and fauna. He took us to places that weren’t a part of the tour based on our interests which was amazing! My only issue was that nearly all the animals we were supposed to see weren’t out that day so we didn’t spot many monkeys on monkey island.
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T2193wblorif
Mar 8, 2024
Great tour! - Our guide Hector was really great! He’s extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. We really had a great time. Saw lots of monkeys and had a nice lunch, too.
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Robert_m
Feb 5, 2024
Great, Fun Experience - This tour was fun! We took a boat ride to see three different kinds of monkeys, lizards, and turtles. We were able to interact with the monkeys by feeding them. We were unable to do the nature walk due to a scheduling oversite on our part. The thing that set this tour a part for us was our tour guide, Juan, aka "Johnny". He was very knowledgeable and made sure we were comfortable throughout the tour. He provided us with some unique experiences that allowed for us to connect more with the environment (he refers to them as surprises") which was fun and enjoyable. He was hospitable, a great communicator, and accomodating of our schedule. I highly recommend Johnny as a tour guide, he cares about your experience and will ensure you have the best one possible.
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Joshua
Dec 25, 2023
Great tour ! Great monkeys! - The was a great day! Juan was super knowledgeable and shared a lot of fascinating information about the ecology of Panama as well as Panamanian history and engineering of the canal. Best of all: Monkeys!!! The monkeys on monkey island are delightful and they run over your boat. Definitely recommend this tour.
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Hockdonner
Sep 21, 2023
Fantastic, incredible, touching, recommended,... a must do when you encourage contact with nature and animals. - We saw the monkeys up close. We await due guides, Juan & Juan. The guide is truly a specialist, we saw monkeys, and lots of other animals. They do their best to show us different animals. The boat captain was super experienced and spotted animals on the banks. Juan is a real connoisseur, he showed us and explained lots of things He is patient, kind etc above all passionate. I recommend this day After you eyes depend on the weather and the wild fauna and flora, not always totally there but it is also that a reserve it is not a zoo.
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Solomong470
Aug 28, 2023
Excellent trip. - Tour was very fun and the guide was amazing. Highly recommend. Should be noted you do not go to the locks but way more fun.
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Marie_s
Jun 26, 2023
The best tour in Panama City, so worth it! - We absolutely loved the tour. The guide is so knowledgeable and really took time to tell us about all interesting thing about Panama City and Panama. He was punctual and the car was very comfortable, private boat ride was so fun. We saw 4 different kinds of monkeys, crocodiles, sloth... in wild nature. It was the perfect mix of hiking in the jungle, boat ride and walk around the Panama City islands. Plus he took us to local eatery at the end and the food was cheap and so good! Pick this tour, you will get a mix of cool experiences. Very worthy. The guide also sent us some pictures at the end which we didn't even expect.
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Smita
Jun 7, 2023
Must do with Nicolas! - Awesome experience! Our guide, Nicolas, made it very engaging and informative tour. Highly recommend touring with Nicolas who not only shred his knowledge on nature, animals and but discussed about Panamanian culture, people, businesses, politics, and more :) ! Highly recommend!
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Smita_k
Jun 7, 2023
Must do with Nicolas! - We had an amazing time on this tour! Our guide, Nicolas, made it a very exciting, informative and engaging tour for us! I highly recommend this tour for a glimpse of Panama's nature!
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Mar 5, 2024
Wonderful boat ride in Gatun - Hector was a good guide and very knowledgeable about animals, plants, the canal and more. We really enjoyed our day especially the boat ride where we saw several different monkeys and a baby crocodile and some cool birds. Soberania was a little disappointing probably because of the time of day. Not the best for viewing animals but you can't have it all. Very hot but not a bad hike, pretty foliage. Hector picked a good place for lunch to accommodate both vegetarians and others.
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