Gamboa Aerial Tram Tour: Rainforest Adventure and Sloth Sanctuary Visit
4.2
19 Ratings
Panama City
Embark on a thrilling Gamboa Aerial Tram Tour through the lush rainforest, with a visit to a sloth sanctuary. Enjoy stunning views, wildlife encounters, and educational exhibits.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gamboa - Gamboa Rainforest Hotel & Surroundings, Aerial Tram Gamboa Observation Tower.
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
  • Comfortable in-vehicle air conditioning
  • Professionally guided tour
  • All fees and taxes included
Additional Information

Embark on a journey through a humid forest tract spanning a mile within the confines of Gamboa Rainforest. The tram ride, which rises 280 feet over a distance of half a mile, culminates at a hilltop. Following this, you’ll tread towards the observation tower, an ascent of 100 feet via a gently sloping ramp, enticing to those with a bit of vigor. The tower rewards you with panoramic views of the Canal and the Chagres River, along with the lush expanses of Soberania National Park. The journey concludes with a tour of the local flora and fauna exhibits, housing native species, among which is a sanctuary for sloths.

  • Not recommended for people afraid of hights
Location
Panama City
We pick up from all Panama City hotels
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
4.2
(19 Ratings)
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Rebecca_e
Mar 16, 2024
Gamboa tram and tower. - Tram and tower were the best. Just fascinating to look out from tower. Got a nice bumpy ride on the animal bus to the tram and back.
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Mindi_r
Feb 9, 2024
Fantastic - I was a great and wonderful experience I want in a lifetime experience would recommend anyone who would like to see sloths and rainforest
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John_g
Jan 11, 2024
Tram and Sloth Sanctuary Tour - We enjoyed our Tram and Sloth tour very much. Jose our driver was very attentive and was kind enough to show us around the resort.
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Justin_j
Jan 3, 2024
Great nature morning - Very nice tour. Easy and private drive to the Gamboa region - no big tourbus. Cost of the tram and sanctuary was included. The tram was pretty neat - saw Monkeys on the ride, and it was a fun experience. The sloth sanctuary was nice as well and included butterflies and frogs! Would recommend for some nature!
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David_t
Dec 10, 2023
Great tour - Seeing the animals and the personal service were awesome . Enrique was a great guide. We may never do a excursion with the cruise line ever again
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Mark_s
Jul 1, 2023
Gamboa is beautiful!! - Tram to the Observation tower. Saw beatiful Tucans, Parrots, butterflies, Orchids and the two-toed Sloths.
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Robbert_v
Feb 17, 2024
Gamboa national park - The aeriam tram is a great way to experience the forrest. You can hear several "junglesound" when passing over it. The slothsanctuary was a big smaller then I was exspecting. Nice but not very impressive. We were lucky to see one outside the sanctuary in a nearby tree, sleeping, that was fun.
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Jason_y
Feb 7, 2024
Just okay but was a let down. :-( - Of all the tours I booked for my trip to Panama, this was the only one to let me down. The driver was nice as well as the vehicle. I enjoyed a little free time at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort; such a beautiful spot. The Aerial Tram was a rather short ride (which got stuck for 30 minutes about 3/4 of the way in. I did like the amazing view from the top of the tower which was not the easiest, despite being only gentle ramps to the top. But was very disappointed that we could not ride the tram back down, so we had to go down this treacherous sort of staircase/trail that was very uneven, lots of hazards such as loose rocks, branches, etc.; some steps were short, some were quite large making it much harder to descend. I had to hold my mom's arm all the way down because I was very fearful she could easily fall and hurt herself. Finally at the end, we had to take the open air bus back to the Sloth Sanctuary which was the most disappointing part of this tour. It was nothing like any of the pictures or even descriptions from all the various tours. We got to see a couple sleeping sloths from a distance of 6' or more. Not very exciting. We had our driver drop us off at the Albrook Mall because I had to buy some extra clothing thanks to my suitcase being sent in error to Johannesburg, South Africa. (This of course had nothing to do with this tour company).
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Adam
Dec 24, 2023
Aerial team and sloth sanctuary: waste of a day - The speed boat ride on the lake was strange. The guide had very little to say. They pull up next to islands in the lake to look for monkeys in the trees. We saw like one monkey. Not anyone’s fault, but a really weird tour of not much anything. The aerial tram takes you up a 10 min ride through the forest canopy. No animals or birds to see or speak of. At the top, a 20 minute easy climb up an observation tower for some interesting but obstructed views. A below average tour that kind of tanks afterward. The “sloth sanctuary” are two small pens each with a sleeping sloth. The frog area is a concrete pen, not well lit with tiny finger-nail sized frogs, difficult to see and guide was super average in explaining anything. The orchid area had three orchids and a sign explaining that the iguanas eat the orchids. This was an entire day in a wonderful city, kind of wasted.
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Sibels793
Jun 25, 2023
Too expensive - The sanctuary and aerial tram are beautiful. That being said, if you buy the combo from the Gamboa resort, it’s $57 and an Uber is about $20-$30 (from other people on the tour). Although advertised as $121, my total was over $260 and that’s highway robbery, truly.
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