Panama Canal Boat Tour: Discover Wildlife and Explore the City of Panama

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Panama City

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Embark on a thrilling Panama Canal boat tour to discover diverse wildlife, including howler monkeys, sloths, and leaf cutter ants. Explore the vibrant City of Panama and indulge in local snacks. Book now!

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Soberania National Park - We will go through this jungle, by car and may stop, if an animal is passing by.
We do our very best to find monkeys, a sloth, the leaf cutter ants and simply enjoy the magic of the panamanian rainforest.
Gatun Lake - We will enjoy a beautiful Private, relaxing ride on the Panama Canal Gatun Lake, next to the huge ships transiting from Ocean to Ocean.

What's Included

Bottled water provided
Snacks available
Air-conditioned vehicles
Tea and coffee offered

Additional Information

Enjoy a delightful, private, and serene boat ride on Gatun Lake. The journey includes searching for the loudest animal in the Panamanian jungle: the Howler Monkey, along with sightings of White-Faced Capuchins, sloths, birds, and more. This experience serves as an introduction to the rainforest, offering peace of mind as you observe from a distance. A…

Location

Soberania National Park

Area Canalera de Gamboa,

Cancellation Policy

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

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Michael_d

Nov 14, 2025

Ultimate nature focused private tour! - Worth the private tour. The stated focus was to locate wildlife and WOW! It exceeded my already high expectations. Sorhay spotted several low hanging sloths, a common basilisk (Jesus lizard) and an Agouti, all before we even got to lake Gatun. There we saw a crocodile, many white-faced capuchins, Geoffroy's tamarins and howler monkeys. It was amazing. Sorhay was the ultimate guide with a true passion for nature and was just as excited as we were. She also took us to a local neighborhood for some amazing Panamanian oxtail and visited a great coffee shop. Overall it was an amazing day. I highly recommend this your for people that want to explore nature and authentic culture.

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Susan_t

Feb 11, 2025

Highly recommend recommend - Lilly was an excellent guide and naturalist. Our family had a great time seeing the monkeys, sloths and birds. We also saw an iguana and crocodile. Lilly was able to spot the animal and talk about their habitats. The boat driver was excellent and we travelled in and out of inlets in search of animals. It was beautiful!

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Victor_d

Jul 27, 2024

Excellent Tour Highly Recommended - Excellent and very personable guide. She started us with a stop for local coffee to start the tour then monkeys, sloths, boat ride on Gatun, stopped at the locks and watched 2 ships pass. Watched the Panama Canal movie at the IMAX at the locks. Highly recommend this tour.

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Gil_s

Apr 8, 2024

Great private tour with a great guide - Very knowledgeable and empathetic guide! We were able to see and interact with multiple kinds of monkeys. Our guide knew how to find and attract them in a way superior to any other boat tour around us. She topped the wonderful nature trip off with a few additional culinary stops at the city on our way back, which were wonderful. Her advice for the rest of our trip made it successful, too!

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Doug_r

Mar 27, 2024

Knowledge and Fun - Our guide, Alexis, was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience very unique. He took us to amazing places where we enjoyed local coffee, experienced wildlife up close, and witnessed the locks in full operation.

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From $125

up to 12 guests

2 - Adult