Gatun Lake Wildlife: Panama Canal's Primate Haven

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, 30 minutes
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

Depart from Panama City in a cozy, air-conditioned vehicle heading towards Gamboa Marina. Step aboard your riverboat and smoothly sail across Gatun Lake, an essential part of the Panama Canal, encircled by vibrant tropical rainforest.
As you navigate, keep an eye out for the lake’s renowned inhabitants — white-faced capuchins, howler monkeys, and…

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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Amador_g
Nov 11, 2025
Excelent half day tour - expert tour guide, very interactive activity. Got to see lake, shipping boats, two type of monkeys and learn about the sorroundings. Money totaly worth. Tour guide super kind, picked us and droped us where we asked him.
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Alison_p
Nov 10, 2025
Panama tour and monkey island - Great experience! Daniel, our guide. Brian, our driver, "Jack Sparrow," our boat captain, wete fantastic.
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Cruiser43275249178
Nov 10, 2025
Gatun lake - Daniel was an excellent tour guide! Saw 3 species of monkeys and a ton of birds. Daniel was very knowledgeable and entertaining. Spoke English and Spanish. Highly highly recommend!
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697shenelleb
Nov 10, 2025
Monkey Tour and Wild Life experience - This was a lovely store I enjoyed the experience Daniel our tour guide was really great and welcomed us all the history that’s he gave us flwwas very informative Our driver Brian (Fast and furious ) I felt safe Out captain (Jack Sparrow ) he knew the right spot to take us to see the monkeys his money call was so natural
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Rosar605
Nov 9, 2025
20/10 experience - This was a 20/10 experience. Jenny is simply put the most amazing tour guide - knowledgeable and entertaining. Rafael, our bus driver was excellent and Captain Pourri was phenomenal. We saw all 3 species of monkeys - Titi, Howler and White Face, along with bats, sloth, birds, turtles and numerous iguanas. Don’t book with anyone else but Jenny from Almiza Tours.
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Alexandra_s
Nov 9, 2025
Very nice experience - Jenny was very friendly and made sure we saw everything. We saw all kinds of monkeys and some birds and bats.
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203natashiad
Nov 8, 2025
Pretty in Panama - I enjoyed the tour with Daniel. I just know his grandkids dont play about him lol. They made sure we were able to see all the monkeys.
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Noahwn825tr
Nov 8, 2025
Worth it! - Amazing experience Brian was able to pick us from our hotel and got us there and back safely. Daniel is a one of a kind tour guide he has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to his country and was able to teach us fun facts on the way and there. He also has a great sense of humor!
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Montserq6278qw
Nov 7, 2025
My wonderful experience - Very good experience. Really good story that you love daniel. love the experience. I had the little guys up close. If I'd come back a thousand times
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Danielkl2319ib
Nov 7, 2025
Monkey tour 2025 - The experience of the tour was good. We were able to see the monkeys and take pictures. The tour guide was knowledgeable.
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From $48
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).