Gatun Lake Boat Tour: Explore Panamanian Rainforest Wildlife & Sloth Sanctuary
4.7
151 Ratings
Panamá
Embark on a thrilling boat tour of Gatun Lake in Panama, where you'll encounter a diverse array of wildlife, including crocodiles, toucans, and sloths. Explore the lush rainforest and visit a sloth sanctuary and butterfly garden for an unforgettable adventure.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gatun Lake - We will board a boat and navigate on Gatun Lake next to the huge ships that cross the Panama Canal. We will admire the fauna and vegetation of the tropical forest.
  • Gamboa - After our boat trip in Gatun Lake we will visit the Sloth Sanctuary to watch three-toed and two-toed sloths that have been rescued. We will learn about life and habits of the sloths and the efforts for the conservation of the species through the volunteers and specialized guides.

Later we will go to the Butterfly House where we will observe the butterflies that live in the rainforest such as the colorful Blue Morpho Butterfly. We will also visit the orchid and frog exhibitions.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

This journey provides a distinctive opportunity to engage with the rich variety of nature found in the Panamanian rainforest by partaking in a boat excursion on Gatun Lake where you can see creatures such as crocodiles, toucans, hawks, turtles, butterflies, and many others. You’ll sail the Panama Canal alongside massive ships as well. The adventure continues with a visit to the Sloth Sanctuary, where you’ll gain knowledge about the preservation and reintroduction of sloths back into their native habitat. Lastly, the itinerary includes a visit to the butterfly garden where the renowned Blue Morpho butterfly can be seen.

Location
Concordia Plaza Shopping Center
Vía España
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(151 Ratings)
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Bt_f
May 5, 2024
An Amazing and Informative Day -- Highly Recommended - We had an amazing day that we would recommend to anybody visiting the Panama City area! Our guide, Juan, picked us up in a comfortable car right from our AirBnB and brought us back later, making sure we didn't have to worry about any transportation at all. He was clearly very educated and well-informed about the wildlife in the area. We saw monkeys, bats, lizards of various sorts, even a sloth in the wild! The Sloth Sanctuary was great, and features much more than just the sloths, including a very interesting butterfly house and poison frog enclosure. Really amazing time, and we're so glad we went!
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Marykay_w
May 4, 2024
World of Difference - Having the monkeys eat out of my hands. The beauty and peacefulness on the lake. How informative and friendly our guide was.
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I5512xvdianar
May 1, 2024
Great Tour - Great tour! Out tour guide Ariel was great, the car was air conditioned and comfortable (not like other tours I’ve experienced) we did not see as many monkeys we had hoped for. At times it did feel as though different tours were competing for the monkeys to come to the boat. They call them over by whistling. I am assuming the monkeys after a while are no longer hungry with so many tourists coming and going! I enjoyed the sloth sanctuary and overall enjoyed the experience.
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Benita_h
Apr 16, 2024
Great Experience - Great activity when visiting Panamá. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, the driver was great and the tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. I highly recommend!
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Clorissa_m
Apr 11, 2024
All the wild was out this day! - Great tour, a lot of moneys were out this day and even a sloth in the wild! (Which is rare). Our tour guide made sure we got all the pictures we needed. I loved it,
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Michael_t
Apr 12, 2024
Good to experience once. - Did this tour out of Panama City. The boat trip was the best part of the tour, we passed several container ships, saw croc's, birds and several monkey species. I understand that the monkeys are enticed with food to bring them to the boats for the tour experience but it seems a bit wrong. Overall a worthwhile day though.
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Bhavnalathia
Apr 8, 2024
More informative and friendly staff would be better - There were only 4 Sloths, very less butterflies in butterfly garden. I expected more information and more animals
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705brianas
Mar 24, 2024
Viewing the various species of animals from the alligators to the poisonous frogs from the monkeys to the sloths, Ships - I got to see everything I wanted to see and the guide was great, very knowledgable and friendly. Seeing the wildlife from the water is the best way to get a close up look. Would do it again.
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Stephaniegq4280iq
Apr 14, 2024
It was a long day but we saw some good wildlife out on the lake. - It was nice to see the wildlife out on the lake. We needed a lot of patience but finally saw a sloth, capuchin monkey, bats, and a crocodile. The sloth sanctuary was a waste of time. Despite the photos, there is no touching the sloths. Would have preferred to go back to the ship after the lake. Our guide, Alberto, was very nice and knowledgeable.
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Kalybeautybio
Apr 25, 2024
TO RUN AWAY!!!! SCAM!!!!!! - So really disappointed!!!!! Just tourism that’s for sure!!!!! The only little extra that was nice was going to see the little monkeys. Otherwise it has nothing to do with a Sloth sanctuary!!!!! Only 2 poor lazy people on a branch in the middle of sleep (the poor people) who are woken up for the tourists!!!!!! No other lazy people!!! However this is not my first trip to sanctuaries, I travel all over the world but it's really catastrophic!!!!!! No interaction with the animals, it was more of an ordinary flower and garden visit than anything else. On the other hand, the walk on the canal is very pleasant. I was delighted to discover these animals, I took the excursion just for that and frankly, a big disappointment!!!!!! I would even have to ask for compensation because either you take it or it is, it's not worth it at all!!!!!! Do something else because you won't meet his little sloths at all!!!!! To flee!!!!
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