PCC131 Canal Boat Tour with wildlife observation at Gatun Lake and Rainforest walk in Soberania National Park

An easy morning rainforest walk in Soberania National Park offers you excellent opportunities to see rainforest mammals and is great for bird observation. This 2 to 3 hour walk gives you an insight to the great diversity of the rainforest ecosystem.

Our Canal Boat Tour starts in the center of the Canal, where Gatun Lake is still narrow and the Chagres Rivers gets transformed to be the lake. At the begin of the boat ride you can witness expansion works of the Canal such as dredging, widening and straightening the curves. Further down, the lake gets bigger and we explore its many bays and islands. Along the beautiful rainforest shores you have good opportunities to observe some mammals such as Mantled Howler Monkey, White-faced Capuchin Monkey, Geoffroy’s Tamarin Monkey, Two- and Three-toed Sloth, birds such as Osprey, Snail Kite and water fowl, reptiles like Green Iguana, Jesus Christ Lizard, River Turtle, Spectacled Caiman and American Crocodile. Bypassing ships are a contrasting addition to this 3 hour boat excursion.

On the way to Gatun Lake we will be driving parallel to the Canal, where you see the Miraflores and the Pedro Miguel Locks, Culebra Cut through the Continental Divide, the Chagres River, the railway and the dredging division of the Canal.

The 8 hour tour includes guide, transportation, water, picnic lunch during the boat tour. On the drive back you have the option to be dropped off at the visitors center of the Miraflores Locks or at your hotel.

Price range per person: 110 to 125 per person
Children 6 to 12 years old $65 | Free of charge 0 to 5 years old.