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 Located
just outside the city in Soberania National Park is the Canopy
Tower Hotel. Once a military radar facility in the former
Panama Canal Zone, the top floor of the hotel allows viewers to
see and forest canopy at eye-level as well as the Pacific entrance
to the Panama
Canal. Owner Raul Arias hosts watchers from all over
the world at his hotel where hundreds of rare and beautiful birds
make their appearance regularly. More than 350 species have been
spotted near this area in a single day!
Another one of the world’s best birdwatching sites is Pipeline
Road which runs into the heart of Panama’s rainforest. This
11 kilometer unpaved road begins just north of Gamboa and winds
through the park’s lowland monsoon rainforest. Among the species
seen here are the black-tailed trogon, ringer hingfisher, long-tailed
woodcreeper, black-breasted puffbird, shining honeycreeper, and
several species of the parrot family. You might also spot a howler
monkey, a white-faced capuchin monkey, or a three toed sloth while
you are at it.
| Panama
Itineraries with Birding |
| Highlights of Avian Panama | Birdwatching in Panama's National Parks: Soberania, La Amistad, Baru Volcano, Darien
7 nights ~ from $2048 | | Birds of Panama with Cana | Search for Resplendent Quetzal, hummingbirds and flycatchers in Chagres, Chiriqui Highlands and Cana
13 nights ~ from $2625 | | Journey between the Seas | Panama Exploration Cruise aboard the Discovery
7 nights ~ from $4148 | | Ultimate Darien Experience | Darien National Park, Cana Field Station, Pirre Cloud Forest
4 nights ~ from $1570 | | The Best of Panama | Chiriqui Highlands, Baru Volcano and the Kuna Indians of San Blas Islands
9 nights ~ from $2363 | | Camino Real Trek | Follow the historic Camino Real (King's Road) from the Pacific to the Caribbean.
7 nights ~ from $1365 |
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