7 Hours Monkey Island and Nature Walk at Soberania National Park

Overview

Available languages

English

Spanish

7 hours

Mobile ticket

Start this fascinating journey with a pick up by your English speaking naturalist tour guide, we will drive for 45 minutes to the town of Gamboa once there we are going aboard our expedition boat to navigate into the waters of the Panama Canal.

On the waters of the canal you will see a giant ships just next to our boat, reach the gatun lake to explore different islands looking for wildlife, monkeys, birds, sloths, crocodiles will be part of this experience.

Return to the pier and drive to the soberania National park, we are going to explore the rainforest from the inside and we will have the opportunity to spot more wildlife along the road, after this nature walk drive to a restaurant for lunch (Not included), we will be back around 2:30 p.m to your hotel.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Boat, captain, english speaking tour guide and land transportation.

We stop for lunch on the way back to Panama city but is not included

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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What To Expect

Panama Canal

We start the day with and early pick up at your hotel by our naturalist tour guide, we will drive to the area of gamboa to aboard and expedition boat to navigate on the waters of the Panama canal, after pass the dredging division of the canal we will reach the gatun lake to visit different islands with monkeys and wildlife.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Parque Nacional Soberania

When we finish our navigation at the Panama canal, we continue to thw area of the soberania national park for our nature walk, during this part of the tour you will see the rainforest from the inside and will be a great opportunity to spot birds and more wildlife.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Included

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7 Hours Monkey Island and Nature Walk at Soberania National Park

Minimum of 2 Traveler required
Pickup included

Reviews

4.81

53 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Great experience. Great team.
Mehmet C,
Sep 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Wonderful experience. Guide Hector & driver Diego were very friendly. Hector is very qualifed regarding the animal, botanic and canal information. We got amazing pictures of wild animals and well understood the canal history In total much more than expected.
Educational, entertaining, and the monkeys!
Heather H,
Jul 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Wonderful way to see the canal and lake up close. We saw three kinds of monkeys and fed them mango and banana. That was by far our favorite part of the tour. The walk in the rain forest is very hot--take water or get it at one of the stops along the way. We also had lunch at the fish market, which was a request that our guides Hector and Diego honored. It was fun to eat fried fish with them! We learned a lot.
Great tour with an...
Alexis L,
Jun 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great tour with an informative guide, definitely recommend this tour for anyone visiting Panama City.
Great 4 days in Panama with Manakin Adventures!
jaypN5816RC,
Apr 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We booked 4 days with Juan and Hector for our family of 4. Juan did a great job. We booked him for the Monkey Island tour, a Canal and Casca Viejo tour, a day at the Embrera Village and the Sleeping Indian Girl hike in Anton Valley. What a great 4 days learning more about Panama and seeing so much! Juan was super easy to work with in getting ready for our trip. He picked us up and we made some stops along the way for roadside stands (sugarcane juice!). Juan was a great tour guide and provided so much knowledge on Panama! We had a great day with Hector at Anton Valley. It was definitely a serious hike, but totally doable for my family with two teenagers. And well worth it for the views! We would totally recommend Manakin for anyone looking for a great trip to Panama.
An amazing experience!...
Kristal P,
Apr 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
An amazing experience! Juan was an incredible guide. We saw lots of monkeys, birds, and other animals.
Fun day seeing monkeys, a sloth and a crocodile 😎
Matthew W,
Mar 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Our kids will never forget the day they got to feed monkeys from their hands while cruising a boat in the Panama Canal. Our tour guide Hector could not haven more knowledgeable and fun four our family of five visiting from Texas.
Great Tripp with great...
Zoltan C,
Mar 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great Tripp with great guide trough Panama Canal, it’s wild nature, culture and life style from the past to now!
3 hours of national park, 4 hours of empty space...
Mael K,
Mar 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
We started this day very well on the water of Lake Gatun. This lasts two hours. Unfortunately, the trip to the national park continues in the park of a hotel... A 45 min walk on an uninteresting trail. Then a visit to the Amador Botanical Park. Which has nothing to do with the national park. Finally "visit" the vicinity of the marina of the port of Amador. Our guides were friendly and certainly following the itinerary requested by their employer. However, this tour does not take you for 7 hours to the national park. The title is misleading and the result very disappointing...
Personalized tours of Panama made our visit more memorable and fun
Tedar2001,
Jan 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We used Juan for three tours of Panama City: a walking tour of Casco Viejo, a day tour of Panama City and a day tour of Gatun Lake and Monkey Island. Juan is friendly and personable and customized our tours to our interests. He timed our lock visit perfectly to lessen the wait and to ensure we saw a ship passage through the canal. Since one of us had lived here as a child, he took us on a walk up Ancon Hill and visited our friend’s former home! When he learned that we love ceviche, he took us to the local market to sample the freshest and most delicious ceviches. And he made sure we saw as much of the wildlife we could see. Being a bird enthusiast himself with the necessary equipment that he share with us, we many of the varied and colorful birds of Panama. It’s those connections that made our tours with Juan memorable. We highly recommend Juan and this tour company.
Excellent Monkey Islands tour, but skip birdwatching
daschwab5,
Jan 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
The Monkey Island portion of the day (2 hours) was a 5. We were able to closely observe both capuchin and tamarind monkeys. However, birdwatching at Soberania National Park was very disappointing. Our guide, Juan, did not even have a scope or binoculars which is imperative for finding birds.