Panama main tour: Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge

      Panama City, Panama

      AB
      21 reviews
      Sep 1 - 11, 2022
      Group size: 4 - 18
      Panama main tour: Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge
      Panama City, Panama

      21 reviews

      Sep 1 - 11, 2022
      Group size: 4 - 18

      About this trip

      Panama is an explosion of bird diversity where Central and South American species are found side by side, with tanagers, puffbirds, jacamars, and toucans lighting up the forests. The world-famous Canopy Lodge and Canopy Tower are our bases for the main tour, while those fortunate enough to join the pre-tour extension will visit Canopy Camp in the Darién (Harpy Eagle!)

      Main tour: Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge

      • Sept. 1 – Canopy Tower 
      • Sept. 2 – AM: Canopy Tower and Semaphore Hill, PM: Ammo Dump Ponds and environs
      • Sept. 3 – AM: Pipeline Road, PM: Summit Gardens
      • Sept. 4 – Cerro Azul
      • Sept. 5 – AM: Plantation Trail, PM: Chagres River
      • Sept. 6 – Transfer to Canopy Lodge
      • Sept. 7 – AM: La Mesa Road, PM: Cara Iguana
      • Sept. 8 – AM: Cerro Gaital, PM: Valle Chiquito
      • Sept. 9 – Altos del Maria
      • Sept. 10 – AM: Las Minas, PM: Mata Ahogado
      • Sept. 11 – Transfer to Tocumen Airport, Panama City

      What’s included

      • Accommodation
        10 hotel nights
      • Meals
        3 meals per day from dinner on day 1 until breakfast until day 11. Including non-alcoholic beverages during meals.
      • Transportation
        All in-country private transportation to and from sites visited. Transportation from airport to hotel and day 1 and from hotel to airport on day 11.
      • Guiding fees
        All guiding fees for tour leaders and local guides.
      • Entrance fees
        All entrance fees to sites mentioned in the itinerary.
      • Activities
        All activities as described in the itinerary.

      What’s not included

      • Internat transportation
        Transportation to and from start/end point of the tour.
      • Alcoholic beverages
        Alcoholic beverages
      • Personal purchases
        Items such as (but not limited to) calls, laundry, souvenirs etc.
      • Tips
        Any tips you would like to offer tour leaders, guides, drivers, porters, wait staff, housekeeping etc. for outstanding service.

      Available Packages

      standard double room (price per person)

      This is the price for 1 person in double occupancy in a standard shared room for the main portion of the 2022 Panama tour (1-11 Sept. 2022). If you wish to book for 2 people in double occupancy, make sure to buy 2 tickets. If only one person occupies a double room, the single supplement will apply.

      $4,355
      Deposit: $2,178
      standard single room (price per person)

      This is the price for 1 person in single occupancy in a standard single room for the main portion of the 2022 Panama tour (1-11 Sept. 2022).

      $4,355
      Deposit: $2,178
      deluxe double room (price per person)

      This is the price for 1 person in double occupancy in a shared suite for the main portion of the 2022 Panama tour (1-11 Sept. 2022). If you wish to book for 2 people in double occupancy, make sure to buy 2 tickets. If only one person occupies a double room, the single supplement will apply.

      $4,875
      Deposit: $2,438

      Available options



      Itinerary

      1 Sept. 2022
      Canopy Tower

      Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met by our drivers who will transfer you to the Canopy Tower, located at the top of Semaphore Hill in the rainforest of Soberanía National Park. For those arriving early, the view from the observation deck provides some incredible Panama birding opportunities! Here, you get a unique eye-level perspective of the rainforest canopy. Many birds in the rainforest, including toucans, parrots, tanagers of various species, hawks, and dozens of others, as well as monkeys, two species of sloth, and other mammals are commonly seen. From this vantage point you can also see ships transiting the Panama Canal, the majestic Centennial Bridge, and miles of rainforest! You may also want to watch the hummingbird feeders at the base of the Canopy Tower for Long-billed Hermit, White-necked Jacobin, Violet-bellied and Blue-chested hummingbirds and White-vented Plumeleteer. Occasionally, a Snowy-bellied Hummingbird is spotted! After this first Panama birding, a welcome dinner will be served.

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      Reviews

      This was our first trip to Africa. It was a wonderful experience. The people in Rwanda were very friendly and welcoming. Since this was our first trip to Africa and the birds we saw were amazing, and mostly new to us, with names and images only seen in field guides prior to this trip. Our guides Katinka and Patricia worked very hard to make this trip as enjoyable as possible for everyone, but as in any group of people there are some participants that demand a little more attention than others. I suggest that in future trip this inequity be addressed so people that are less aggressive don't feel left out at times.
      By CHARLES K for ABA Rwanda 2023 on Jan 01, 2024
      The trip was excellent. Katinka did a great job handling all the details and finding birds. The accommodations and food were very good. The ability to spend time tracking chimps and mountain gorillas really made the trip unique. Rwanda was clean, safe, and very hospitable..
      By Richard S for ABA Rwanda 2023 on Jan 01, 2024
      Awesome trip. The guides were outstanding, so patient and knowledgeable
      By Andreas K for Colombia 2023 on Sep 25, 2023
      Experience of a lifetime. A bit exhausting, but well worth the time & effort. Some highs & lows, but overall a great trip. More driving and fewer "parks/reserves" than expected, but plenty of birds. Accommodations, especially in Cali, were far more upscale than I would have assumed. Great local and site-specific guides. Excellent breakfasts and lunches "out in the field." Hard to tell, but perhaps geared a bit to more advanced birders, more familiar with birds of Colombia.
      By Jim M for Colombia 2023 on Sep 25, 2023
      SS
      I loved the ABA trip to Colombia. I felt well taken-care-of and accommodated. The ABA, Nature Colombia, and local guides combined seamlessly to give us a great birding experience, too much food, and comfortable buses and accomodation. I look forward to traveling with ABA again.
      By Susan S for Colombia 2023 on Sep 17, 2023
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