Monkey Island Tours and Tickets

Observe the monkeys on Monkey Island during this tour from Panama City. Round-trip transportation from Panama City hotels included. Morning or afternoon tour times available.

Travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during this full-day tour of the Panama Canal. With your local guide, explore the canal by sea and on foot, viewing the ships passing through the locks and the variety of plant and animal life on the canal's shores. Explore Gatun Lake and Monkey Island, home to howlers, capuchins, and tamarins. Stop at the Agua Clara Locks Visitor Center to get an overview of the canal's history through informative displays and exhibits. Explore San Lorenzo National Park and Fort San Lorenzo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and enjoy a picnic lunch. All activities, entrance fees, lunch, and round-trip transportation from Panama City hotels are included.

Visit the Panama Canal during a private layover tour from Panama City’s international airport. Travel with a private driver to see one of the world’s engineering marvels. During this convenient outing, learn about Panama’s fascinating history and watch ships navigate the canal’s locks. Stop at the visitor center and enjoy a sightseeing tour through Panama City before returning to the airport.

Cruise the Panama Canal to Gatun Lake on a nature tour from Panama City that includes round-trip transport from central Panama City and time to explore Gatun’s wildlife-rich shoreline by boat. Visit jungle islands that were cut off from mainland Panama by the construction of the canal, which protect a thriving population of monkeys, birds, crocodiles, and mammals.

Experience the Panama Canal and the beauty of the rain forest on this guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, embark on a boat tour over the narrow causeways of Gatun Lake and get an up-close view of the canal’s lock systems. Explore Monkey Island and watch for sloths, monkeys, and other wildlife before returning to Panama City by train.

This tour to Monkey Island, the Sloth Sanctuary, and Gatun Lake is an easy way to get out of Panama City for the day and explore the wilds of the rainforest. Get up close to monkeys and sloths in a safe environment. Take a boat ride on huge Gatun Lake, where you can continue your animal spotting. Look out for crocodiles, toucans, turtles, and many kinds of butterfly.

Experience Gatun Lake’s spectacular wildlife and rich culture on this half-day excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, travel by boat to an island chain in the middle of the Panama Canal that Howlers and other monkey species call home. Learn about these fascinating primates from an informative guide before continuing to an Embera indigenous village where you’ll enjoy a delicious traditional lunch and watch a live music and dance performance.

Experience first hand being inside the Panama Canal while immersing yourself in its intriguing history, the day-to-day operations and the abundant wildlife all around you, while being surrounded by lush rainforest. Gaze at the gigantic ships effortlessly passing us and listen for the distant monkey cries as we approach Monkey Island. Get up close and personal with four different species of monkeys -the Mantled Howler Monkey, the White-Faced Capuchin Monkey, Geoffroy’s Tamarin Monkey, and the Lemurine Owl Monkey - as they climb on you and snatch food. Discover many other wild animals including crocodiles, toucans, sloths, iguanas, turtles, and numerous exotic birds.

Discover the exotic wildlife of Panama – less than 45mn from the city. Observe crocodiles, wild birds, get close to white-face monkeys, howler monkeys, and tamarinds. Get close to gigantic ships going through the lake Gatun and enjoy a peaceful boat ride on board of “La Bere”, with an experienced local pilot. For English and Spanish tours, your local guide will be Marc Vargas, a famous local guide highly reviewed in many social network expats groups. Marc has a deep knowledge of nature and wildlife in the area and will share his knowledge with you to make the trip memorable. Marc also has basic Portuguese knowledge. Please note that for large groups, Cantonese, Mandarin, and French tours can also be organized (on demand). Please kindly contact us to confirm the date and time, and advise us of the language wished for the tour.

This private tour from Panama City gets you close to ships traveling through the Panama Canal and even closer to monkeys on Monkey Island. Relax during a boat ride on Lake Gatun, which forms part of the Panama Canal, as ships pass by on their way through the canal. As your boat circles around Monkey Island, look for three species of monkey on the water's edge before a short rain forest hike to a natural swimming hole.

Nature-lovers wanting to see some of Panama’s most beautiful and interesting wildlife will enjoy this half-day tour to Monkey Island. The island in Gatun Lake is home to monkeys, crocodiles, herons, toucans, and more. As well as wildlife watching you’ll get the chance to see enormous ships sailing to and from the engineering marvel that is the Panama Canal.

In this tour we have combined history, adventure, culture, and ecology into a one day experience! Some highlights:  We will be in one of the most biodiverse areas in the world, only 30 min from the city You will be INSIDE the Panama Canal on this tour You visit and learn about indigenous culture and ways they survive in the rainforest You will be able to see monkeys and other wildlife close in a safe way

The easiest way for you to have close contact with monkeys in their natural habitat is undoubtedly on Monkey Island. Located in Gatun Lake in the Gamboa Rainforest - just 40 minutes from Panama City. When the Gatun Dam was built in the early 1900s, it prevented the Chagres River from flowing into the Caribbean Sea, creating Lake Gatun, which at the time was the largest man-made lake in the world. Today, Gatun Lake is an invaluable asset to the Panama Canal, as it carries tens of thousands of ships each year for 33 kilometers on their journey through the Isthmus of Panama. On one of the small islands that were once the hilltops of the Chagres Valley, now sits Monkey Island - known for its large monkey population.

Hop aboard a high-speed motorboat through the Panama Canal on a half-day tour of Gatun Lake. You’ll slow down to sightsee around the lake with a naturalist guide, with stops at Monkey Island and Sounds of Silence Island. Marvel at the breathtaking flora and fauna surrounding Gatun Lake, and enjoy a look at the island wildlife. Includes picnic lunch, refreshments and round-trip hotel transport from Panama City.

Live the experience of visiting a country with many tourist attractions, a cosmopolitan city currently considered the city with more skyscrapers in Latin America and at the same time surrounded by nature, we have the Panama Canal, one of the most important engineering works in the world . Ecological Panama is the perfect option for those interested in knowing a little of all the contrasts in the Isthmus of Panama, this Tour covers from the most important engineering work in the region to the customs of our indigenous people, through the daily activities of the most advanced city in Central America.

If you're short on time, this tour is ideal for getting a view of two of Panama City's top attractions. - Close encounter with wildlife and wild animals. - Sail directly beside large container ships directly on the Panama Canal.

Get up close and personal with four different species of monkeys -the Mantled Howler Monkey, the White-Faced Capuchin Monkey, Geoffroy’s Tamarin Monkey, and the Lemurine Owl Monkey - as they climb on you and snatch food. Discover many other wild animals including crocodiles, toucans, sloths, iguanas, turtles, and numerous exotic birds. We will also visit a sloth sanctuary, where you can observe these intriguing creatures in their natural habitat.

Your guide points out native flora and fauna of the Panama Rainforest, known for its biodiversity. You’ll get an up-close encounter with the wildlife on a visit to Monkey Island. Navigates the waterways of the Panama Canal, and marvel at the container ships that transit the canal daily. After your captain turns off the boat engine, enjoy a leisurely cruise that meanders along the forested banks of Gatun Lake. Itinerary may change due to weather conditions.

Many travelers check out the amazing Panama Canal but fewer experience the more natural side of the canal area. Take a ride on the lake created by the canal, Gatun Lake, and visit various islands in the lake, where many birds and animals live. Learn about sloths at the Sloth Sanctuary, and take a short hike in Soberania National Park to see more animals, like monkeys, birds, and caimans.

- The beautiful island of Taboga, with its beaches of crystal clear waters. - Monkey Island, where you will see monkeys up close, including: the white face or the Tamarin monkeys. - Discover the construction of the Panama Canal at the Miraflores Locks and discover how ships cross the canal from coast to coast. The 8th man has done wonders of the world. - You will visit an Embera village, where you will learn their ancestral way of life and taste their food. - Visit a typical mountain village, El Valle de Anton, which is nestled in a volcano crater. - There, you will ride the India Dormida if you feel fit.

Vive la Experiencia de ver de cerca a los monos en su hábitat (Isla de los Monos) y realizar una caminata en la selva Tropical de Parque Soberanía en esta excursión de 5 a 6 horas. Incluye el traslado de ida y vuelta desde los hoteles de la ciudad de Panamá. • Tour a Monkey Island desde la ciudad de Panamá • Observa las diferentes especies en Monkey Island. • Paseo en bote por el rio Chagres desde Gamboa Marina • Transporte terrestre de ida y vuelta desde el hotel de la ciudad de Panamá. • Caminata por el Parque Soberanía (Selva Tropical) • Breve Parada en las esclusas de Pedro Miguel (Mirador) • Lunch (emparedados y ensalada frutas) en el Bote.

Get ready to fish in one of the most important man-made Lake in the World, spot white-face monkeys, howler monkeys, and Titi's monkeys, among many other animals!. This tour is not only about fishing but it is also to learn about the local flora and fauna. In addition, you’ll see transiting ships in the Panama Canal and Chagres River. The adventure starts when You will embark on a small boat at the Gamboa pier, to navigate through the Gatun Lake, where the huge vessels transit the Panama Canal. You will detour into secret waterways to find small islands, monkeys’ favourites and an amazing place to Fish: Peacock Bass, Jack Crevalle, Snook, Tilapia, Oscar and Tarpon. You’re also likely to encounter a rich collection of tropical birdlife, plus capybaras, iguanas, and crocodiles, among other species. You have the option of catch and release or have your fish for lunch.