Gamboa, Panama Last Minute Deals

The Panama Canal and Gamboa Rainforest

Hello Fellow Travelers!

Last minute deals for Gamboa, Panama Tours!

Book by December 18th and get up to 15% off the posted internet rate. Beside this great deal, airfare to Panama is very cheap right now. This is an excellent opportunity to visit the Gamboa area of Panama. I have two trips with 20% discounts:

January 26 - February 2, 2025 (8-days), spots left = 4, discount price of $2,480
February 8 - 17, 2025, (10-days) spots left = 4, discount price of $3,120
Prices are per person, based on double occupancy. Single occupancy fee applies.

Below you will find info about all Panama Tours.

Gamboa _ Chiriquí _ The Darien _ Bocas del Toro

Special offer: Included with your trip (one per room) is a copy of the field guide “The Birds of Panama” by George Angehr and Robert Dean. You will receive this when you reserve your trip so you will have time to study and know the beautiful birds of Panama.

**Pearl Islands: About 30 miles off the coast from Panama City is the island archipelago called the Pearl Islands, which includes over 200 islands. If you sign up for two tours, back to back, you will have a free day in between the tours. We can help you schedule activities for that day. We recommend a visit to one of the Pearl Islands. It is a 1.5 hour boat ride and with opportunities to view sea birds such as boobies, petrels, terns, gulls, and other birds as well. The islands offer great swimming, snorkeling and other water activities.

Recommended Reading: The complete history of the Panama Canal, written by David McCullough and titled "The Paths Between the Sea". It is excellent, and everything you ever wanted to know about the 400 hundred year history of people who dreamed, attempted, and built the Panama Canal. The book was published in 1977 and so ends just before the time that President Jimmy Carter negotiated the Torrijos-Carter Treaty, which was ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1978 and gave the Panamanian government control of the canal. The book weighs about 3 pounds, seriously, it doesn't travel well, so read it before you travel to Panama.

Below is a video that I took with my cell phone through the scope.

This male Harpy Eagle was sitting above the nest, overlooking a young chick. The eagle was there for about an hour, and then flew away. Check out the neck rotation of this bird!

Gamboa Rainforest birds we have seen: Gamboa Bird List

Chiriquí Highland birds we have seen: Chiriquí Bird List

Darien Raptors Tour, birds we have seen: Darien Bird List

Bocas del Toro birds we have seen: Bocas Bird List

Animals we have seen: Four species of monkeys (Golden-mantled Howler, Geoffroy's Tamarin, Panamanian Night Monkey, Spider Monkey), Anteaters (Northern Tamandua and Giant Anteater), both 2-toed and 3-toad sloths, Coati, Crab-eating Raccoon, Agouti, Panama slender opossum, Rufous soft-furred spiny-rat, Red-tailed squirrel, Variegated squirrel, and Capybara. Many of the mammals will have babies. We see many reptiles and amphibians including the Spectacled Caiman and the American Crocodile.

If you would like to see photos from a photographer who was on a previous trip,

please click here:

Ersten Imaoka's Photo Album

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