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Enjoy Nature

Discover the great variety of birds surrounding our center next to Pipeline Road in Gamboa. Walk on our trails and relax watching the hummingbirds in our Visitor Center at the borders of Soberanía National Park, just at a 40 minutes drive by car from Panama City.
The Panama Rainforest Discovery Center is an ecotourism and environmental education project under the administration of Eugene Eisenmann Avifauna Foundation, which main goal is the conservation of birds through environmental sustainability projects.

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Testimonials

c brooksdrones:
Beautiful place
Alvasonline:
Relaxing place, the walk is easy. The monkeys can be heard and seen very close.
Ulrich Poprawka:
A good starting point to get a first impression of a rainforest.
Susann Jentsch:
It was absolutely wonderful to watch the hummingbirds. The other animals were lovely too. The view over the rainforest from the observation tower was breathtaking. On the way back, I witnessed a spec…
Bilal Ansari:
Super💔
Wioletta Manig:
Well, you just have to walk a lot.
Sarah Jarnald:
Nice little walkabout in the rainforest- the observatory tower and the hummingbirds made the pricey entrance worth it
Silvia Isaac:
Thank you Yuris for an amazing experience! Great guide and a great conversation for the walk. She even took pictures of the group! We felt VIP. It was a very nice day… thank you!
Jakub Jílek:
Good place for a short stroll and if you have time you can rest and watch the hummingbirds
Nico Carrega (Nico):
It was an excellent experience! It’s a wonderful place to visit and relax. You can enjoy activities like walking, birdwatching, and looking for wildlife. José, the tourist guide, was extremely kind…
Massimo Vinci:
The park is surrounded by nature, but the $30 adult fee is excessively high. Nothing justifies this price, considering the facilities are more than 15 years old and the trails are rough. The staff is…
Jakob Schmidt:
My wife and I visited this place because we love wildlife. Its takes about 30min to get there from where you would leave the car. On this way alone we already saw monkeys, toucans, manakins and many…
Ileana López S.:
Beautiful
Lisa Karder:
Easily one of the nicest places. This is rural nature preserved, so you can experience a Jungle easily. As it is not visitied by as many tourists as other places (wich is a loss for all that havent b…
Daniel Martin Fuentes Chamorro:
Highly recommended! The sky tower had phenomenal views above the treetops. It was a unique and informative experience, thanks to our guide, Yuris.
Florence P:
Very nice place! Yes, there is a price to pay, but local guides on site help you see animals. Thanks to a very kind person, we were able to observe a sloth in a tree and many hummingbirds! The observ…
RidingMTL-QUE Biking Kayaking:
Superb, I cycled there from Panama City.
Fray Esteban, OFM Capuchino:
A nice walk and observation of various types of hummingbirds
Kyle Darling:
Today, I visited the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center with my wife and kids. We saw toucans, butterflies, an agouti, a coati mundi, several lizards, a small crocodile, and a wide variety of humming…
Dennis Wiesenborn:
We so much enjoyed the Rainforest Discovery Center for birding, we visited twice. The staff at the Visitors Center were a great help to us, and helped us enjoy great views of hummingbirds, motmots, t…
Milagros Durango:
One day, my friends and I decided to visit the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center for the first time, and we were absolutely delighted. We opted to travel by Uber, which turned out to be an excellent…

    sounds, sights, smells

    Forests full of life

    The dripping mist from the leaves, the monkeys howling in the morning, the frogs croaking, and thousands of chanting birds filling up the silence.  These are the hosts and you are the visitor.
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    Our Facilities

    Designed and built with sustainable architecture, using recycled materials and clean technologies.

    Visitor Center

    Solar panels and rainwater collectors allow this self-sustainable open structure of 140m2 to stand up in the middle of the jungle minimizing it's impact on the environment. This is the place where all the hiking trails start.

    Built with 70% of recycled materials from the old Canal Zone constructions, the Visitor Center features a deck, cellar, and 2 restrooms. You can sit back and enjoy the variety of hummingbirds while sipping a free cup of coffee or hot tea.

    Observation Tower

    200m  from the Visitor Center, along a gravel path and wooden walkway, you will find our observation tower.

    A spiral staircase of 174 steps brings you to the resting & observation platforms every 8m until you reach the top deck at 32m high, just above the forest canopy.

    Forest Trails

    With 1.1 km long and 1.2 m wide, our circuit of trails through the forest was built using fine gravel. The trails include a range from easy to moderate difficult levels, also you can find two resting locations:

    One, by the edge of the Calamito Lake which has a small deck with benches great for observing water wildlife.

    Birdwatchers: this is for you

    blue bird on a green branch

    Our Bird List

    The Pipeline Road is one of the most renowned places in the world for bird watching. Here in 1985, 385 bird species were identified during a bird count organized by the Audubon Society, establishing a record number with the most species of birds seen within a 24-hour period.

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