Cruise Shore Excursion Panama: Wildlife Gatun lake

Recommended by 93% of travelers

Panama City, Panama

3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Boat ride

Gratuities
Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Terminal de Cruceros de Amador
Unnamed Road, Panama City, Panama
Pickup is at the Panama Cruise Terminal Gate the Guide will be holding an Almiza Tours Sign

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Gamboa

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Gatun Lake

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 15 reviews

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Lots of animals

James_P, Apr 2026

We saw 3 kinds of monkeys and several other interesting animals. There were loads of monkey boats out searching, so when some were found out was chaos with boats all piling into the same space. Our tour guide did a nice job on the hour ride to the marina. He did both Spanish and English evenly.

Very informative tour of the monkey islands on Gatun Lake.

John_S, Feb 2026

Our guide Maribel led us on a wonderful journey on Gatun Lake as we sought out several different types of monkeys - howlers, capuchin, and titi. Also, she pointed out many varieties of plants, trees, flowers, and birds as we visited a number of coves and islands on the lake. What a wonderful way to experience Panama!

Fantastic Excursion

judith_b, Nov 2025

Had an amazing time on this tour. We stopped at a Farmers Market and had some pineapple. The produce looked wonderful. Then we boarded our boat which holds 30 people and began exploring Gutan Lake and “Monkey island”. The Tour Guide Daniel was awesome! Very knowledgeable, friendly and even sang a song for my birthday. The monkeys were terrific and nice to see in their home environment. We learned there is over 800 things to eat in the jungle. Fortunately we say an alligator and a snail eating bird. Kudos to our driver too for doing a great job! I enjoyed the Port pick up and drop too. Just a small caution due to traffic the excursion can last more than 3.5 hours so allow extra time.

Poor transport and communication, great tour on the boat

Stephen_P, Feb 2025

Be sure that they are very clear with your pick up spot. We were where they told us to be at 9 am. After several texts back and forth we were finally picked up in a small SUV with a driver that couldn't speak any English. We were supposed to be in a air conditioned bus with a guide. Same on the way back. My husband and I ended up in the third row of the small SUV with zero leg space. An hour each way. The boat ride was very good and Daniel was a great guide for it.

Best tour ever!

lakingit, Mar 2024

Oscar was so accommodating to us. He was very passionate about his job and went the extra mile to give us the best tour ever!

So many monkeys!

Rachel_G, Mar 2024

I absolutely adored this trip, we saw all 3 breeds of monkey and both the Titi Monkeys and White Faced Monkeys came onto the boat. Feeding a handful of peanuts and out of the palm of my hand and then having the monkey walk over it, is a memory that will live with me. Although once the excursion was underway it was brilliant, the lead up was very concerning. Given this is marketed as a cruise shore excursion, I was rather surprised that the meeting point was a random ice-cream shop, a 16 min walk or $10 cab ride from the Pacific Cruise Terminal where we were docked. Even more surprising was the email I had just over a day before hand, asking which hotel I wanted to be picked up from, and asking if I wanted a 6.30am or 1pm pick up, despite having booked one for 9am on a cruise ship excursion. I didn't receive confirmation of the pick up point, and a time change to 1pm until 8.30am just before I was about to leave assuming it was still booked for 9am as per my ticket. I was also rather surprised about having to then spend an hour going around various other hotels to pick up many other guests. The listing on Viator states there will be a maximum of 15 travellers.. I'd say there was definitely more on this excursion - so I'd suggest a lot of the description of this may not be accurate. However once it is underway and the stress of trying to make sure you don't miss it while there is a lack of communication, it really was an excellent trip and one of my favourite excursions of my whole cruise,