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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

Len. B:
Great Hiking area, from the entrance to the payment booth is 2km, takes about 30 mins walk at a slow pace. Highlights for me were the monekys and feeding the humming birds. Also, the tree top canop…
RidingMTL-QUE Biking Kayaking:
Superb, I cycled there from Panama City.
Colin Bartolomeo:
Wonderful experience. Easy day trip from Panama City. The staff is kind and knowledgeable.
Brad Ritchie:
this morning i visited Panama rainforest discovery center. I went up the tower to the canopy above the trees and that was very cool. I went to the hummingbird feeding area and the man had lots of gre…
In Here:
Very good service and connection with nature.
Fray Esteban, OFM Capuchino:
A nice walk and observation of several types of hummingbirds
Zine Forster:
Great experience and definitely worth the money. People complaining about the price fail to see that this is a privately run (conservation) center and money helps the efforts to keep it as good as it…
Inga:
Wonderful experience, we saw so many birds and other animals. The hummingbirds were a highlight and the people working there were very kind and helpful and took a lot of time to explain things to us…
Marisel:
One of my favorite natural sites… the staff is friendly, willing to share their knowledge. The encounter with nature is magical: they have a view of the lake, a tower, the hummingbird spot... excelle…
Matt Jones:
We had a great time hiking these trails! Easy hike and lots of wildlife. Yuris at the reception was so nice and knowledgeable. We saw agoutis, howler and capuchin monkeys and a lot more. While we wer…
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…
Irene Soisa:
We liked it a lot! Very kind Yuris and his partner with long hair in a ponytail found us a sloth! Easy walk to go with children.
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…
Jan Wilkens:
We really liked the place. Especially the Humming Bird feeding station was nice. Yuris, the girl that worked there, was so passionated and friendly! There was free coffee and she gave the kids paper…
Milagros Durango:
One day, together with my friends, we 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…
Carlos Peregrina:
Nice short trekking. Great view from the tower. A little expensive for tourists IMO.
Larissa Sánchez:
Between birds and landscapes! The trail is truly beautiful, filled with a great diversity of flora and fauna. During the walk to the visitor center, I was lucky enough to see an agouti, also known as…
Jacqueline Malin:
Well worth the bumpy journey off the main road, about 2.5km of unpaved roads. Beautiful rainforest with lots of bird life. The short trail to the lake is a must. Lots of bird life there. Howler monke…

    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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