Panama Canal Wildlife Guides: Animals, Sloths, Birds, Season
Guides to Panama Canal wildlife: the animals one by one, sloths, crocodiles, Pipeline Road birding, wildlife or locks tour, and the best months.
The Animals of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal animals one by one: monkeys, two- and three-toed sloths, crocodiles, caimans, toucans, iguanas and coatis, and where each one lives.
Read guide →Where to See Sloths in Panama
Where to see sloths in Panama City and on the canal: wild ones on Ancon Hill, in the Metropolitan Natural Park and Soberania, rescued ones in Gamboa.
Read guide →Crocodiles in the Panama Canal
Are there crocodiles in the Panama Canal? Yes: American crocodiles and spectacled caimans in Gatun Lake. Where to see them, how to tell them apart, the rules.
Read guide →Pipeline Road Birding
Birding on Pipeline Road in Soberania National Park: toucans and trogons, opening hours, the Rainforest Discovery Center tower and guided birding days.
Read guide →Panama Canal Wildlife Tour or Locks Tour?
Panama Canal wildlife tour or locks tour? Sloths and monkeys on Gatun Lake, or ships in the Miraflores and Agua Clara locks. Prices, times, a day for both.
Read guide →The Best Time to See Wildlife in Panama
When to see wildlife on the Panama Canal: the dry season from mid-December to the end of April, rain month by month, and the hawk migration over Ancon Hill.
Read guide →Short on planning time? See the wildlife tour →