Private day tours
Half-day and full-day birding tours from Panama City with a bilingual local bird guide. Every tour is private: just you and your group, at your pace.
Morning tours run from 6:00 am till noon, when birds are most active. Full-day tours reach the foothills and the Caribbean side. Combos pair a morning and an afternoon tour in one day.
The world-renowned birding road, plus the observation tower and hummingbird feeders at the Panama Rainforest Discovery Center.
6:00 am till noon · Easy to moderate
All-day option: $280 solo · $160 (2–4) · $150 (5–10)
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Bird Gatún Lake and the Chagres River from a pontoon boat, passing the cargo ships of the Panama Canal. Herons, raptors, toucans, monkeys and sloths.
7:15 am till noon on the water · Easy, seated
Solo traveler? 4-hour short version, $235
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A protected forest inside Panama City, with dry and secondary forest trails. Look for Lance-tailed Manakin and the endemic Yellow-green Tyrannulet.
6:00 am till noon · Easy to moderate
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Two km of dry forest, scrub and grassland plus the Summit Ponds. Open habitats make birds easier to see: a great introduction to tropical birding.
6:00 am till noon · Easy to moderate
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An old dirt road through mature forest along a small creek. Little undergrowth makes it good for shy forest-floor birds and army-ant followers.
6:00 am till noon · Moderate to hard
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“The magical road” through humid forest near the Caribbean coast, many times a Christmas Bird Count leader. Spot-crowned Barbet, White-headed Wren, Blue Cotinga.
6:00 am till 4:00 pm · Easy to moderate
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Cool foothill and cloud forest at about 1,000 m in Chagres National Park, with some 40 species you won’t find in the Canal lowlands.
6:00 am till 4:00 pm · Easy to moderate
Photography focus: $320 solo · $200 (2–10)
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Foothill birding at about 900 m in an old volcanic crater: Cerro Gaital, La Mesa and the valley itself. We recommend staying the night.
6:00 am till 4:00 pm · Easy to moderate
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Steep cloud-forest slopes with views of the Pacific, at the eastern end of the Talamanca range. Foothill species on easy, well-kept trails.
6:00 am till 4:00 pm · Easy to moderate
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Mountain forest at up to 1,100 m on the Continental Divide, with a spring-like climate and birds similar to El Valle.
6:00 am till 4:00 pm · Easy to moderate
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Parks, mangroves, mudflats and the seashore inside the city: herons, Southern Lapwing, Mangrove Warbler and more, with little walking.
Morning or afternoon, 3 to 4 hours · Easy
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Private birding while your ship is in port, from Amador or Colón 2000: Metropolitan Park, Old Gamboa, Pipeline Road, Birding by Boat or Achiote Road, back on board in time.
Timed to your ship · Easy to moderate
Pipeline Road and the PRDC & Tower in the morning, lunch in Gamboa, then a private boat on Gatún Lake and the Chagres River in the afternoon. Forest birds first, then herons, raptors, toucans, monkeys and sloths from the water.
About 6:00 am till 5:00 pm · Easy to moderate
Includes: PRDC & Tower entry fee, private boat with captain, park fee and tolls. Lunch not included.
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Two very different roads in one day: the open dry forest, scrub and ponds of Old Gamboa Road in the morning, lunch nearby, then the mature forest of Plantation Road in the afternoon, good for shy forest birds and army-ant followers.
About 6:00 am till 5:00 pm · Easy to moderate, then moderate
Includes: Park fee and tolls. Lunch not included.
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A full day without leaving the city: Metropolitan Nature Park in the morning for Lance-tailed Manakin and Yellow-green Tyrannulet, lunch in town, then parks, mangroves and mudflats along Panama Bay in the afternoon for herons, shorebirds and parrots.
About 6:00 am till 5:00 pm · Easy to moderate
Includes: Metropolitan Nature Park entrance fee. Lunch not included.
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Our longest city day: Metropolitan Nature Park in the morning, urban birding along Panama Bay in the afternoon, then owling at Parque Omar as the light fades, for Tropical Screech-Owl, Black-and-white Owl, Spectacled Owl and Common Potoo.
About 6:00 am till after dark · Easy to moderate
Includes: Metropolitan Nature Park entrance fee, spotlight. Lunch not included.
Price per person
Prices are in USD per person from Panama City center, 7% tax included. Please book at least 15 days ahead; for sooner dates, message us first. Solo-traveler rates, group rates for 5 to 10 people and what is included are on the Rates page.
More than a day?
Combine several days of birding, or go further: the Darién lowland for Harpy Eagle, or the Chiriquí highlands.
Plan your trip
Send your dates, the number of birders and your target species. We reply personally.
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