Gamboa Rainforest Resort

The resort offers you a variety of excursions, entertainment and leisure options and three choices for dining. The tour desk and concierge can help you arrange your visit to take full advantage of all the area has to offer. You can visit the freshwater aquarium, orchid and botanical gardens, butterfly nursery, turtle and iguana nesting areas, a reptile exhibit, historical and cultural displays, or sign up for various nature and observation tours. Tour highlights include the Night Safari, bird watching on Pipeline Road or trekking on the Chunga Chagres Trail.

However, your appreciation of this tropical environment doesn't have to stop at the forest floor. For a bird's eye view of the Soberania National Park and Panama Canal, climb aboard their specially designed aerial trams and glide quietly through the rainforest canopy, where you'll encounter plants and animals rarely seen by visitors on the ground.

From the marina, go and experience tours on the Chagres River and Lake Gatun, where you can take sport-fishing trips for peacock bass and other exotic fish, kayaking, and tours to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Barro the Colorado Island.

When you need to retreat from nature an enormous pool complete with waterfall, kids pool and a swim up pool bar, gym, tennis courts or nearby golf course await you. You can even pamper yourself in their luxurious spa and beauty salon offering a full range of treatments to get you back on your feet after a long day of exploring or just because you want to treat yourself.

The Gamboa Rainforest Resort offers you three dining selections:

• The Corotu restaurant offers buffets and a la carte international dishes served in the air-conditioned interior or outside on the terrace.  Corotu Restaurant serves a breakfast buffet every morning with fresh fruit, American and Continental breakfasts, and pastries.
• For elegance, guests should opt for the handsome, air-conditioned Chagres River View, offering a broader menu of Continental and seafood dishes.
• Los Lagartos perches over the river offers a great Sunday brunch, where patrons can spot caiman, herons and other wildlife in the river.

The small town of Gamboa has limited options for food and drinks other than a limited grocery store stocking essentials. Especially for the villas, it is best to stock up on your needs in Panama City before coming if you plan to use the kitchen.