
Canopy Tower
Soberania National Park, Panama
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In the cool Panamanian dawn you can feel Panamá’s great rainforest awakening around you. Blue Cotingas and Green Shrike-Vireos, birds normally glimpsed high in the tops of trees, perch right outside your Canopy Tower room.
Up a flight of stairs in the dining room, a cup of coffee, fresh juice and rolls await you. Settle down at a table next to the window with your binoculars and field guide handy. Above the endless tropical forest of Soberanía National Park, a ship glides through the Panamá Canal. The howling of a distant troupe of monkeys punctuates the birdcalls. With unobstructed views, in complete comfort, you greet the morning sun. Through the unscreened open window, nature carries on its morning business.
Up a flight of stairs in the dining room, a cup of coffee, fresh juice and rolls await you. Settle down at a table next to the window with your binoculars and field guide handy. Above the endless tropical forest of Soberanía National Park, a ship glides through the Panamá Canal. The howling of a distant troupe of monkeys punctuates the birdcalls. With unobstructed views, in complete comfort, you greet the morning sun. Through the unscreened open window, nature carries on its morning business.
Don’t worry if you are new to birding, this is a great place to start. Dozens of species can be seen right from your window, most of them clearly illustrated in Panamá’s excellent bird guides. The Canopy Tower is also a great place for those with a general interest in exploring the tropical forest. Giant, iridescent Morpho Butterflies flash their blue wings at you as you ride up the twisting road up to the Tower. Howler Monkeys startle you with a sudden roar overhead. Each shrub, tree and flower seems to be
Up a flight of stairs in the dining room, a cup of coffee, fresh juice and rolls await you. Settle down at a table next to the window with your binoculars and field guide handy. Above the endless tropical forest of Soberanía National Park, a ship glides through the Panamá Canal. The howling of a distant troupe of monkeys punctuates the birdcalls. With unobstructed views, in complete comfort, you greet the morning sun. Through the unscreened open window, nature carries on its morning business.
ifferent from the last, reflecting Soberanía’s extraordinary diversity.
Our finest accommodation, the Blue Cotinga Suite, is on the second floor (2 floors above the ground floor lobby), 28 feet high and situated at the canopy level of the trees. It has an area of 366 square feet, two big windows overlooking the forest, two ¾ beds (which can be joined together to make a queen bed), a desk with a chair, a place to put your clothes/luggage, an overhead fan and a private bathroom with a window. It also has a hammock and a small balcony with a Brookstone hanging chair.
This is one of the favorite spots in the Canopy Tower. You can see lots of birds real close from your personal balcony and, if you are lucky, see monkeys during the day and kinkajous at night.
Canopy Tower
Accommodation
Single Rooms
Double RoomsFamily Rooms
Facilities
Private Facilities Shared Facilities 24hr – Electricity Hot & Cold Water Laundry Service Available Fans Wifi Non Smoking
Naturalist / Guide
Resident GuideGuide can be arrangedGuided WalksNight Walks / Drives Boat Trips Near Migration HotspotIn National Park / ReserveButterfly GardenMoth /Insect Night LightAnimal FeedersNear Stream or RiverNear Pond or LakeNear the Ocean Observation DeckObservation TowerReference BooksMapsSightings Book / BoardChecklists
Trails
Nearby TrailsWithin accommodation grounds or up to 1 mile awayUp to 5 miles away
Food
Restaurant / DiningBreakfastLunchDinner Picnic / Lunch Boxes
Species List - English
- Blue Cotinga 1km
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo 11-50km
- Streak-chested Antpitta 11-50km
- Green Shrike-vireo 1km
- Geoffroy’s Tamarin 1km
- Rosy Thrush-tanager 2-10km
- Black-breasted Puffbird 1km
- Panamanian Night Monkey 2-10km
- Pheasant Cuckoo 1km
- Brown-throated Sloth 1km
Species List - Scientific
- Blue Cotinga 1km
- Neomorphus geoffroyi 11-50km
- Hylopezus perspicillatus 11-50km
- Vireolanius pulchellus 1km
- Saguinus geoffroyi 1km
- Rhodinocichla rosea 2-10km
- Notharchus pectoralis 1km
- 2-10km
- Dromococcyx phasianellus 1km
- Bradypus variegatus 1km