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Panama Sights

Summit Botanical Gardens & Zoo

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Good for: family and kid friendly

  • Address
    • Panama City
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 232 4854
  • Price
    • full US$1.00
  • Hours
    • 08:30-16:00

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Lonely Planet review for Summit Botanical Gardens & Zoo

The botanical gardens were founded in 1923 to introduce, propagate and disseminate tropical plants from around the world into Panama. They contain more than 15,000 plant species, and many of these are marked along a trail.

Also at the park is an expanding zoo that contains animals native to Central America. Its greatest attraction is its harpy eagle compound, which opened in 1998 in the hope that conditions would prove conducive to breeding; at the time of writing, there were no baby harpies to report.

The harpy eagle is the national bird, and many ornithologists consider it the most powerful bird of prey. Also at the zoo is a roomy jaguar compound and a remarkably spacious cage containing lots of seemingly content macaws and other loud and large colorful birds.

Admission to the park includes a trail map. The same buses that pass by Gamboa will stop here if you ask the driver.

 

Traveller reviews for Summit Botanical Gardens & Zoo (1)

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    See all the jungle has to offer in one place. A must visit.

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    Great place, you can see all the jungle plants and animals without all the bugs and machete hacking. It is not in the best of condition but a must if you are in Panama city as it only costs $1 to enter open 9am – 4pm everyday. They have a harpy eagle and small jungle cats.

    Good for: family and kid friendly

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