Canopy Tower

THIS IS A HOTEL! So many silly people left bad reviews because it's not a place they can access freely. #facepalm. Do your research, people. We had an Amazing two-night stay in this gorgeous place! We saw sloths right off the deck! So many birds! The guides were incredible! Great food! Super nice staff! All the exclamation marks! Rooms are simple (no AC) but perfectly functional and pleasant. (I suggest floor fans, they really help keep the air moving). Loved the roof and the top floor sitting area. I'm not really a birder, but was traveling with my parents who are, so this is not the type of place I usually stay and I can't compare with other spots, but I was Super impressed. It's also nice to see old spaces being reused rather than wasted. Was so sad to leave and would love to come again!

A group of four of us stayed here in February 2025 for a week of birding. Our guide for birding (Alexis) was great, as was the birding. The tower is nice and very unique, and the grounds and surroundings are very scenic. All of the staff were pleasant, helpful, and courteous. Meals were varied and good. The rooms are just OK, due to the constraints of fitting numerous rooms into a radar tower. I advise getting up early some mornings to catch the sunrise from the top of the tower: a smoky dawn, mountains beyond mountains, fog, monkeys, birds, and the lights of Panama City fading as the sun rises.

I spent a half-day with Carlos at the Canopy Tower, and the area around it. Everything about this experience exceeded my expectations. Professionalism, friendliness, warmth, knowledge of birds was top notch. It was worth every penny. You truly get what you pay for. I can't wait to go back. Just the hummingbirds alone brought me to tears of joy. Do yourself a favor, and go to Canopy. You won't regret it.

What a place! Just returned from a 7 night stay. The tower has everything you could need, beginning with a small gift shop on the ground floor, single rooms on the first floor, double rooms and suites on the second floor, a communal dining room and large seating area on the third floor (with a comprehensive library of bird and wildlife books) and a wonderful 360 degree viewing platform up top. There are a lot of steps but all perfectly manageable. Dependable and free Wi-Fi. Each floor has filter water machines to fill up your bottles and ear plug dispensers if the jungle sounds bother you. Our second floor double room came with soap, shampoo and towels and was perfectly clean and comfortable. A torch and alarm clock is also provided. No air conditioning but had a ceiling fan which worked well. Laundry service takes one day and is very reasonably priced. From our window we regularly saw sloths, howler monkeys, tamarind monkeys, kinkajous, hummingbirds and toucans- bliss. A night drive just down the hill from the Tower saw anteaters and armadillos. The food is great and thanks to everyone for making special vegetarian meals for me. The Tower is a very special place with exceptional staff - highly recommended.

You can see 7 spieces of hummingbirds on their feeder and their bird's watching guys are amazing.

An extraordinary place to stay in this refurbished radar tower, with fantastic views over the canopy of the forest. We had nightly visits from the kinkajou and night monkeys as well as being able to see the Jeffries tamarinds and howler monkeys. The birds were wonderful. There were so many places to visit from the tower snd the guides were passionate and have incredible knowledge and eyesight, spotting so many things for us to see. Food was delicious and varied and staff took great effort to make sure everyone was comfortable and had what they needed. |The tower is not too far from the city and the southern locks, so as well as wildlife you have cultural activities and nature parks you thanks to Tatiana, the manager. Jorge and Eric, our main guides and Igue who were all so knowledgeable and helpful.

I did an all-inclusive tour with the Canopy Family, which included 3 nights at the tower. The tower is located in a national park, so you're staying in the middle of the forest, which provides for a very cool experience. Rooms are located on the second and third levels of the tower, and a communal lounging/dining area is on the fourth level. During the day, you're able to go all the way to the outdoor platform at the top, which is a great place to bird and look for other wildlife in the canopy. The tower doesn't have air conditioning, but the rooms are equipped with ceiling fans. The rooms themselves are pretty basic, but you don't come to Canopy Tower for the rooms! The birding tours and guides were excellent, and the staff were very friendly. Would highly recommend a visit if you're a birder.

I enjoyed my trip to Canopy Tower very much. The guides and staff were extremely friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. The guides we worked with were able to find so many different species and worked to help us see the ones we wanted to see the most. Every trip out we saw something different or got a better look at a reclusive bird. ||The kitchen staff were really good with dietary needs (gluten free and vegetarian). They always made sure to have a replacement for anything we couldn’t eat. All of the food was amazing. It was so delicious and always too much. ||All of the field trips were interesting and we saw so many birds. We also learned more about the Panama Canal and Pipeline Road. I really enjoyed the side trip to Cerro Azul in the highlands to see so many different species. I would definitely do that again. ||The night tour was overpriced. Night tours we have taken in the past have been walking tours rather than riding on the truck and we have seen so many different insects spiders, birds and mammals, even the one we did in the pouring rain showed us so much more wildlife. ||I really hope to return to the Canopy Family in the future and have nothing but praise when telling others about the experience.