Gamboa Rainforest Resort Panama

... so aside from the fabulous pool there was no a lot to do. Our one big "outing" included the Panama Canal, as you might guess. The Gamboa Resort advertises itself as "On the Chagres River....at the Panama Canal". They do indeed have a restaurant on ...

... egg roll wasn't so tasty, but the single shrimp in a rice dough wrapper was a winner. In general the food at Gamboa Rainforest Resort was beautifully presented and quite tasty. It does become a bit much to have 3 of those huge buffets every day ...

... and taxi we had no problem paying the fee and soon set out for the safety of Gamboa.  Gareth had booked the Gamboa Rainforest Resort as a surprise and treat for my birthday.  I would have been more than happy with just a simple ...

... at the Canal, but to spend a day and nigh at a resort about an hour's drive outside the city. The Gamboa Rainforest Resort is a wonderful place. There are two choices of accommodation: the old style buildings which used to be the residences of canal ...

... day so I have an early night tonight, leaving the casino at 2.30am! Up at 5.30am (ouch!), then a taxi to Gamboa Rainforest Resort for an early morning guided birdwatching trip along Pipeline Road and surrounding area. Pipeline Road is supposed to be a ...

... the USAID office and meeting Roberto Ibanez, a scientist currently working with the organization. We set off to a dock near the Gamboa Rainforest Resort, on the edges of Soberania National Park to meet the rest of our rag-tag crew and pick up our boat ...

... isthmus (the Canal runs for 80 kms in total) to the Atlantic. Along the way we spent 1 night at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort, a surprise (to Adrienne) splurge to mark the beginning of her birthday month and the fact we had reached our destination. ...

It is really a hypnotically green, lush, diverse, and plush-ily rainforest flora- padded environment down here at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort. To get to my room I walk down a 4th story outdoor hallway with banana plants, bamboo, and coconut palms rising ...

... in the NE. It seemed like the travel agent always took several days to check on each thing. This resulted in only 4 nights at Gamboa Resort (it was booked solid) instead of a week, and a week at the Playa Blanca Resort on the Pacific coast as the last ...

Si il y a un endroit, à visiter à tout prix lors d'une séjour à Panama, c'est bel et bien Gamboa Rain Forest. Situé à 40 minutes du centre-ville, c'est une localité qui borde le canal de Panama, en plein coeur de la junge tropicale. Le plus ...

... has everything you could want.  The waffles are muy excellente.  This morning we took the half day cruise throught the Panama Canal.  Very interesting commentary and we learned quite a bit.  It was done in Spanish, English, and either ...

... Panamanian". That's where you drink and dance from sunset to sunrise. Good times! I spent Sunday lazing around by the pool at the rainforest resort, pretending we had enough money to be a guest there. And today it was back to field work - I had to take ...