{"id":2258,"date":"2023-01-26T13:47:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2023-01-26T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:50:41","slug":"gamboa-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/gamboa-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamboa Rainforest (Panama)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After crossing the canal, we took a bus to Gamboa to visit the rainforest and Soberania National Park, which included an orchid garden (sadly out of season), a sloth sanctuary, a butterfly enclosure (too fast to get good pictures of), a frog house, and an aerial tram over the canopy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel.jpg\" alt=\"Gamboa Rainforest Reserve\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hotel-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary for orphaned sloths, who are eventually released back into nature:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sloth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sloth.jpg\" alt=\"Sloth\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sloth.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sloth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sloth-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green and black poison dart frog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog1.jpg\" alt=\"Green and black poison dart frog\" width=\"1000\" height=\"803\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog1-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog1-770x618.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strawberry poison dart frog, aka Blue jeans frog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog2.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Jeans Frog\" width=\"1000\" height=\"810\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog2-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/frog2-770x624.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glimpse of a green macaw:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/macaw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/macaw.jpg\" alt=\"Green macaw\" width=\"1000\" height=\"793\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/macaw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/macaw-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/macaw-770x611.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After arriving at the upper tram stop, we hiked for a few minutes then climbed the 100-foot-high canopy tower for spectacular views back over the park and the intersection where the Chagres River feeds into the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamboaview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamboaview.jpg\" alt=\"View from Gamboa rainforest canopy tower\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamboaview.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamboaview-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/gamboaview-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After crossing the canal, we took a bus to Gamboa to visit the rainforest 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