Daily from Panama City 4 days, 3 nights This is a dream come true for bird-watchers. Surrounded by rainforest on an abandoned air base, the simple lodge at Canopy Tower has rooms on the 5th floor of a slim, former radar tower, at tree-top level – the birds – including motmots, toucans and fruit-crows, perch just outside your window. Below the rooms is a panoramic mezzanine. Situated in Soberania National Park, it has views towards Panama City and the Pacific Ocean. It is an excellent base from which to explore the semi-deciduous forests and the Canal region.

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