Arrived at the Gamboa Rainforest Reserve hotel, two days before our tour began. The building itself is showing its age, but …
… the setting makes up for it—beautiful, expansive grounds right on the banks of the Chagres River.
View from my hotel room.
Just a 45-minute drive from Panama City Airport, it was a quiet place to do some birding and relax before the adventure started.
Several nice public areas to hike and bird in the area, though not always well maintained.
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