The Rainforest
There are two kinds of rainforest in Panama with totally different flor and fauna: jungle tropical rainforest and highland cloud forest. The tropical-humid type rainforests can be found in the Soberania National Park just outside Panama City and in the vast jungles of the Darien National Park in East Panama. The can be experienced at Canopy Tower, Gamboa Rainforest Resort and on tours of the Darien with a tour operator.
The second type of rainforest are the "cloud forests", highland forests, misty, damp and cool. Panama's cloud forests are located on Panama's border with Costa Rica in the Amistad National Park. The towns of Cerro Punta, Bambito,Guadalupe and Volcan are near to or within these cloud forests. You can enjoy the cloud forests staying at Los Quetzales in Guadalupe, Bambito Camping Resort in Bambito and Hostal Cielito Sur in Volcan.