The Soberania National Park and the Gamboa Tropical Rainforest Reserve offer good opportunities for learning about tropical fauna and flora. Boat trips on the Panama Canal are one of Panama's major tourist attractions and there are various types of tours available. Crocodiles, frigate birds and other animals living along the banks and in the surrounding jungle can be observed. Canal tours often aim to provide visitors with a chance to observe one of the many large vessels moving through the canal locks.
Fish are abundant in the Panamanian waters of the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Locations include Pi as Bay, Coiba Island, Contadora Island and Taboga on the Pacific side and the San Blas Islands and the Chiriqu Lagoon off the archipelago of Bocas del Toro in the Caribbean. There are six golf courses on the isthmus. Panama Country Club , Summit and Fort Amador 's courses are all open to tourists. Guest cards are needed to play the 18-hole course at Coronado Beach Country Club. In addition, Itoroko , the former US golf course has now opened up.