Location: Panama City, Ancon district
Area: 232 ha
Tel. 232- 5552
Visitor center: Closed Sun
The Metropolitan Nature Park is a nature reserve situated within the borders of a Panama City in the Ancon district of Panama. The Metropolitan Nature Park is located between Ascanio Villalaz Avenue and Amistad Road. It covers a total area of 232 ha. Despite its close proximity to the urban area it is home a rich biodiversity of animals, plants and birds.
Trails
in Metropolitan Nature Park
Los Momotides Trail
It the shortest and one of the easiest trails in Metropolitan Nature Park. It has a distance of 0.7 km or about 0.5 miles in length. Los Momotides Trail begins and ends at the visitor center and takes about 45 minutes to cover it.
Caobos Trail
Caobos Trail is 1.1 km long. It offers great panoramic view of Panama City that is visible through tree canopy.
Roble Trail
Length 0.5 km. 25 minutes
Mono Titi Road
1.1 km long
Cienaguita Trail
1.1 km long
Metropolitan Nature Park is characterized by being a natural area of 265 hectares, is
located near the limits of the city of Panama and borders the Panama
Canal watershed, because of its proximity to it, is part of the set
of protected areas in the region Panamanian transistmica. It is very
visited for educational and recreational purposes.
Metropolitan Nature Park is
famous for its variety of birds and vertebrate animals
typical of the tropical humid forest, such as: the marmoset, the
ñeque, macaws, squirrels, etc. It also has natural trails from where
you can see its forests, landscapes and a panoramic view of the
capital city.
In spite of the proximity of the Metropolitan
National Park with the capital city, it is the habitat of 227
species of birds, 45 of mammals, 36 kinds of snakes and 14 kinds of
amphibians.
It is considered that approximately 75% of the
park is covered by tropical dry forest of the Pacific, an ecosystem
that has almost disappeared in other regions of the country. Also in
the same there are about 284 plant species, including trees that
reach between 30 and 35 meters (100 to 115 feet) in height,
including a large number of vines, epiphytes, orchids and mosses
that add color and life to forest throughout the year