Zoo

Parque Municipal Summit

Q: Where is Parque Municipal Summit?

Panama. Parque Municipal Summit is a zoo or wildlife park in Panama. Its coordinates are 9.066° N, 79.646° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Parque Natural Metropolitano, about 14 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Parque Municipal Summit?

133 species. Citizen-science photos record 133 species at Parque Municipal Summit, including King Vulture, Keel-billed Toucan, Ocelot, Geoffroy’s Tamarin and White-nosed Coati. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Parque Municipal Summit in the wild?

King Vulture: Brownsberg Nature Park. Some of the animals photographed at Parque Municipal Summit also live in the parks and cities we cover: King Vulture (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Brownsberg Nature Park), Keel-billed Toucan (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Pico Bonito National Park) and Ocelot (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Palo Verde National Park).

Q: When did Parque Municipal Summit open and how big is it?

Opened 1923, 45 ha. Parque Municipal Summit, a zoo or wildlife park in Panama, opened in 1923 and covers about 45 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 133 species are photographed there.

🇵🇦 Panama

🌿 Inside Soberanía National Park

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Panama 133 spp. present

The Parque Municipal Summit (Summit Municipal Park) is a botanical garden with a facility for rescue and wildlife rehabilitation of exotic and native wildlife in central Panama. Many of the animals that arrive at the rescue center that cannot be returned to the wild, are displayed to the public in a well-kept zoo. The park has 250 hectares (620 acres) in total area (of which 55 hectares (140 acres) belong to the botanical garden), which is located right next to the Soberania National Park, less than an hour's drive from Panama City, at about kilometer 18 on the road leading to Gamboa. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

9.066° N 79.646° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

133

species

Opened

1923

Size

Large

Visit

Getting there

mupa.gob.pa/summit ↗

What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Sarcoramphus papa

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Brownsberg Nature Park+ 52 more parks

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Pico Bonito National Park+ 31 more parks

Leopardus pardalis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Palo Verde National Park+ 11 more parks

Saguinus geoffroyi

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Soberanía National Park+ 4 more parks

Nasua narica

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Tikal National Park+ 36 more parks

Choloepus hoffmanni

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge+ 19 more parks

Amazona autumnalis

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park+ 41 more parks

Ramphastos ambiguus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

in Corcovado National Park+ 24 more parks

Before you go

Where is Parque Municipal Summit?

Panama

Parque Municipal Summit is a zoo or wildlife park in Panama. Its coordinates are 9.066° N, 79.646° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Parque Natural Metropolitano, about 14 km away.

What animals can you see at Parque Municipal Summit?

133 species

Citizen-science photos record 133 species at Parque Municipal Summit, including King Vulture, Keel-billed Toucan, Ocelot, Geoffroy’s Tamarin and White-nosed Coati. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Parque Municipal Summit in the wild?

King Vulture: Brownsberg Nature Park

Some of the animals photographed at Parque Municipal Summit also live in the parks and cities we cover: King Vulture (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Brownsberg Nature Park), Keel-billed Toucan (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Pico Bonito National Park) and Ocelot (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Palo Verde National Park).

When did Parque Municipal Summit open and how big is it?

Opened 1923, 45 ha

Parque Municipal Summit, a zoo or wildlife park in Panama, opened in 1923 and covers about 45 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 133 species are photographed there.