SUSTAINABILITY
"Rainforest"
Protect it! A unique 55,000 acre tropical ecosystem. It has been protected for nearly a century as part of the Panama Canal watershed, with large tracts of lowland rainforest.
Gamboa Rainforest Reserve's Contributionto Environmental Protection.
- The reserve operates a water treatment plant certified by the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (Universidad Técnica de Panamá) and by Gestión Ambiental.
- The reserve has a cooking oil recycling program that collects cooking oil for later use as fuel.
- Fertilizers used by the Reserve to maintain the grounds around the Resort contain only minimal chemicals.
- The reserve is located in the jungle and has approximately 100 hectares of wildlife reserve.
- Gamboa has a recycling center where we classify and separate all aluminum cans and other metals, in order to avoid environmental contamination.
- Twice a year Gamboa organizes a clean-up brigade to pick up trash from the river.
- As part of our social responsibility, the Resort employs members of the nearby Embera indigenous tribe and includes a tour in our list of activities to visit their community.
- Our reserve has a spice garden and fruit trees from which our kitchen harvests some of the food that our guests enjoy at their table.
- We have a Chicken Den from which we obtain our eggs that are served at our guests' tables.