Extremely nice situated in the rainforest - beauti...

Extremely nice situated in the rainforest - beautiful nature, views and lots of things to discover such as the cable car (Gamboa Aerial Tram) through the jungle (met a harmless baby snake) with top of the hill viewing platform. The location is truly amazing. It gets completely dark at nighttime and it's stunnig staying in your hammock listening to all the 'wild' noises coming out of the dark. At sunrise it's all foggy, but the whole steam is disappearing fast as the sun gets stronger. Lush, tropical setting.

The place has a 40 year license (ground belongs to gov.) - 22 more years to go and therefore the resort needs much better maintenance in various aspects. I had to change the room, due to defective A/C that was producing awful noise. Some lamps didn't work. The pool size is great, but the pool bar was never attended, no pool towels. Some staff is not trained very well. The breakfast did not correspond at all with the published pictures. No overboarding buffets and very limited food selection, but very good and nicely presented, but just one restaurant open, all others closed.

The tennis court is completely rotten (even visible from Google Earth), holes on floor pavement at pool area, some parts of the resort look deserted (no relax chairs on the upper pool terrace, closed restaurants, empty spaces, max. a handful people. The rooms need a general makeover (poor furniture).

For the actual condition I would give a 3+. To reach 4-5 stars they need to improve and renovate on a larger scale. But I would come here again because of the beautiful nature and there's no other option/competitor and of course we can not expect first world amenities - which I also don't mind travelling in less developped countries.

What I really don't understand on some reviews here - people complaining about humidity in the rainforest...

For nature lovers it's a must see and I truly can recommend it!