Over the years, the iconic Canopy Tower and the Canopy Family lodges have been featured in dozens of articles in magazines, newspapers, and other media all over the world. The collection of articles here offer great insights into the unique accommodations and spectacular wildlife of the Canopy Family lodges, as well as tourism in Panama.

On the trail of the sloth-eating eagles of Panama
Bald Eagle Photo credit: iStock By Mike Unwin It is mid-morning in Darién National Park, Panama, and I’m wilting in the rainforest heat. Three hours ago, with the ramshackle border town of Yaviza still

A Harpy Eagle Story
LV being released on Pipeline Road on March 9, 2009, photo by Jenn Sinasac In late 2008, a young Harpy Eagle was shot in Darién. Likely still in her nest tree, and being

ABC News.com: Finding Your Way
Tour Companies and Hotels in Panama Finding Your Way By Joe Rubin Special to ABCNEWS.com You won’t see a five-star hotel on every corner, but you’ll find a range of choices Although Panama

Financial Times: Bird Watchers on a Path to Paradise
James Wilson finds that the US withdrawal from Panama and the determination of an entrepreneur have been a boon to twitchers Financial Times ; 27-Feb-1999; 961 words ARCADIA Do not be deterred by

Saint Petersburg Times: In Panama, A Change Of Heart
Once one of the largest U.S. military bases along the Panama Canal, Fort Sherman will be the site of the 250-room Gamboa Tropical Rainforest Resort. As this gateway between the Americas prepares to

Outside Magazine: Destinations
Beyond the Zone As the United States prepares to hand over the canal, Panama’s wild wonders are ripe for discovery. By Alex Markels Outside Magazine, September 1999 Nowhere else on earth do the

A Man Sees Green
Translation of an article that appeared in Sueddeutsche Zeitung by Veit Elser 21 December 1999 Ornithologist and model hotel keeper Raul Arias de Para runs a hotel at the Panama canal in the
Canopy Family | NBC: Panama sees future in ecotourism
By George Lewis NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT PANAMA CANAL ZONE, Sept. 4, 1999 — When the U.S. formally hands over control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians this December, many of the Americans
Canopy Family | Ambassadair Travel Club: Panama’s Wild Places
by Lorry Heverly September 1999 Every year, thousands of cruise passengers transit the Panama Canal. The eighth manmade wonder of the world holds a magical fascination for those who traverse the 50-mile waterway
Canopy Family | ABC News.com: Discovering Panama
Panama’s spectacular coast is fringed by jungle. (Joe Rubin for ABCNEWS.com) Dense Jungles, Pristine Beaches, Exotic Wildlife Discovering Panama By Joe Rubin Special to ABCNEWS.com Already, Panama´s forests and coastal areas are a
Canopy Family | San Antonio Express: Big Plans for Former Bases
Published on Sunday, December 19, 1999 © 1999 San Antonio Express-News Susana Hayward, EXPRESS-NEWS MEXICO CITY BUREAU SOBERANIA NATIONAL PARK, Panama – High up in the rainforest, amid the loud roars of howler
Canopy Family | Travel & Leisure: The Ultimate Army Surplus Panama City Radar Hotel
A former U.S. radar tower outside Panama City has become one of Latin America’s most talked-about new places to stay By Kimberly Brown December 1999 It’s Noriega’s nightmare: I’m standing atop a former
Canopy Family | The Wall Street Journal Archives: Bases Become Hotels for Eco-Tourists
January 11, 2000 Panama Plans to Turn Bases Into Hotels for Eco-Tourists By JOSE DE CORDOBA Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SEMAPHORE HILL, Panama — Banker turned bird watcher Raul Arias
Canopy Family | The Georgia Straight: War-on-drugs tower now a bird observatory
Travel Notes By John Mitchell and Sue Kernaghan March 2000 War–on–drugs tower now a bird observatory Panama already offered some of the world’s best birding opportunities, but they became even better with the
Canopy Family | Audubon: A View With a Room
A View With a Room Plus: the World’s Ultimate Outposts By Alex Markels October 1999 Rainforest Canopy Tower, Panama The U.S. military once used this radar tower to track drug runners flying from
Canopy Family | CNN: Towering above Panama’s rain forest
CNN Travel Now Insights Towering above Panama’s rain forest From Jim Morelli CNN Travel Now Correspondent June 2, 2000 (CNN) — Rising above the treetops of Panama’s rain
Canopy Family | Hollis Times: Robert DeMayo’s Canopy Tower Trip
Article Twelve – Panama by Robert DeMayo published in Hollis Times June 2000 Far South of us, down by the equator, lie vast tracks of primary rainforest. Hot, sticky jungles filled with insects
Canopy Family | Los Angeles Times: A Sea Change in Panama
Dec 17, 2000 CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS (excerpt) …Its owner, a former banker named Raúl Arias de Para, dubbed it the Canopy Tower and opened the lodging for business in 1999. Since then he has
Canopy Family | The Boston Globe: Panama: so much more than the canal
By Andreae Downs, Globe Correspondent, 12/10/00 (excerpt) In a nature preserve just north of the city an entrepreneur named Raúl Arias de Para has converted an old US radar tower into a birder’s
Canopy Family | VENT Birdletter: Panama’s Canopy Tower: A Wonder of the Birding World
July 2001 by Victor Emanuel Please note that all information is current only until the date of the newsletter. Even though I had seen Jeff Gordon’s videotape and heard glowing reports about Panama’s
Canopy Family | Denver Post: Panama’s Canopy Tower provides a luxurious perch
In the treetops: Panama’s Canopy Tower provides a luxurious perch By Reed Glenn Special to The Denver PostSunday, March 31, 2002 – SOBERANIA NATIONAL PARK, Panama Sitting among the treetops high in the
Canopy Family | New York Times: In Panama, Nobody Here but 289 Birds
New York Times, Travel Section (excerpts) By Mary Tannen April 21, 2002 I NEVER thought I’d come face to face with an ocellated antbird. In fact, until the day before, I hadn’t even known
Canopy Family | Black Hawk-Eagle released from Canopy Tower
Black Hawk-Eagle by Michael Castro One of the great pleasures of anyone who has an appreciation for the natural world is watching an animal return back to its natural habitat. A sense of
Canopy Family | Canopy Family Builds Relations with Summit Park
“Choco” the Harpy Eagle, a new arrival at Summit Park A special visit to see Panama’s national bird, the majestic Harpy Eagle It’s not every day an opportunity arises to meet a Harpy
Canopy Family | Hartford Courant: Panama Has A Place To Stay
By SUSAN HOLMES and BESSY REYNA The Hartford Courant August 18, 2002 Choosing to travel to the beautiful small country of Panama is easy, but selecting where you will stay and what you’ll
Canopy Family | The Guardian: Wings of Desire
Sanjida O’Connell takes in the sights and sounds of the rain forest at a former US radio tower turned eco-lodge. Saturday March 29, 2003 The Guardian I staggered upstairs at seven in the
Canopy Family | Tico Times: Canopy Tower Unique by Any Definition
By Joy Rothke Special to The Tico Times Weekly Edition: Vol. VIII, No. 71 – San José, Costa Rica, June 20 – June 26, 2003 Glowing adjectives are bandied about with abandon when
Canopy Family | Travel & Leisure: 25 Great Ecolodges
From Alaska to the Australian outback, these innovative retreats are committed to conservation—with the added value of cultural sensitivity, isolation, and, of course, style. Being green has never been so appealing. From July,
Canopy Family | Bob Cullen: Iraq and the Keel-billed Toucan
If you’re looking for a refuge from live television coverage of the war in Iraq, I’ve got a suggestion. It’s called the Canopy Tower Hotel, and it’s about half an hour’s drive from
Canopy Family | UVA Alumni Magazine: The Birdman of Panama
Bob Cullen, Fall 2003 When Raúl Arias de Para (MS Economics ’70) wants to show guests around his place, he puts on a floppy red bush hat that has faded to a soft
Canopy Family | A Man, A Plan, A Canal: Panama Rises
Smithsonian Magazine, March 2004 (excerpts) As Panama seeks to diversify and improve its economy, it is looking to use the resources of its rain forests and parks and develop eco-tourism. I got a
Canopy Family | ABC News.com: Going Wild In Panama
Spider monkeys are among the many species that populate Panama’s jungles and forests. (Joe Rubin for ABCNEWS.com) Monkeys and Jaguars and Birds: Going Wild in Panama Although Panama has some of the most
Canopy Family | Audubon Destination: Panama – The Route to Prosperity
By McKenzie Funk/Photography by Brown W. Cannon III August 2004 That evening Phil and I stood on Canopy Tower’s fourth-floor viewing platform and looked out over 360 degrees of jungle. Built in the
Canopy Family | A Week at Panama’s Canopy Tower
The Canopy Tower Ecolodge in Soberania National Park, Panama, is the grand recycling project of Raul Arias de Para, businessman/politician turned ecotourist innkeeper. Built as a U.S. military radar installation in the 1960s,
Canopy Family | BBC Science & Nature Article: The Rainforest Mammals of Panama
The noted biologist Dr Thomas Lovejoy remarks in the foreword to the book Tropical Nature that rainforests aren’t, on first appearances, the reservoirs of diverse and colourful life that they are sometimes made
First Pictures of Released Harpy Eagle June 1998 On thursday March 12th I was privileged to see and take pictures of the two harpy eagles (male and female) released by the Peregrine
Commitment to Conservation Why are we in this business? We are often asked this question, and the reply is always the same: “We choose this work because we love nature.” In order to