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Panama’s Largest Butterfly House
Step into Panama’s largest butterfly house and experience the incredible world of tropical butterflies up close. Explore our lush butterfly garden, discover the butterfly life cycle, and visit our laboratory where butterflies are raised from egg to adult.
Experience tropical butterflies in a beautiful garden environment where you can observe these delicate creatures up close.
Visitors can:
Enhance your visit with a coffee or snack from our café and enjoy it inside the butterfly house while surrounded by free-flying butterflies. It is a relaxing and unforgettable way to experience nature up close.
Go behind the scenes to discover how butterflies are raised and protected.
Visitors can see:
Looking for something a little different? The butterfly garden can also be reserved for private groups, special events, and unique photo experiences. Whether you’re planning a celebration, family gathering, school visit, corporate event, engagement or wedding photos, or something completely your own, talk to us about creating a memorable experience surrounded by free-flying butterflies.
Panama is home to an incredible diversity of butterflies, each playing an important role in the ecosystem. During your self-guided visit, explore our butterfly garden and laboratory to discover the fascinating journey of butterflies, from egg to adult, and learn about the work involved in raising and protecting these beautiful creatures.
Visitors discover:
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Approximately 45 minutes
Not required
Adults: $12 per adult Children (Ages 2–17): $6 Additional: Prices do not include 7% tax
You can expect a 15 minute guided tour of our butterfly exhibit and laboratory. You will enjoy the flight house which is one of the largest in Latin America and learn about our butterflies that are all from this region and include the iconic Blue Morpho butterfly. You will see where we hatch our pupae and have a chance as well to see some caterpillars and look at eggs and wing scales under a microscope. After the tour you can spend as long as you want taking photographs and enjoying the tranquil environment of the butterfly house.
No, you do not need a reservation for the butterfly house. Tours are offered on a walk in basis. During busy days they are every 30 minutes.
Yes children are welcome and the educational aspects of our exhibits as well as the wonder of being surrounded by butterflies is especially suitable for a family or children’s activity. We also welcome school groups.
Yes, talk to our staff and we have an events area inside the butterfly house that can be used for all kinds of different things, from yoga to lunch. The butterfly house is very picturesque and yes it lends itself to photo shoots.
That depends upon the time of year and the seasonality of the butterflies. We always have blue morpho butterflies, owl eyes, malachites, methona glass wings and swallow tails as well as some long wing butterflies. Exact species vary by season.
Yes you can bring your dog into the butterfly house. We ask that dogs be kept on a leash but they are more than welcome on all of our tours.
