Soberania National Park is located on the eastern boarder of the Panama Canal, 30 minutes from Panama City and includes 20,000 hectares of protected forest. The park was created in 1980 as part of the protection strategy of the Panama Canal watershed.

This park is part of the Panama and Colon provinces and contains well known sites of historical and biological importance, including Pipeline road (Camino del Oleoducto) and Camino de Cruces. According to the Panama Audubon Society, Pipeline road held the world record in 1985 for the number of avian species identified in a 24 hour period. Camino de Cruces was used by the Spanish conquistadors to transport gold and other cargo from Peru to Spain.

The Soberania National Park forest has been intensively studied as part of the biological inventory program of the Panama Canal basin as well as by the Department of Defense of the United States during its presence in Panama until the year 2000. The first studies of the flora of Panama were conducted in this forest.

Beginning of the "Pipeline Road", one of the several trails in Sovereign National Park

A glance at Soberania National Park rainforest

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