Panama City and Panama Canal Tour
This tour of Panama City and the Panama Canal provides travelers with an excellent look at some of the area’s best attractions.
- Duration:
- 5 hrs
- Available Days:
- Sun Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
- Schedule:
- 8:30 AM
- Hotel Transport Included
- Mobile Ticket Included
- Offered in English, Spanish
Tour participants will visit the Miraflores Locks, the foremost set of locks along the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. You’ll watch barges and cruise ships pass through this 60-foot (18-m), two-step lock. It’s fascinating to watch the massive ships enter and leave locks.
You will also visit Casco Viejo in Panama City, which was built in 1673 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. In Casco Viejo you’ll enjoy a walking tour through the neighborhood, which is made up of Spanish colonial buildings, 17th-century churches, and quaint outdoor cafés.
You will also explore the Causeway, a strip of land that links three small islands near the entrance to the Panama Canal. The U.S. Army once used this area to defend the Panama Canal, but these days the Causeway has become one of the trendiest parts of Panama City. It has nice walking areas and is scattered with good restaurants, bars, and shops.
This tour departs daily at 8:00 a.m. It departs from Playa Blanca at 7:00 a.m.
Attraction Visited
The Panama Canal is one of the world’s most impressive engineering feats. The canal extends 80 kilometers (50 mi) from Panama City on the Pacific Ocean to Colón on the Caribbean Sea. It’s built at one of the lowest and narrowest points in Panama, and runs right through the Continental Divide. More than 14,000 ships pass through the canal annually, carrying some 300 million tons of cargo. As such, the Panama Canal is one of the largest generators of income for Panama—in 2011, the canal generated $800 million, some two percent of the country’s GDP.
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What to Bring
comfortable clothing and shoes, hat, sunglasses, insect repellent, camera, and sunscreen.
What's included
transportation, bilingual guide, entrance fee to Miraflores Locks, and water.
Transportation
Many of our tours and activities offer transportation pick up & drop off options from several locations and destinations. Options vary by tour, see “BOOKING REQUEST” for full details.
Traveler Comments
The guide was very good. Courteous to us Watchful for our needs Very knowledgeable and good English. Canal tour part very especially informative and enjoyable.
My guide was amazing. Showed me lots of sites. And got me back in time for my flight.
This was our highlight
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This full-day tour brings visitors to some of the most interesting places around Panama City. You’ll visit Casco Viejo, the Miraflores Locks, the Causeway, and the Biodiversity Museum.
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