Panama Canal and city Tour
From the beginning of the reservation we will be in contact with our clients for any consultation and to help them in any other situation they may need in Panama. The traveler should book this trip, besides being a tour where you will visit very important areas of Panama and learn about the history and process of the Canal, you will have a great experience of how the city has developed in such a short time. The guide will be available to help you with any questions you may have, always collaborating.
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Panama Canal and city Tour
Pickup included
What's included in Panama Canal and city Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Avenida BalboaPass-by Only
We will leave from our meeting point either hotel or Airbnb and we will take a tour of the beautiful Cinta Costera where you can see the skyscrapers and the famous Vasco Nunez de Balboa who was the first Spaniard to reach the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Entering the Omar Torrijos Avenue, an area that previously belonged entirely to the canal zone, an area managed by the Americans, we will visit the railroad company that links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans long before the Panama Canal was built. We will also pass by the Marcos A Gelabert International Airport. Entering this area you can see the change we have in American style infrastructure and the great vegetation that surrounds us.
Miraflores Visitor Center
We will arrive at the Miraflores Locks Visitor Center from where you will be able to observe the boats entering the locks to perform the lockage process which can take about 30 minutes, during this process we will give you an explanation of how the boats are lifted by gravity. The tour continues in the Canal Museum which has four floors where each floor has a different theme that includes history, biodiversity, the Canal process and the expansion of the Panama Canal.
Inclusions
- Quality service and fun.
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Water from 200ml to 2 liters
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch
- entrance to the panama canal
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- It is advisable to wear a mask during our tour.
- The guide will have alcoholic gel for our visitors.
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
The transportation will be punctual at the agreed time, giving our visitors a warm welcome, to begin our tour with a partial view of the modern city where you can observe: The different sections of the Cinta Costera with its large skyscrapers and monuments highlighting Vasco Núñez de Balboa identified by the Panamanian currency, also know the popular seafood market site famous for its Afro-Antillean restaurants. Continuing along the Omar Torrijos road and entering the canal area known and previously administered by the North Americans where you can see the building of the Panama Canal Administration which is located on an artificial mountain, highlighting the other infrastructure of the area, at the same time we can see the Panama Canal Railway Company company that made the first union between the two oceans giving a contribution to the construction of the Canal. By this same way full of history we will arrive to our first stop, the Panama Canal, mainly to the Miraflores Locks where we will be located in the viewpoint; from there you will observe the process of elevation of the boats by means of the locks. Later we will enter the museum that is divided by sections where you will learn about the history, biodiversity, process and part of the Expansion. We will continue our tour in the souvenir stores, where you can observe and purchase native crafts of the different indigenous regions that represent the country. Our next stop will be in the Casco Antiguo, we will walk through the area that covers the history since the Spanish era and gave rise to be the privileged area for the housing of French engineers during the construction of the seaway, thus giving a great structural change to the infrastructure that today are used mostly for stores, restaurants with national and international food and cafes where we can taste the geisha coffee recognized worldwide for its fruity flavors. After being inside the history and marvel at the old town we will enter the Cinta Costera bridge that will give us a panoramic view of the modern city and the walls that cover the old town where we will be directed to the three beautiful islands of Amador that are artificially linked with land of the canal highlighting the Flamenco Island for its duty free trade that is directed only for tourists visiting the national territory. It is important to emphasize that if it is outside the downtown area of Panama City will have an additional cost.
