Old Canal zone tour (Miraflores Locks, former bases, and Museum)
The former Canal Zone tour starts from your hotel and takes you to the Miraflores Locks, where we will spend an hour. You can visit the exhibition room between the observation decks to learn about the history and see the boats pass through the second-largest locks in the Panama Canal. After that, we will head to the former base of Clayton, which dates back to 1919 and housed more than 20,000 people, including civilians and soldiers. Then, we will drive to Corozal, an old town in the Canal Zone, where we can visit the American military cemetery and the train station, which was the first transoceanic railway in the world. After that, we will travel to the first American airfield in Albrook, where we will learn more about the history of the place. Finally, we will visit the old town of Balboa, where we can see the Panama Canal Administration Building, and end the tour at the Amador Causeway.
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Former Panama Canal zone tour (military bases, museums and more)
Pickup included
What's included in Old Canal zone tour (Miraflores Locks, former bases, and Museum)
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
We begin this tour by traveling through time going through everything that happened in the canal from the French to the conclusion of the canal by the Americans and all the nations that gave their contribution to this work that changed the maritime world since then.
Panama Canal
The former base of Clayton date from 1919 and housed more than 20 thousand people, civilians, and soldiers, after we drive to Corozal an old town in the canal zone where we find the American military cemetery following the train station the first interoceanic railway in the world after traveling to the first American air force station in Panama Albrook where we will remember much of the history of the area and finally the old town of balboa where we find the Panama canal administration building and finally the Amador causeway
Miraflores Visitor Center
The Miraflores locks where we will be for an hour where you can see the exhibition rooms after ascending to the fourth floor to see the boats passing through the second largest locks in the Panama canal.
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Miraflores Visitor Center entry 17.22 dollars per person to be paid on site to the canal staff
- Canal Museum 15 dollars entry per person per person to be paid on site to the canal Museum staff
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Miraflores Visitor Center entry 17.22 dollars per person Must be paid to the on-site to the staff
- Canal Museum 15 dollars entry Must be paid on site to the staff
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
The guide will be meeting you in the lobby of the hotel, Airbnb or building, holding a sign with the company's logo and the lead passenger's name
