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Panama Canal Day Tour: Transoceanic Journey With Rainforest and Wildlife Exploration
4.7
88 Ratings
Panama
Embark on a day tour to explore the Panama Canal from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. This unique tour combines the impressive engineering of the Panama Canal, the stunning beauty of the rainforest, diverse wildlife, and the unforgettable experience of traversing the Panama Canal via Gatun Lake. Enjoy the intimacy of small group sizes.
Embark on a day tour to explore the Panama Canal from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. This unique tour combines the impressive engineering of the Panama Canal, the stunning beauty of the rainforest, diverse wildlife, and the unforgettable experience of traversing the Panama Canal via Gatun Lake. Enjoy the intimacy of small group sizes.
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Pedro Miguel - After pick up from your hotel or accomodation in Panama City, we would take you to an observation area at the pacific side where we will discuss about the history, construction and operation of the original Panama Canal.
- Lake Gatun - After seeing a ship go through the Pedro Miguel locks, we will continue by car to the Chagres…
- Pedro Miguel - After pick up from your hotel or accomodation in Panama City, we would take you to an observation area at the pacific side where we will discuss about the history, construction and operation of the original Panama Canal.
- Lake Gatun - After seeing a ship go through the Pedro Miguel locks, we will continue by car to the Chagres River where we will begin a boat tour in the Gatun Lake, the biggest lake part of the Panama Canal, and pass beside the huge ships going through the Panama Canal in our way to group of islands inside the Soberania National Park, where we will find monkeys and wild animals inside the Panama Canal.
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Agua Clara Locks - We will head to the city of Colon at the atlantic side of the Canal where we will stop to buy lunch at a restaurant of traditional panamanian food.
After lunch, we will continue by car to visit the new expansion of the Panama Canal where we would see bigger ships going through the locks and learn about how these amazing structures work.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Boat tour in the Gatun Lake and Monkey Island
- Round trip transfer by air-conditioned Van or SUV
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Boat tour in the Gatun Lake and Monkey Island
- Round trip transfer by air-conditioned Van or SUV
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Panama Canal Railway is not operating for passengers due to Covid19 and it won’t be part of the tour
- An extra charge of USD $30.00 per group applies for pick up from Playa Bonita or the airport area
- Lunch
- Panama Canal Railway is not operating for passengers due to Covid19 and it won’t be part of the tour
- An extra charge of USD $30.00 per group applies for pick up from Playa Bonita or the airport area
Additional Information
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Pedro Miguel
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(88 Ratings)
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Vacationer244930
Apr 3, 2025
Fifty Fifty enthralling and disappointing! - The first part of the tour was a little disappointing since we were expecting to be in a boat and watch the opening and closing of the locks while a ship went by. But we were given a movie to watch and then were moved to the watching platform from where there was not a very good view of the ships being lowered and raised. It was also too hot in the platform to really enjoy the view. After that we were taken on the boat tour on Gatun lake to watch and feed the monkeys which was great. The guide was enthusiastic and told us about the many islands, species and the history. He pointed out many photo points and was patient with us when we were taking pictures. He had also brought some fruits and nuts to feed the monkeys and took care of us till he dropped us back in the hotel.
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Mariekeo994
Apr 2, 2025
Fun day excursion - Fine guide, pleasant person, spoke good English.
There was plenty of time to see everything at the locks and the boat trip was very fun, lots of monkeys, beautiful butterflies and birds and even a crocodile seen.
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Dgseg
Mar 18, 2025
Good tour to take from Panama to see rest of Canal and lake - Great tour seeing the Pacific end of canal and a boat ride on the lake
Plenty of wildlife and good information from guide on all aspects of terrain and buildings on the way.
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671rad
Mar 14, 2025
Day your in Panama City - Dan narration is very informative. He has summarized the history and development of Panama in an interesting way. Dan is knowledgeable and very good in English.
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Raipher_p
Oct 9, 2024
The guide Caesar was very... - The guide Caesar was very informative and thoughtful. His knowledge of the animal habitat and the canal was self evident.
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Global638525
Jul 5, 2024
HINDS FAMILY VACATION 2024 - The tour guides were well informed and were excellent historians. They made it a family trip to remember some of our roots.
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Tenika
Jul 5, 2024
Hinds Family Panama Canal visit. - Our tour guides were very informative, knowledgeable, and amazing energy. We felt protected and had a blast with them. I would highly recommend them. THANKS AGAIN !!!!
Dan , Kelly,Rolondo.
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Wayneds1870qj
Jul 5, 2024
Hinds Family Reunion in Panama - The best travel tour guides ever, and I am a world traveler.
Dan, Kelly and Rolando did a great job.
We were educated, entertained, felt safe, and at home in their care. This tour was the highlight if our trip.
Dan is so informed and hospitable. His assistant, Kelly and driver Rolando made a very impressive team.
We fell in love with Panama due to this tour.
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Shirley_f
Apr 21, 2025
I am sorry to say that... - I am sorry to say that this tour was just OK, nothing to rave about. Our tour guide ,Luis, was kinda quiet, kinda seemed that he didn’t want to be doing this, and wasn’t the greatest with speaking English. We did a lot of riding with no talking and not explaining where we were or any information. Actually was a bit boring especially for what this tour cost. And we ate a gas station. I don’t like making bad reviews, but , unfortunately this tour wasn’t worth the money.. I wouldn’t recommend it.
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Joyce_h
Dec 12, 2024
Nice driver but deceptive tour description - Ocean to ocean description is a little deceptive assuming we were in the correct tour. We enjoyed the experience but it was not as described. We only went to the Atlantic locks where we had a great view of a cargo ship travel through the locks, and we took the boat tour where our very kind driver was able to locate all three monkey species. Bad roads, detours, etc and an extra passenger to drop off for a different trip took more time than expected so no lunch stop & no seeing the Miraflores Pacific locks. If you don’t have back problems & can wait at least 5 hours for a bathroom and can go all day without food, then this trip might be just fine. I recommend you take an Uber ($8 each way) only a few miles from city hotels where you can see the Pacific visitor center. The roads there were smooth and the viewing great plus the Morgan Freeman narrated IMax film is excellent.
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