Panama Canal Tour: Explore Engineering Marvels

Embark on a half-day adventure to witness the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal. Explore iconic places connected to its history and enjoy breathtaking views of Panama City and the Bridge of the Americas. Book now for a personalized and impressive experience!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Miraflores Visitor Center - The journey begins at the Miraflores Visitor Center, where visitors can enjoy a 45-minute documentary about the Panama Canal, narrated by Morgan Freeman, at the Imax theater. This experience offers insights into the history and operation of this significant and impressive construction, as well as a view of Panamax ships…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Personal tour guide
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off service included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
  • Miraflores Visitors Center non-residents adults $17.22 minors $7.22. Residents $3 and $1.50
Additional Information

Discover the Panama Canal and uncover the mysteries of the Canal Zone with a private tour tailored for your ease.
PRIVATE AND EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE
A tour crafted specifically for you and your group.
LIVE CHANNEL OPERATION
Explore strategic locations where vessels navigate one of the world’s most crucial trade routes.
✅ **HIDDEN HISTORY…

Location
Miraflores Visitor Center
East Side of the Miraflores Locks
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Torstenha9266vl
Feb 18, 2025
What you always wanted to know about Panama... - Very nice company as a guide who casually exchanged a lot of interesting information about a variety of topics with us. This company was in our case exclusively for the two of us.
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Lightpacker774763
Feb 5, 2025
Great Introduction to the Panama Canal! - This tour provided me with an excellent introduction to the Panama Canal. Mario was an awesome guide who provided me with a lot of great information and it was a wonderful experience to see the ships pass through the canal. Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Panama.
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Allan
Jan 30, 2025
Excellent tour of the Panama Canal - The tour was excellent. We arrived in good time to see ocean going ships passing through the locks. Then we enjoyed the cinema presentation. Our friendly and informative guide Cathy tooks around the canal zone explaining the salient features. The tour was not only informative but great fun.
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Captaindatwins2
Jan 20, 2025
Outstanding tour and tour guide - We had an amazing tour with. Stay as our guide She was warm and friendly and extremely knowledgeable on history and everything. She drove us around for five hours with never a lull in the conversation. She was awesome and I would recommend this tour. It was only our family so even more personal !!
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U5460vglisab
Jan 5, 2025
Perfect end to my Panama adventure. - Mario showed up on time, welcomed me with a big hug, had water if I needed it, took me all over the Canal Zone, answered all my questions with patience… his knowledge of the canal zone was amazing, his humor and love for all things Panama was the perfect end to my Panama experience…thank you so much! Definitely recommend this trip and Mario as a guide.
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Joy_c
Dec 31, 2024
Great Tour Awesome Guide - We really enjoyed this private tour and we learned a lot. It is nice to be with a local to see some areas outside of downtown. Mario is outstanding! He speaks excellent English and has a friendly personality. He shared so much knowledge about the canal and Panama. We felt like we were in great hands the entire time.
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921krystalg
Dec 23, 2024
Wonderful Experience! - I had a wonderful tour of the Panama Canal. I ended up being the only person on the tour which was great because it was personalized. Tour guide Mario was great and very knowledgeable. I recommend this tour because it includes more than the Miraflores Locks that most people go to. I got to see the same ships proceed through the Pedro Locks and the Bridge of America.
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I5797avkimr
Oct 24, 2024
An Experience you can get no other place than here! The inventions and thought process are simply mind blowing. - First i’d say our Tour Guide Mario was muy excellente! It’s worth every penny and the experience. Just take your camera and relish the experience. Try it! It’s Cheap!
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Garnms
Jul 5, 2024
Exceptional guide and wonderful tour! - My wife and I did a day-long tour of the Canal Zone and Miraflores locks and were very happy with the experience. Mario was an extremely knowledgeable and gracious guide. He had great energy and answered so many questions we had about Panamanian culture and history, in general. He arranged the tour of the Miraflores locks exceptionally well. We never had to wait in any long lines, and he had specific information of when each boat was about to enter the locks. We had as much time as we wanted to explore the Miraflores locks, and we could watch as many boats as we wanted go through. In fact, we never felt rushed at any point in our tour. Mario is a very smart, thoughtful, knowledgeable, hard-working, and trustworthy guide. We felt totally safe in his hands at all times. Definitely recommended, and we would definitely take other tours run by him in the future.
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Iluvoc
Jan 11, 2025
Amazing History - Our trip was booked through Viking. We spent $259 per person which included lunch, transportation and a guide. It was 8.5 hours long. It was very interesting and we enjoyed it. Was it worth that price…. still thinking about it.
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