Cruiseline Excursion Colon: Panama City tour and Miraflores Locks
Description
Panama is the only country in the world where you can experience both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean in a single day. Your tour begins with a scenic drive of about one hour to the Centennial Bridge, where you’ll enjoy a breathtaking panoramic view of the Gaillard Cut—the narrowest section of the Panama Canal—and the Pedro Miguel Locks. Next, visit the Miraflores Locks Exhibition Center to learn about the fascinating history of the canal and its operation over the past 100 years. The journey then continues into the heart of Panama City, where you’ll explore the historic Cathedral, important monuments, and the vibrant downtown district. As you walk through Casco Antiguo, admire the stunning blend of Colonial and Neoclassical architecture that defines this UNESCO World Heritage Site. To finish, the tour takes you along Balboa Avenue, where you’ll witness the striking contrast of Panama’s modern skyline, home to some of the tallest and most impressive buildings in Latin America
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Itinerary
The guide will meet you at Colon 2000 dock in front of Fantastic Casino, 40 minutes after the cruise docked.
• Minibús ride to Panama City, Pacific ocean, your guide will give you general information about Colon city, Panama country and the Canal. • The minibús will ride the Centennial bridge to give you a wonderful panoramic view of Gaillard cut (the famous land divided), the minibús can not stop atthe bridge but during the ride you will be able to take a few pictures.
• Visit Miraflores exhibition center, your party will visit the museum and observe from the balcony the process to elevate the boats from the level of the Pacific ocean to the level of Gatun lake (27m / 85ft) . Admission fee US$20 is not included in our Price.
• Visit San Felipe (Casco Antiguo) see the historical town with Churches, monuments, souvenir shops and amazing Colonial and Neoclassical architectural styles throughout the city.
Later, the tour will go to Balboa avenue and you will observe the new city with the highest and modern building in Latinamerica, then Ride back to your cruise.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please note that pickup time can be moved ahead or delayed by an hour from your booking time.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Walking the Colonial city take 1 hour approx. If you have inconveniences to walk the town, you can stay in our minibús and wait for the rest.
- Not wheelchair or scooter accesible
Reviews(237)
Excellent tour! Our guide, Milton, was fabulous - informative, accommodating, and hilarious. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Panama.
Maybe for the first time in Panama. On the other hand, we were charged extra in Miraflores for a film in English about the construction of the canal and to get close to the boats crossing the lock where there are many people and where we see nothing
Our guide Milton was absolutely wonderful. Very knowledgeable about the history of Pana and ensured every question was answered. We will return
The tour was absolutely fantastic. Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the Panama Canal
This is a great tour! Get to see the locks up close and then head to Panama City for some city history.
Milton was the tour guide and is fantastic. He is truly helpful and informative . The driver was excellent, too, getting us there quickly and safely and getting through those narrow streets in Old Town! Excellent experience.
Definitely a must to understand the locking system . The tour around Panama City - the new tower blocks and photo stops worked well . Walking round beautiful old Panama was interesting with lots of photo opportunities. We loved it . We had snacks and drinks on the way back to the cruise ship and we were back on time . Jenny was a fabulous tour guide her knowledge of the country gave us a great insight into Panama life . She was great and so was our lovely driver .
Exactly as described! Jeny and Brian were fabulous. Jeny was very knowledgeable and her pride in her Country was admirable.
Nice tour. Had fun and very informative. Good history lesson. Employees are great. Would recommend this tour!
Really great tour from Colon to Panama City and the Panama Canal. Total tour took about 6 hrs and we were back on our cruise with plenty of time to spare. Would highly recommend as the perfect excursion when stopping in Colon!
