Experience Panama from the Atlantic to the Pacific on an entirely private Panama Canal day tour, where you control the schedule and enjoy the journey at your own pace. This unforgettable canal and jungle tour in Panama blends nature, history, and world-class engineering in one seamless adventure.
Begin by navigating alongside massive cargo ships as they cross the Panama Canal, giving you a rare, up-close perspective of this global waterway. Continue into Gatun Lake, where you’ll encounter incredible wildlife — including monkeys, sloths, crocodiles, and a variety of tropical birds.
Next, visit the impressive Agua Clara Locks, the newest addition to the Panama Canal expansion and a remarkable feat of modern engineering. Afterwards, enjoy a delicious local meal at Shelter Bay Marina.
Your private Panama Canal tour concludes with a visit to Fort San Lorenzo, one of Latin America’s most important colonial ports from over 400 years ago — a UNESCO World Heritage Site rich with history and dramatic coastal views.
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This tour starts with pick up at 7am in your hotel, we will reach to Gamboa port to take a boat and navigate along the iconic Panama canal right next to the big ships crossing the Panama canal from Athlantic to Pacific. We will admire the fauna and vegetation of the tropical forest, as well as the Monkey Island where you can spot them in their natural habitat.
Now we go back to the car and visit the newest locks – Agua Clara Locks, this Visitor Center allows you to observe transiting vessels from a scenic lookout point and learn first hand of the New Panama Canal, in addition you can also see a documentary on the history and construction of the new Canal.
Taste a delicious local lunch (fish, shrimps) in the beautiful Shelter Bay next the marine. (Lunch not included in price around $25USD pp)
Finally, We’ll go to discover Fort San Lorenzo National Park, where we can visit a remote rainforest full of flora and fauna, followed by a tour to Fort San Lorenzo, a 400-year-old Spanish fort on a scenic cliff overlooking the Caribbean. Here, we recount the many attacks by pirates and privateers that happened at one of the most historically important places in Panama.
Once we finish our tour of the fort, we return to Panama City for hotel drop-off.
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