Panama City Highlights and Miraflores Locks: Explore the Panama Canal and City
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Panama City
Discover the awe-inspiring Panama Canal and explore the highlights of Panama City on this 5-hour tour. Visit Avenida Balboa, Casco Viejo, and the Miraflores Locks for a memorable experience.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Panama Canal - Observe the exciting activity of the Miraflores locks where you can marvel at the gigantic container ships making their approach into the locks lifting them above sea level. Stroll around the Miraflores visitor center and learn about the colorful history of the canal and its arduous construction. The visitor center also has a new IMAX theater, featuring a 40-minute documentary about the Panama Canal (optional for an extra cost of $17.22)
  • Casco Viejo - Walk along the many romantic alleyways of Casco Viejo (Old Town) and visit the four plazas (nominated UNESCO World Heritage Sites) with their spectacular architecture and rich history. Take your time admiring the historic buildings, cafes, unique boutiques, restaurants, bars and entertainment options.
  • Avenida Balboa - We drive along Avenida Balboa and the beautiful Cinta Costera, with its breathtaking Panama City skyline sights and the famous Panama sign
  • Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador) - We will visit the famous Amador Causeway, built from the soil excavated from the Panama Canal project. Take spectacular photos of the amazing Panama City skyline views. Enjoy the fresh ocean breeze and many photo opportunities.
What's Included
  • English-speaking guide included
What's Not Included
  • Entrance Fee to Miraflores Visitor Center
  • Optional IMAX movie fee - $17.22
Additional Information

Join us on this 5-hour Panama City tour where you will visit the highlights of Panama including the awe inspiring Panama Canal, the glitzy Avenida Balboa, Old Town (Casco Viejo) and Artisan Market and Amador Causeway.

Your friendly, English speaking driver and tour guide will meet you at your Panama City lodging from where you will continue on towards Avenida Balboa and the beautiful Cinta Costera, with its breathtaking Panama City skyline sights and the famous Panama sign. As we reach Panama’s old town, Casco Viejo, we will start walking along the many romantic alleyways and visit the four plazas, discovering historic buildings, cafes, unique boutiques, restaurants, bars and entertainment options. We continue to the Miraflores Visitor center, gazing at the huge ships traversing the Panama canal

Our tour is the ideal way to discover Panama City in just one day and a good way to start your Panama vacation before you journey to the other areas.

  • THERE IS A SURCHARGE FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT HOTELS OUTSIDE OF PANAMA CITY, SUCH AS TOCUMEN, COSTA DEL ESTE, PLAYA BONITA AND OTHERS. Please select the relevant booking option or kindly send us a message.
Location
Panama Canal
Cancellation Policy

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

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Tadeo_v
Jan 20, 2024
Ali our tour guide was... - Ali our tour guide was very courteous and took us everywhere as planned. He was very knowledgeable about Panamanian history and recent country situation.
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Debral_d
Dec 29, 2023
Good tour - The tour was good. Visited the Locks and saw a ship going through. The Imax presentation was interesting.
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Edward_p
Feb 9, 2023
Awesome Tour! - The Miraflores Locks were very interesting as well as all the other sites! Our guide, Ana Nation, was great! She is very knowledgeable and had lots to tell us about all the attractions we saw!
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Jonathan_e
May 8, 2022
Great experience! - Franklin, from Tao Travel, has been one of the best guides we've ever had; we've been to 52 countries.
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Laura_l
Mar 22, 2022
Panama locks and city tour - Saw lots of interesting sights. The locks were very interesting. Old town and new town so different.
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