Private Layover Tour: Enjoy the Best of Panama City and the Panama Canal

Experience the best of Panama City and the iconic Panama Canal on a private layover tour. Explore the city’s highlights and marvel at the engineering marvel of the canal. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Miraflores Visitor Center - Guided visit to know about the history and how the Panama Canal works. Tickets have an additional cost of USD $10 per person to be purchased there. This stop is optional because there is a free observation area from Pedro Miguel Locks which is the place to visit on Mondays when the Visitors Center is closed.
  • Casco Viejo - Guided tour around buildings and the charming streets of the old spanish colonial quartier of Panama City
  • Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador) - Beautiful sights of the Panama Canal and Panama City
  • Panama Metro - Sightseeing tour around downtown of Panama City
  • Cinta Costera - Sightseeing tour of downtown
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Round-trip private transfer
  • Driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance tickets for Panama Canal Visitors Center (USD$17.22 adult, $7.22 child), this is optional
Additional Information

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the Panama Canal and the highlights of Panama City, Panama with this private tour starting from the PTY International Airport, any location within Panama City and ending at the airport or vice versa, ending at hotels or accommodations in downtown Panama City.

The Panama Inmigrations Department requires a minimum layover of 7 hours to leave the airport.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Participants coming from Brasil are required to bring their International Vaccination Certificate against yellow fever in order to be able to leave the airport.
  • It is required by Migrations in Panama a minimum of 7 hours between flights in order to be able to leave the airport.
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.

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Ingrid_h
Jul 4, 2024
A MUST! - Highly recommend! A MUST do! My tour guide was Kelly Cedeño. He was very accommodating and knowledgeable. Very reliable company and very professional. The office contacted me as well as Kelly to assist in finding each other (I went to the wrong terminal). Though my flight was delayed, it did not deter the valuable experience. Kelly still toured me around Panama and the highlights of the tour well after the designated return time. Please do remember to carry cash for gratuities as they do not take Zelle/Venmo or anymother digital form of payment for gratuities.
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V5670smhannahb
May 27, 2024
Great way to spend a layover - Ricardo is the best. Knowledgeable, friendly, and a great photographer! Loved seeing the sights and exploring the town.
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Balajis476
Mar 29, 2024
Great layover trip at Panama - Dan was excellent… he was very patient, professional and extremely kind. He spent couple of extra hours on top of what was part of the trip. He really made our visit to Panama memorable!
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748justinp
Mar 29, 2024
What a great experience - The tour was not only informative, but super fun. Dan was an incredible guide and pulled out all the stops to get us into the canal quicker, as well as made plenty of accommodations for coffee stops. Highly recommend!
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Tobiaslange_m
Mar 27, 2024
Excellent - Had an 8 hour layover at PTY and booker this 5 hour tour. Very friendly guide with good knowledge. Recomend the old town and Miraflores Visitor Center for the Panama canal.
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Arnoldos551
Mar 24, 2024
Good experience - Dan was an excellent guide, showing us many of the city's attractions and arriving at the right time to see a ship passing through the canal. We really enjoyed the day. He took us to a good Panamanian restaurant to try out the cool food and he was always very helpful.
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Patrick_s
Mar 23, 2024
Wonderful Half Day Tour! - Ricardo was a wonderful tour guide! And his recommendations for stops, and lunch were wonderful. We would recommend this tour for a great overview of Panama City.
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X8238ppandym
Mar 22, 2024
Dan is the best! - Dan was awesome! We learned a a lot about Panama! He was also very nice and, as we were using this experience as a homeschool activity for our daughter, made sure to explain everything.
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Christina_n
Jul 29, 2024
It was good - The driver came bro airport to pick us up and so on. We saw the canal and came back to airport it was great
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Keith_m
Jun 5, 2024
A misunderstanding that went way wrong, and caused much stress - First, before posting this review, I have been in touch with the owner of the travel company that was used. He was polite, and apologized, but really chalked up my bad experience to a miscommunication that went bad. . . . To sum it up, his driver (my guide) went to use the restroom in the arrivals hall at the airport, and gave the sign with my name on it to a friend of his in case I arrived. I did. So I saw my name and approached him. Turns out that man holding the sign was also waiting for HIS client, a visitor to a foreign embassy, he thought I was that man, and took me to his car. What followed was an immense amount of him intensely talking into his phone in Spanish and largely ignoring me, the paying client who had booked an English-language tour. To cut to the chase, we were all across town when he realized I was not his client. . . . But it was still rough. This man told me my real driver would meet me at the canal visitors center, but at first refused to give me my luggage back out of his car as he wanted me to go inside. I had to get quite firm to get my and demand possession of my own property! Finally, the true driver (the one who had used the restroom at the arrivals hall and handed my sign off to his friend) arrived. We continued the tour, but I was nerve-wracked throughout, even causing me to notice a mechanical malfunction warning on his dashboard and me fear we would break down (we didn't break down, as he kept his engine running even during our short sightseeing stops). . . . When the travel company owner wrote me last night to apologize, he did point out that I was finally able to see the sights I had paid to see. Yes, but I actually asked to return to the airport a tad earlier than he was offering to continue, because I was so frazzled. . . . So, the owner can say it was all a big misunderstanding -- and it was, but the point is his own driver should not have given that sign to a friend who handled the situation so badly, and caused me so much stress.
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