Half-day Tour of Panama City and Panama Canal
Description
Half day tour around the highlights of Panama City: Panama Canal, Balboa, Amador Causeway, Old Town (Casco Viejo), Cinta Costera and downtown, included convenient pick up from downtown of Panama City and tickets for Panama Canal Visitors Center.
Tour Options
Itinerary
After pick up from your accommodation in downtown of Panama City, we will take you to the Panama Canal Visitors Center at Miraflores Locks where we will see together the ships going through the Canal and discuss about the history of the Canal and how it works. This visit is complemented by watching a short movie.
After visiting the Panama Canal, we will go through Balboa and Canal Zone, former USA territory in Panama, in our way to the Amador Causeway, a road connecting to 3 islands at the entrance of the Panama Canal. This is a place with beautiful landscapes at the ocean, perfect for great pictures of the Panama City's skyline.
Enjoy a walking tour as you explore the historical buildings and monuments, charming and narrow streets full of history and beautiful architecture in Casco Viejo, the Old Town of Panama City.
Sighseeing tour around downtown of Panama City.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick up included for all bookings from hotels or accommodations in downtown Panama City and Casco Viejo. Pick up time for Private Tours will be at the same time as booked, for Shared Small Group the pick up time will be informed the night before the tour after 8:30 PM.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(98)
Wonderful timing of seeing the causeway first, then visiting Old Town, ending with the canal. Our guide, Ricardo, was excellent! He was able to answer all of our questions whether historical or current. And he frequently took our photo, saying, You need to have your photo taken here.
Cesar was amazing super patient and really nice person. We did a full tour of the most important points of Panama.
An amazing day with an amazing guide. We had an opportunity to see the Panama Canal and also learn the history of it as well as see the old town. Javier was such an amazing guide! He was so attentive and kind and also very knowledgeable. If you are able to have a tour with him you are LUCKY!
Really well informed guide and arrangements were excellent
Reuben was an excellent tour guide, he was professional, punctual and very courteous. He was knowledgeable about the Panama Canal and guided us through the tour ensuring we saw a ship pass through the canal. We loved Casco Viejo, the history, the buildings...everything was awesome. His love of Panama made the tour personal and informative and fun. He took photos and suggested great spots for the photos. Ask for Reuben!
The guide Luis is a very nice friendly guy but seemed to be in a rush to avoid traffic got to casco viejo 1:50pm and by 2:35 aprox we were out we only spent 45 minutes out of the 2 hours that were supposed to be part of the tour and mostly trying to find him since he would just drop us off , didn’t really get to see or do much just two free small museums. On the way to causeway couldn’t take pictures from a moving car and windows only opened half way,got to a duty free he took us and were only able to take a picture at the Panama letters we were out in a rush. the complementary bottle of water was never offered no big deal but why include in the booking.. got to the Panama Canal which was an extra $ 35.44 fee had a nice time but as usual he seemed in a hurry to avoid trafic I’m sure he can do much better. Also we were supposed to do the tour with a small group but it was only us …
Yet to have a bad tour in Panama! Ruben kept the streak alive! He was well informed and kind which is a great combination for a guide. Took us to several interesting sites and we finished the tour with Geisha coffee (which is delicious btw) at a low keyish shop that actually sold it for a reasonable price compared to other places in the same area.
Excellent tour, Cesar was a great guide. Pay attention to the schedules of the ships, as you can stay without seeing a passing....
Our driver/tour guide was absolutely awesome. You do have to pay for the actual canal tour but it was worth the experience. We did visit Casco Viejo the day prior so opted out for that part of the tour but returned at night which was a completely different vibe.
It was a nice experience to visit the main points of the city, the guide was always very attentive and polite, and based on our needs, he was able to change the schedule so that we could see the canal with many boats.
