Panama City and Miraflores Locks Tour: Visit Both Caribbean and Pacific Sides in Colon

Experience the best of Panama City and the Miraflores Locks on this tour. Visit both the Caribbean and Pacific sides, learn about the history of the canal, and marvel at the city’s stunning architecture.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Port Colon 2000 - The guide will meet you at Colon 2000 dock in front of Fantastic Casino, 40 minutes after the cruise docked.
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
  • Experienced professional guide
  • Convenient port pickup and drop-off
  • Travel in comfort with air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Miraflores Locks exhibition center US$15 adult
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Panama holds the unique distinction of being the sole global destination where both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean can be experienced. Your journey encompasses approximately one hour to reach the Centennial Bridge, offering a splendid panoramic perspective of Gaillard Cut (the slender sector of the canal) and Pedro Miguel Locks. Next, we’ll pay…

Location
La Cubana Hospedaje y Pensión
Calle 11
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kathy_t
Feb 24, 2025
Panama Deluxe tour - Milton was very knowledgeable about this area. He engaged with the tour members and provided for a remarkable experience
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Joyce_f
Feb 21, 2025
Panama Canal tour - We had a good experience with our guide, Milton, who was very knowledgeable about the Panama Canal and the city. Just be mindful of the time and any traffic issues. There was a protest in the city and luckily, our guide informed us about it so we could avoid it.
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Traciejoiner
Feb 19, 2025
Had a wonderful time on... - Had a wonderful time on this excursion! Milton was very knowledgeable and made the ride to Panama City and the Miraflores visitor center fly by. We toured some in Panama City, then to the visitor center to watch the IMAX movie and see several ships go through the lock. Nice comfortable air conditioner van, small group, highly recommend. Milton made sure we were where we needed to be on time to get the most out of our excursion!
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Vacati0n690
Feb 13, 2025
A Great Introduction to Panama - Overall the tour was good. We definitely saw a lot and the tour guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. It would have been nice to have some free time in Panama City to shop on my own and grab something to eat. Additionally, a little more definition around options at the visitor center would have been helpful. The center was crowded and it was impossible for everyone to stay together. Some people wanted to see the IMAX movie and others did not. I think it would have helped in the beginning for the guide to give us a time and a place to meet at the end and then just let us wander the center on our own. The beer at the end of the day was an awesome touch and the empanada snacks were delicious and appreciated.
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Sally_b
Jan 31, 2025
Great Tour - Milton was a very informative guide He made about tour very interesting even giving us some local food He arrived on time and got us back to our boat on time Would recommend him as a tour guide
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Pauline_g
Jan 27, 2025
Panama City tour and Mirafores Locks - Mario was an amazing tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and make sure that we were able actually see a boat going through the locks. I would highly recommend this tour if you have the 6 hours when traveling on a cruise.
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Rick_r
Jan 31, 2025
TiTi was very... - TiTi was very knowledgeable. The transportation was awful. We had a very difficult time hearing the tour guide.
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Maria_h
Feb 1, 2025
Panamá City and Mira Flores - Our guide Alex was very knowledgeable about the history of Panamá City. He was also generous and provided our group with fresh locally made empanadas to eat on the bus with cold water or local beer. The only negative I would say is we spent 95% of the day in Panamá City with maybe 10 minutes at the Aqua Clara docks. We were told after we were on the bus that we would be going to Aqua Clara instead of Miraflores because of distance from our ship. Although we enjoyed our day, it was a big disappointment not to have more time at the docks. We also barely made it back to our ship on time.
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John_k
Jan 28, 2025
Travel from Colon to... - Travel from Colon to Panama City. Short stop at Miraflores locks. Should have gone to Miraflores locks first to see video and locks in action and used remaining time for Panama City.
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Chong_z
Jan 28, 2025
Wasted a whole hour waiting for the next hour tour group to join. - It didn't have a good start. We arrived at our meeting point at 8:45am for a 9am tour. Then we had to wait for an hour for a bigger group (10am tour) to come before starting the tour. It's not fair to my group of people and it's unacceptable. However, the tour guide and the driver did a good job to make the tour smoothly.
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