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Old Canal zone tour (Miraflores Locks, former bases, and Museum)

By Panamanian Aventures
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$210 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The former Canal Zone tour starts from your hotel and takes you to the Miraflores Locks, where we will spend an hour. You can visit the exhibition room between the observation decks to learn about the history and see the boats pass through the second-largest locks in the Panama Canal. After that, we will head to the former base of Clayton, which dates back to 1919 and housed more than 20,000 people, including civilians and soldiers. Then, we will drive to Corozal, an old town in the Canal Zone, where we can visit the American military cemetery and the train station, which was the first transoceanic railway in the world. After that, we will travel to the first American airfield in Albrook, where we will learn more about the history of the place. Finally, we will visit the old town of Balboa, where we can see the Panama Canal Administration Building, and end the tour at the Amador Causeway.

Activity location

  • Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
    • Avenida Central, Plaza de la Independencia between 5th and 6th streets.
    • 0816-05600, Panama City, Panama

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
    • Avenida Central, Plaza de la Independencia between 5th and 6th streets.
    • 0816-05600, Panama City, Panama

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Former Panama Canal zone tour (military bases, museums and more)
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
NZ$210.19 x 1 AdultNZ$210.19

Total
Price is NZ$210.19
Lunch included
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Local or Caribbean cuisine
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$280.81 x 1 AdultNZ$280.81

Total
Price is NZ$280.81
Solo Traveller Combo
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Private : An exclusive and customise experience
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$336.30 x 1 AdultNZ$336.30

Total
Price is NZ$336.30

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMiraflores Visitor Centre entry 17.22 dollars per person to be paid on site to the canal staff
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedCanal Museum 15 dollars entry per person per person to be paid on site to the canal Museum staff

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Miraflores Visitor Centre entry 17.22 dollars per person Must be paid to the on-site to the staff
  • Canal Museum 15 dollars entry Must be paid on site to the staff

Activity itinerary

Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
We begin this tour by travelling through time going through everything that happened in the canal from the French to the conclusion of the canal by the Americans and all the nations that gave their contribution to this work that changed the maritime world since then.
Panama Canal
  • 1h
The former base of Clayton date from 1919 and housed more than 20 thousand people, civilians, and soldiers, after we drive to Corozal an old town in the canal zone where we find the American military cemetery following the train station the first interoceanic railway in the world after travelling to the first American air force station in Panama Albrook where we will remember much of the history of the area and finally the old town of balboa where we find the Panama canal administration building and finally the Amador causeway
Miraflores Visitor Center
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Miraflores locks where we will be for an hour where you can see the exhibition rooms after ascending to the fourth floor to see the boats passing through the second largest locks in the Panama canal.
Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial
  • 15m
let's honour the fallen soldiers
Avenida Balboa
  • 10m
the Zone's administrative capital, as well as the location of the harbour and the main high school on the Pacific side
Panama Canal Administration Building
  • 30m
The Panama Canal Administration Building was inaugurated on July 15, 1914 as a landmark for Panamanian history. This veritable legacy from the past is an important part of Canal history.
Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)
  • 30m
Fort Amador and Fort Grant ( current Amador Causeway) were former United States Army bases constructed to safeguard the southern end of the Panama Canal at Panama Bay in the Pacific. Amador was the main on-land site, located below the Bridge of the Americas. Grant comprised a series of islands situated just offshore.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMuseo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
    • Avenida Central, Plaza de la Independencia between 5th and 6th streets.
    • 0816-05600, Panama City, Panama

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMuseo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama
    • Avenida Central, Plaza de la Independencia between 5th and 6th streets.
    • 0816-05600, Panama City, Panama

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