Old Canal zone private tour (Miraflores Locks, bases, and Museum) | 4 hours to 5 hours

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Lunch included
2 Adults x $167.00
$334.00
Approx Total
$334.00
Local or Caribbean cuisine
Pickup included
Solo Traveler Combo
2 Adults x $200.00
$400.00
Approx Total
$400.00
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Former Panama Canal zone tour (military bases, museums and more)
2 Adults x $125.00
$250.00
Approx Total
$250.00
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: Portuguese, English, Spanish
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Miraflores Visitor Center entry 17.22 dollars per person
  • Canal Museum 15 dollars entry per person
  • Gratuities

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.

Itinerary

  • Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama

    We begin this tour by traveling 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.

    1 hour

  • Panama Canal

    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 traveling 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

    1 hour

  • Miraflores Visitor Center

    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.

    1 hour

  • Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial

    let's honor the fallen soldiers

    15 minutes

  • Avenida Balboa

    the Zone's administrative capital, as well as the location of the harbor and the main high school on the Pacific side

    10 minutes

  • Panama Canal Administration Building

    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.

    30 minutes

  • Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)

    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.

    30 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Miraflores Visitor Center 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

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Very flexible, lots of interesting information and a great experience. Timing to see a ship transit the lock was perfect

Published on Mar, 2025

A must for people passing through or staying in Panama City. Such history, such impressive construction. So easy to miss without a knowledgeable guide

Amazing memories

Published on Dec, 2024

The tour was amazing and Alex team was awesome, we were able to remember memories 47 years ago. The canal was an enjoyable experience

Great tour of the military history & canal

Published on Nov, 2024

Great tour with Archie. Our military family lived here 50+ years ago and one of us was born here. Archie went out of his way to show us the area and buildings where our family worked and hung out. He even drove us by the hospital where one of us was born. He would stop so we could take pictures to send back to family. Archie has good knowledge of the military history, how different cultures contributed the area, and the best spots to go. We even stopped by a street side fruit market and a grocery store that family shopped at when they lived here. Very special for us. Our family loved the pictures and seeing the changes. Archie timed the canal perfectly. We got to see a huge boat navigate through the canal. If you are coming back to Panama to understand the military history or see things you heard about from military family, this is the tour for you. I searched all over for a tour that would show us Howard, Albrook, the canal, and give us a sense of what life was like 50+ years ago as an American living here. Archie did exactly that. This is the only tour I could find that provided that type of experience. Thank you for a great day.

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