The Panama Canal Expansion Tour
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Overview
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- Meet the Embera Indigenous People
- Enjoy a Jungle Boat tour on the Panama Canal
- Visit San Lorenzo National Park & Panama Railway
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- Meals (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner) as indicated in the itinerary
- Radisson Summit Hotel Panama Situated just 40 minutes outside of Panama City and nearby the breathtaking Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal, the Radisson Summit Hotel & Golf Panama sits on 160 acres of picturesque, tropical land. Providing guests with an idyllic escape the hotel features 103 exquisitely decorated rooms, a challenging 18-hole golf course, a complimentary breakfast buffet, a Fitness Center, free wireless Internet access and swimming pool. Address: Avenida Omar Torrijos H (old Gaillard Road), Paraiso, PanamaWebsite: www.radisson.com/paraiso-panama-hotel-pa-0844-2014/pangolfPhone: (+507) 232-3700Check in: 3:00 p.m.Check out: 12:00 p.m.Melia Panama CanalThis hotel located in the lush rainforest just outside the city limits of Colon on the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal was formerly known as the School of the Americas, the US-funded institution that trained some of Latin America's infamous dictators. Its 285 rooms are spacious and offer guests a nice view over the rainforest and Gatun Lake. Guests can choose between many social attractions in and around the hotel, such as a beautiful and large swimming pool, tennis and basketball court, massage service, Kids Club and nearby excursions on the Gatun Lake, fishing, biking, visit indigenous communities, rainforest zip line and nature walks. The Miraflores restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and the meat-specialized Darien restaurant offers exquisite a la carte dinners.Address: Old School of the Americas, Gatun Lake, Colon, PanamaWebsite: http://es.melia.com/hoteles/panama/colon/melia-Panama-canal/home.htmPhone: (+507) 470-1100, 470-1960Check in: 3:00 p.m.Check out: 12:00 p.m.Country Inn & Suites AmadorThis hotel is located at the beginning of the Causeway Amador, where you can experience and enjoy the grandest view of the entrance to The Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, of every ship that travels the Canal, and of the Bridge of the America's, which spans the entrance. All of the 255 rooms have AC, TV, security safe, ironing board, balcony, Garden or Panama Canal view and wireless Internet access is complimentary. TGI Friday´s is the just adjacent to the hotel. Within walking distance, you will have a stunning view of Panama City, charming restaurants and cafés, bike rental shops. The city center, shopping malls are just within 10min taxi ride and the Tocumen International Airport around 30min from the hotel. Address: Fort Amador & Pelicano Avenue, Panama CityWebsite: www.panamacanalcountry.com/amadorPhone: +(507) 211-4500Check in: 3:00 p.m. Check out: 12:00 p.m.
- Hotel accommodation, all land, air and boat transfers within Panama Park & related entrance fees, private group guide services
Itinerary
On arrival to Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, you will be met by our driver and transferred to your hotel in Panama City. Night at AC Hotel Panama City.
Breakfast.Canoeing at Chagres River. 07:30 hrs – Depart the hotel lobby for a 90 minute drive to El Corotu on the shores of Madden Lake. The main reservoir of drinking water for the cities of Panama and Colon, Madden also supplies 40% of the water required for the op...
Breakfast.Hiking at Soberania National Park. 06:30 hrs – Depart the hotel lobby for a 45 minute transfer to the Soberania National Park in the Panama Canal Watershed. Soon after you cross the Chagres River, you reach Pipeline Road, where Audubon Society held its worl...
Breakfast.Sightseeing. 08:30 hrs – Depart the hotel lobby, be checked out and with your bags ready. You will enjoy a ride across the Isthmus of Panama heading North East along the Caribbean coast for approximately 1.5 – 2 hours to the historic town of Portobelo. Famo...
Breakfast.Sightseeing at Fort San Lorenzo. 9:30 hrs – This morning you will be crossing the Gatun Locks and visit the Castle of San Lorenzo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built at the mouth of the Chagres River, this Spanish bastion served to fortify and protect the ...
Breakfast.Sightseeing at Metropolitan Natural Park. 08:00 hrs – Metropolitan Nature Park, located only 15 minutes from downtown Panama City is the only protected rainforest within capital city limits in Latin America. The area has remained largely undisturbed for the...
Buffet style Breakfast.Sightseeing at Panama Canal. 06:45 hrs – The Panama Canal tour starts with an early morning pick up at your hotel for a short transfer to Flamenco Island on Causeway Amador you will embark a 250-passenger ferry. You will first sail under the br...
Be transferred to Tocumen Airport and return back home with fascinating memories about Panama and the expanded Panama Canal, being a new milestone in history and human ingenuity!
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