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 The Half Day City Tour takes you onto a fascinating history journey starting in Panama Viejo, where Pedro Arias de Avila founded the first Spanish City on 15 August 1519, continues to Casco Antiguo, the historic center of Panama city with beautiful restored colonial houses, interesting museums, cathedrals and plazas. The Full Day City tour continues with lunch at Casco Antiguo and a visit to the Miraflores Locks Visitor Center at the Panama Canal.
During the half-day morning tour you will visit the ruins of Old Panama, climb up the Cathedral tower, visit the Old Panama Museum and then continue to Casco Viejo (the old city compound) which dates from the late 1600's. A bilingual guide will describe the events in history leading up to the eventual movement of the capital city to its present location. Casco Viejo is home to monuments to Ferdinand de Lesseps and other Frenchmen instrumental in the ill-fated attempt of the French to construct a canal through Panama. Your tour ends with a visit to the Panama Canal Museum.
The full day tour continues with lunch at a Panamanian restaurant and a tour of the Panama Canal area, including the town of Balboa, formerly part of the Panama Canal Zone. You will stop at the folk art market at the old YMCA building and then visit the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal where large ships can be seen transiting the canal. Enjoy a presentation by the Panama Canal Authority on the history of the Panama Canal and marvel at the workings of this feat of human engineering. Late afternoon you will return to your hotel in Panama City.
TOUR SCHEDULE
Half Day City Tour*:
| 8:30 a.m.
| Approximate pick up time at your hotel in Panama City | | | 12:30 p.m.
| Approximate return to your hotel in Panama City | | | | | | Full Day City Tour*: | 8:30 a.m. | Approximate pick up time at your hotel in Panama City | | | 4:00 p.m. | Approximate return to your hotel in Panama City
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* This tour is available from Tuesday through Sunday (on Mondays the museums in Panama are closed). Check our SPECIALS SECTION for current "open tours" with already passengers signed up or review our green season Specials! PRICE 2010 (valid through Nov 30, 2010) Half Day City Tour: US$60 per person plus 7% tax (4+ passengers), no lunch included Half Day City Tour: US$100 per person plus 7% tax (2-3 passengers), no lunch included Full Day City Tour: US$110 per person plus 7% tax (4+ passengers), lunch included Full Day City Tour: US$180 per person plus 7% tax (2-3 passengers), lunch included PRICE 2011 (tours after Dec 1, 2010 through Nov 30, 2011) Half Day City Tour: US$50 per person plus 7% tax (4+ passengers), no lunch included Half Day City Tour: US$80 per person plus 7% tax (2-3 passengers), no lunch included Full Day City Tour: US$99 per person plus 7% tax (4+ passengers), lunch included Full Day City Tour: US$150 per person plus 7% tax (2-3 passengers), lunch included INCLUDED
- Bilingual Naturalist Guide
- Full Lunch (only included in Full Day City Tour)
- Transportation from/to your hotel in Panama City*
- Museum and related fees
*a $25 per person surcharge (roundtrip, based on 2+ persons) must be added to day tours beginning and/or ending at Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Intercontinental Playa Bonita Resort or the Canopy Tower
DISCLAIMER
Prices and itineraries are correct at the time of printing, however they are subject to change due to weather or local conditions, availabilities or factors beyond our control.
WHAT TO BRING - Binoculars (available for rent at Ancon Expeditions of Panama)
- Camera
- Cap or hat
- Sunscreen lotion
- Light clothing
- Light raincoat
- Tennis shoes or sandals
TIPPING
Ancon Expeditions is Panama’s top eco-tourism operator. Our Natural & Cultural History Guides are the country's finest. Due to frequently asked questions from our clients about suggested guide & staff gratuities, we would like to provide you with the following universal tipping guidelines: - Naturalist guide/Tour leader: US$10.00-US$20.00 per person/day
- Day tour guide: US$10.00 per person/day
- Transfer driver: US$2.00 per person
- Tour driver: US$5.00 per person/day
- Tour boat driver: US$5.00 per person/day
- Hotel bellman: US$1.00 per person per suitcase
- International airport bellmen (red caps): US$1.00 per piece of suitcase
“It was a fantastic tour. Alex, our guide, did a super job.
It was a great experience and would recommend it to anyone.”
Full Day Panama City Tour
Joseph G. Acker, USA
“Unfortunately, our stay in Panama City was very short, just for three days… This means that we had to see and learn so many things in only a very short time. I think that the two day tours we took with your company gave us the opportunity to do so, but not only… we got much more than we had expected… MUCHAS GRACIAS!” Half Day Panama City Tour & Panama Canal Rainforest Boat Adventure & Miraflores Locks Chrystalla Koumi, Cyprus
“The trip met our expectations with respect to the people we met, the hotels, and the meals. It was a great trip. We enjoyed every day.” Full Day Panama City Tour Max Wilson, USA From getting information on the telephone, to choosing a mutually agreeable location to meet, to the sign made up so we could find our guide, to our guide and what the tour encompassed - ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC MELANIE, all 4 of us loved it and believe we received good value for our money. We ate in a small restaurant in Casco Viejo, loved the atmosphere, food & service. No dislikes on the tour, would highly recommend it.”
Full Day Panama City Tour
Mauren Richichi, Canada “Good Morning Katiana.
First I would like to thank you for all your assistance in getting my tour booked and arrangement for us. I had a wonderful time, learned a lot and was very enjoyable time. Lunch was excellent, nice and cozy restaurant, very well done.”
Full Day Panama City Tour
Nathalie Hains, USA “We had a great day learning about Panama's history and having a tour of the city.
It was an excellent way to start our trip, and we'd ask for our guides again.”
Full Day Panama City Tour
Lucy Preson, USA
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