You will be picked up at your Panama City hotel by your Ancon Expeditions guide for a 20-minute transfer to the Panama Canal. Experience the Panama Canal from an exclusive perspective on a VIP Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Miraflores Locks. Accompanied by a specialized guide from the Panama Canal Authority, gain fascinating insight into the history, engineering, and day-to-day operation of this extraordinary waterway. The experience includes special access to a restricted area alongside the lock doors, not accessible to the general public, offering an up-close view of the massive vessels as they pass through the locks and a unique photo opportunity in front of the control house.

Your visit includes a 45-minute documentary, "Panama Canal: A Land Divided, A World United," narrated by Morgan Freeman at the IMAX 3D theater. The fi lm reveals not only its vast scope but also delves into the locks and mechanical operations and includes stunning shots of what it’s like boarding the giant ships sailing the Canal and aerial views of Panama City and the Panama Railway. The fi lm covers everything from the days when Conquistadores struggled through a water-soaked quagmire to the 19th-century French canal-digging debacle to the American engineering achievement that revolutionized shipping and tropical medicine. It's also about the visionary present, documenting the efforts to expand the 100-year-old waterway to accommodate Neopanamax ships. It concludes with a fusion of old and new Panama, its skyscrapers, and culture.

Enroute to/from the hotel (depending on the confirmed time slot), you will be riding through the former Panama Canal Zone and may stop with our guide at the Panama Canal Authority Building on the foothills of Ancon Hill.