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Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour

By Panama Canal Tours
This narrated tour of the Panama Canal travels the full width of the Isthmus of Panama, starting from the Pacific Ocean. Set out from your hotel in Panama City and end in Colón, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. En route you’ll pass through Miraflores Locks and stop by the visitor center.
from
RM 1,373.61
per adult
from
RM 1,373.61
per adult
Lowest price guaranteeReserve now & pay laterFree cancellation
Ages 0-99, max of 99 per group
Duration:
10–11 hours
Start time: Check availability
Ticket type:
Mobile
English, Spanish
Highlights
  • Panama Canal full-transit tour, from the Pacific to the Atlantic
  • Relax with breakfast and lunch plus afternoon coffee and snacks
  • Guide shares information about this astonishing feat of engineering
  • Return transport provided to Panama City by luxury coach
  • Bilingual Spanish/ English tour guide narrators.
  • Breakfast
  • Buffet lunch
  • Afternoon Coffee and Snacks in the afternoon
  • Water and soft drinks, all you can drink.
  • Snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Entry/Admission - Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)
What's not included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Departure details
  • Traveller pickup is offered.
  • Amador Causeway, Calz. de Amador, Panamá, Panama We have 3 starting points. At the time of your reservation we will tell you which one you should go to.
  • Ports:
  • Causeway Amador, WF6H+GP2, Panama City, Panama
Return details
  • Returns to original departure point
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 32282P3
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Availability for shows cannot be checked without making a booking. Credit cards will only be charged upon confirmation of show availability
  • Although we do not have wheelchair access or special facilities, people who use wheelchair or other mobility devices are welcome, our staff will be attentive to help.
  • Most travellers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 99 travellers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
A note from Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour
  • Ministry of Health orders the mandatory use of face masks throughout the country. Tour will have a maximum capacity of 30% of visitors.
What you can expect during your visit
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
  • Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Contactless payment for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
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Which attractions will I visit with Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour?
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How much is Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour?
Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour price starts from RM 1,305.48. Discover and book Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour on Tripadvisor
What is the Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour cancellation policy?
Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Panama Canal Full Transit Boat Tour on Tripadvisor
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If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 32282P3
Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    Amador Causeway
    Or, you can also get picked up
    See departure details
  • Pass by
    Panama Canal Tours
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    Amador Causeway (Calzada de Amador)
    Stop: 30 minutes - Admission included
    Know locally as just “The Causeway”, which is another oceanfront boardwalk area ; Naos, Perico and Flamenco. These islands are connected by a road (The Causeway) that was constructed using the material extracted during the original construction of the Canal. The tour boat canal crossing tour begins at the Amador Causeway at the departure point which will be assigned with your tour reservation. There passengers will board the tour boat in preparation for the canal crossing, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean in the course of the same day.
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    Pass by
    Bridge of the Americas
    Miraflores Visitor Center
    Puente Centenario
    Gatun Lake
    Gatun Locks
  • You'll return to the starting point
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About the operator

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By: Panama Canal Tours
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Freddylasvegas
Freddylasvegas
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Glad we didn’t spend all day. Not had to see the lock
We didn’t do a tour. We just had a taxi take us to the closest lock. We checked it out with no boat coming through.…
O6272JRmichaelb
O6272JRmichaelb
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Company Does Not Treat Customers Well
We flew to Panama from Costa Rica, for two days, specifically for this tour. The night before the tour, I wrote to …
Howiegtravels
Howiegtravels
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Canal experience
These people were extremely courteous, and super friendly. It was just a good feeling to visit a place where you ar…
thyondhajoseph
thyondhajoseph
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Memorable
Mario our Tour Guide was really awesome today. He picked us up from the Airport. They were very professional. He is…
amywU5010KI
amywU5010KI
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Great tour. Not so great company.
Beware! We booked a full transit tour for March 5 months in advance of trip to Panama. The day before our schedul…
M1563YMannettek
M1563YMannettek
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Ivan Tours + Panama Canal Tours - Terrible - do not stand behind their promises
We were scheduled for the Partial Canal Tour on January 25th. We were told this was cancelled by the Canal Authorit…
Y8858ZUjamesr
Y8858ZUjamesr
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Thank you Panama Canal Tours
Our trip to Panama was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience and we are so grateful to everyone that made it happen…
RMilesBoysen
RMilesBoysen
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Thieves
Do not book with this company. They responded promptly to emails up until they had our money required in advance f…
687jacquelynj
687jacquelynj
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Shady Practices
This company is not forthcoming in regards to information about your tour. I tried to resolve my issues with them d…
Starnurse2
Starnurse2
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Fantastic Day Trip
We booked an extra 6 nights in Panama City before joining a group tour of Central America just so that we could tak…
twoGeminis
twoGeminis
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Our Partial Transit through the Panama Canal was a highlight
We did a partial transit through the Panama Canal with Nexus Tours booked through the Panama City Sunwing Represent…
juju382
juju382
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Panama layover tour
Through Miguel Tours,Panama, I had a 5 hour tour. Was picked up at the airport, taken to the Panama Canal, to the …
EndlessSummerCaptain
EndlessSummerCaptain
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0530 Departure
Everything about the Canal is dependent upon the Canal management. We arrived in the dark and waited until sunrise…
Waudiz
Waudiz
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Tour itself is OK, check twice where you book!
The tour itself is quite interesting. You should have visited the Miraflores locks before you go. You'll get more f…
Fancyfreebob
Fancyfreebob
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Long day's adventure, coast to coast!
Picked up at 0500, back to hotel (American Trade Hotel) at 2010, Fifteen hour adventure. Gus, the Cruise Guide on…
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Glyfada, Greece1,501 contributions
Overprized tour
We had paid for Full Transit Boat Tour but because of covid there were not operating. We had to pay extra U$131 per person for Alternative Canal crossing tour, it was like paying again for the Monkey Island and Panama Canal Tour. Day tour and the driver were great, the person was friendly and explain everything, it was a very interesting day. Only complain was the price of the tour, we felt like we paid twice = our first U$250 per person was like not credited.
Written 27 September 2021
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Ivan E
Hello. We understand. But this is a different tour, since we travel along the banks of the Canal, then we sail Gatun Lake where we sail alongside large ships. Later we go to Monkey Island. Then the second phase of the tour consists of traveling by vehicle through the Canal from south to north and crossing one of its bridges. Later we go to the entrance and exit of the Canal on the Pacific Ocean. This is an Alternative tour, not only includes Monkey island, which may be the tour that you saw with that price of $ 131. This is a complete tour that goes through the Canal by boat, then by Vehicle and we also go to the Canal Visitor Center, Miraflores Locks. It is a complete tour of the Panama Canal.
Written 25 November 2021
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Karen M
London, Canada207 contributions
Long day but worthwhile
We really wanted to take this tour and we’re very glad we did. It was a very long day (starting at 5:30 am pickup and 7:30 pm drop off) but worth the time. If there was any complaint it would be that the seating was not particularly comfortable (hard plastic chairs on the top deck, which is where you want to spend most of your time). Lots of opportunities for pictures and a good learning experience through the narrator on board. The food was good and the staff were nice. You take a bus ride home which is not particularly exciting but it does take you through a couple of smaller towns. We went on the trip before Covid became an issue so not sure how it would be done now.
Written 15 November 2020
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Malcolm
London, UK1 contribution
Interesting trip
It was a great day out. We did the full trip to get the whole experience. It is a long day so just doing the first half could be enough for many people. It's worth staying at a hotel where they will pick up so you don't have to worry about early morning transport, and they will bring you back.
Written 19 March 2020
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Walter290
3 contributions
The Best Tour
A dream come true, transiting the Panama Canal by boat. Thanks to Panama Canal Tours, trip organized by Ivantours. The locks are impressive, Gatun Lake is huge. The best tour.
Written 17 July 2022
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Richard B
California4 contributions
Abandoned
Couples
Our trip was through Panama Grayline.com and the company was Canal and Bay Tours. The tour is long but it is interesting and a marvel of man and his accomplishments. Our problem was at the end of the tour. The tour ends at night and a bus takes you from Colon back to Panama City. Everyone was dumped into the back lot parking lot and basically abandoned in the dark of night, limited lighting. The office was closed and the tour guide almost ran from the bus once he told us all to get off the bus. I have never been on a paid tour where they pick you up from your hotel and abandon you at the end. The end of was total chaos in that parking lot, everyone wondering where our way back to our hotel was. Total disregard for the paying customer!
Written 7 October 2018
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Martin
3 contributions
Great tour until we arrived in Colon. Then a complete disaster. I doubt I would use this company again for any tour.
Friends
The tour was actually from Canal and Bay Tours. I highly recommend taking the full transit. Boating across Gatun Lake was a bit long but rewarded by passing through the Gatun Locks. If Agua Claras is not possible as the boat is not of the size needed for Agua Claras. Our bad experience started with not being able to dock which meant a two hour delay. Then not enough seats on the bus. I sat on a box in the aisle. Finally, we were all taken to back to Playita to redistribute into two hotel buses; half a hour out of the the way. Then our bus driver did not know our hotel so we got off last enough though we had passed several times near our hotel. Again I would not recommend this company for a tour. Our tour started with a pick up at 5:30 AM and end at 10:00 PM dropped back at the hotel.
Written 6 January 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Jennifer A
2 contributions
Panama Canal - no show by operator
Family
Don’t book a tour with this operator. They did not show up for the tour and did not cancel it. We had another tour booked to San Blas islands (different tour operator) and the operator promptly canceled the tour due to the pandemic before our arrival in the country so we were able to plan for another excursion. This tour operator (ivantour) did not cancel and was unresponsive to multiple attempts to reach them by us and the Panama City tourist police who went above and beyond to help us out. We wasted time and money going to a tour that didn’t happen.
Written 6 December 2020
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Ivan E
Dear Jennifer. Could you tell me the date you purchased this tour. Send me a private message. Name and surname to help you with this and verify if it was indeed with us. Please. Thank you
Written 23 February 2021
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ChristySS76
Pearland, TX24 contributions
Great Educational Experience
Couples
The full ocean to ocean transit of the Panama Canal was exactly what I was looking for, but it is not for everyone. I wanted the total experience of travelling from one ocean to another which is exactly what the trip provided. However, it is an extremely long day. If you're just looking for an understanding of how the locks work or have children, this is probably not the trip for you. After being picked up at 6AM, we completed the transit of the Miraflores locks and the Pedro Miguel lock around noon. At this point, we docked and the folks who chose the partial transit exited the boat. We then continued sailing for approximately 3 hours before we reached the Gatun Lake locks. It was about 5:30PM by the time we docked at Colon and transferred to a bus back to Panama City. Once back to Panama City, the bus stopped at the office to drop some of the group off, and then headed off to drop the remaining folks off at hotels. It was 7:30PM or so by the time we got back to our hotel, and we were some of the first to be dropped off! Overall great experience but be forewarned its a LONG day!
Written 5 September 2018
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Tobbe O
Panama City, Panama3 contributions
Excellent tour
Great, informative trip. Recommended to do the full transit even if Lake Gatun can feel a bit long, but we saw several ships there as well. All in all, one more down on the bucket list. :)
Written 6 January 2020
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WheezeyFox
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK83 contributions
Journey of a lifetime!
Couples
We really enjoyed our trip. I was a little surprised as we boarded by the sheer number of people (240 passengers) on such an apparently small ship, but it went very well. You were able to move around the boat quite freely (except for the bow on the top deck, which was hogged for the duration by some rather inconsiderate folk!) and were called to eat in terms of your colour of bracelet and the food was ok.
But the real reason for this is the experience! It was absolutely fascinating going through the locks and seeing the engineering and HUGE ships coming and going. The time flew past.
I was also on the trip which had problems docking in Colon at the end of the trip, but these things happen, and from what I gather, everyone did get off safely, if a little delayed.
Written 19 February 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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