The Path Between the Seas - Full Day

Ref. T-004

The history of the Panama Canal is a fascinating drama of ingenuity and courageous individuals, years of sacrifice, significant defeats, where many lives were lost , and final victory. At the Visitor's Center, you will learn its history from the French construction period until its final completion by the United States to the present. You will make an 80-kilometer journey stopping at the waterway's main points of interest.

We will begin at the Museum of the Interoceanic Cana l and the French Plaza . The plaza owes its name to Ferdinand De Lesseps, who made the first attempt to build a Canal. We will then proceed to the Administration Building of the Canal, the French Canal , Miraflores Locks, and Pedro Miguel Locks. We will pass by neighboring communities, where the Canal employees lived, On the Atlantic side, we will visit Lake Madden and the Gatun Locks.

After lunch on the Atlantic, we will end our tour after an hour long train ride to the Pacific side of the Isthmus, where we will experience traveling through the center of the Canal, and passing through areas not accessible any another way.

Tour Includes: Transportation, Spanish/English speaking guide, admissions, train tickets and lunch

What to Bring: Light and comfortable clothes, sandals or running shoes, sunglasses, hat or cap and

camera. We strongly recommend the use of sunscreen

Duration: 9 to 10 hours