Panama City and Canal Private Tour: History, Modernity, and Engineering Marvel

Embark on a private tour of Panama City and the Panama Canal, exploring its history, modernity, and engineering marvel. Learn about ancient temples, modern skyscrapers, and witness ships passing through the canal. Enjoy personalized transportation, snacks, and a surprise gift souvenir.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Casco Viejo - Next, we will take a walk through the charming cobbled streets of the Old Town. With a history that goes back to 1673 and a splendid colonial architecture declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. There we will visit its squares, the imposing Metropolitan Cathedral and the Malecón, from which you can see a splendid view of the modern city.
What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • On-board WiFi access
  • Air-conditioned vehicles
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

Live a different experience touring Panama City, learn from the ancient temples and beautiful monuments of the Casco Antiguo to the imposing and modern skyscrapers of the financial district, observe how the ships pass through the Canal while our guide assists you and tells you the most relevant aspects about the process, its history, statistics and…

Location
Casco Viejo
Avenida Central
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(56 Ratings)
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Nelson_e
Mar 7, 2026
Eduardo (Eddie) was such a great tour guide. - Eduardo (Eddie) was such a great tour guide. Our almost 6 hour tour in Panama went smoothly, and we were able to see everything we wanted to see during our trip.
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Elaine_b
Mar 4, 2026
Accessible Private Cruiseship Shore Excursion - Our guide, Eddie, met us inside the port at Fuerte Amador as I use a wheelchair and he was very knowledgeable about Panama City and the region. He took us on a thorough and fascinating drive around the Casco Viejo, the new city and the coast. As we were on a Panama Canal Transit cruise we did not visit the Canal Information Centre. We finished our tour with a coffee and chat with Eddie in the deliciously air-conditioned MultiPlaza Shopping Mall in the new city. Eddie then took us back to the cruise port.
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Tameika_m
Feb 12, 2026
Tour guide (Eddie) is... - Tour guide (Eddie) is very knowledgeable and explains in good English the history of the canal and other aspects of Panama history as well as current information. He took us to good areas to see how diverse the city and old town is.
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Robert_s
Feb 6, 2026
Ask for Jose - Our driver and guide Jose (Jan 23) was so good and interesting. If you are booking this tour, ask for Jose. Excellent knowledge. Good command of English. Careful driver. A nice person. Robert & Colette London Ontario.
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Johnmichael_w
Jan 31, 2026
Great informative tour in Panama City - Guillermo was knowledgeable, kind and fun. He listened to our interests and made sure we enjoyed our tour
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Julie_k
Jan 26, 2026
We had a great time with... - We had a great time with our driver Eduardo. He took us to what we wanted to see and looked after us. Thank you
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Isablmc
Jan 2, 2026
Excellent service - Excellent experience in our stay, Andres person who picked us up and made the tour 20/10, his kindness, his professionalism contributed to our experience in Panama being unmatched, highly recommended, thank you ⚡️💯
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196lunap
Dec 2, 2025
Excellent experience - It was a beautiful tour of Panama City and very complete, our guide Andrés Camacho shared the history of Panama and resolved the doubts he had regarding the Panama Canal, was very warm, patient and excellent guide. I highly recommend this tour to the agency I wish you every success and a very important point is that this tour is much cheaper than those offered by other agencies such as tenth in Mexico has the 3 B ie GOOD, NICE and CHEAP. Thank you for this experience.
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Robert_w
Dec 1, 2025
Liz our guide was terrific.. ! - Great overview of the canal, city and knowledgeable guide made for a wonderful experience. Visiting the canal and historical sites with Liz was excellent.
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Kenneth_c
Nov 30, 2025
Thief! - During the tour I noticed our guide always chatting with another guy at certain stops. I recall one stop I left the bag with my wallet in the vehicle to take pictures. Two hours later into the tour I stated receiving notification from my Credit card Company of possible fraud over $45,000.00. After thinking about it, it seem very suspicious this guy was always around at each stop chatting with the guide, then my wallet is missing and charges made!
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From $65
up to 15 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).