PANAMA CANAL RAILWAY • AGUA CLARA LOCKS • FORT SAN LORENZO - TOUR No. 1

Place of Departure

Meeting in the hall of your Hotel

Duration

8 to 9hs

Starting Time Options

6am
The train leaves at 7:15 am

Day

From Monday to Friday*

The train does not travel on Saturdays and Sundays

*This tour is available every day (even Saturday and Sunday) even without the train service (the cost would be $ 25 less per person)

This tour begins with hotel pick-ups starting at 6 a.m. We will reach the train station, in order to take the train leaving at 7:15 am (only time available) the train journey is with one wonderful panoramic view on the Panama Jungle & Canal, you will admire the incredible flora and fauna that borders the iconic Canal, once the train journey is over (around 60 minutes), we head to the new Panama Canal, Agua Clara Locks, the Visitor Center allows you to observe transiting vessels from a scenic lookout point and learn first hand of the New Panama Canal, in addition you can also see a documentary on the history and construction of the new Canal.
An observational deck lets you watch the ships pass through the Agua Clara Locks on their way to the Pacific or Atlantic oceans. Once the visit to the Canal is finished, we will continue to the journey crossing the incredible new Atlantic Bridge and we'll go from discovery the Panama jungle to get to Fort San Lorenzo National Park, where we can visit a remote rainforest full of flora and fauna, followed by a tour to Fort San Lorenzo, a 400-year-old Spanish fort on a scenic cliff overlooking the Caribbean. Here, we recount the many attacks by pirates and privateers that happened at one of the most historically important places in Panama.
Once we finish our tour of the fort, we return to Panama City for hotel drop-off.