Panama Canal
This overnight houseboat offers the novelty of a jungle retreat with canal ships passing by. Captain Carl hosts guests on a charming wooden three-story houseboat on Lago Gat煤n, from where fishing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and nocturnal safaris are at your fingertips. Day trips also available. Leaves from the boat dock in Gamboa.
There is a total of eight rooms, which can be reconfigured to sleep up to 10 people.
15.96 MILES
Celebrating Panama as the land bridge that has permitted astonishing biodiversity in the region, this world-class museum is a visual feast. Exhibits tell鈥
14.57 MILES
This wonderful privately owned museum features the best collection of Panamanian art anywhere, an excellent collection of works on paper by Latin American鈥
10.51 MILES
The easiest way to visit the Panama Canal is to head to the Miraflores Visitors Center, just outside Panama City. This modern center features a four-floor鈥
15.41 MILES
Founded on August 15, 1519, by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias de 脕vila, the city of Panam谩 was the first European settlement along the Pacific. For 150鈥
Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
2.62 MILES
Geared toward ecotourism and environmental education, this is an excellent facility for birdwatchers and nature-lovers. Since you are probably here to鈥
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The impressive Gat煤n Locks, 10km south of Col贸n, raise southbound ships 30m from Caribbean waters to Lago Gat煤n. Just the size of them is mind-boggling:鈥
15.64 MILES
At the tip of the southern point of Casco Viejo, this beautiful plaza pays homage to the French role in the construction of the canal. Its large stone鈥
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This 195-sq-km national park is one of the most accessible tropical rainforests in Panama. It extends much of the way across the isthmus, from Lim贸n on鈥
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This 195-sq-km national park is one of the most accessible tropical rainforests in Panama. It extends much of the way across the isthmus, from Lim贸n on鈥
2. Panama Rainforest Discovery Center
2.62 MILES
Geared toward ecotourism and environmental education, this is an excellent facility for birdwatchers and nature-lovers. Since you are probably here to鈥
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This cemetery in Para铆so on the road to Gamboa about 5km north of the Pedro Miguel Locks dates from between 1880 and 1889. Though there are just 300鈥
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North past the Miraflores Locks, the Pedro Miguel Locks can be seen from the highway to Gamboa. One hundred meters beyond the locks there鈥檚 a parking鈥
10.51 MILES
The easiest way to visit the Panama Canal is to head to the Miraflores Visitors Center, just outside Panama City. This modern center features a four-floor鈥
10.72 MILES
Once the headquarters for the US Southern Command in Panama, 鈥楥iudad del Saber鈥 is today a government-sponsored center for education, research and鈥
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On the northeastern outskirts of Panama City, the white-domed Baha鈥檌 House of Worship is the mother temple for all of Latin America. It looms like a giant鈥
8. Explora Center of Science & Arts
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Mini travelers (and those young at heart) will love this museum dedicated to interactive learning. Six exhibition rooms explore such themes as electricity鈥