Thank you to Kevin, owner of Barefoot Panama, who took the time to give us a tour of Panama Canal and a City Tour. Not only did we get to know about Panama Canal but we also was given a history lesson of how Panama became a country. I very much enjoyed the tour.

Booked a tour to do a partial transit of the Panama Canal from Panama City to Gamboa through Panamazing tours. Well worth it. To actually experience going through the canal and the locks was incredible. Our guide did an excellent job explaining the history of the canal and pointing out sites of interest. Lots of great photo-ops. The coffee bar in the morning and the lunch were very good. Highly recommend.

Great photo opportunities while at the Canal. They have a guide to explain what is happening when boats arrive. There is plenty of seating available, but when the boats come through everyone will begin to stand. Recommend getting right up front early. There's a $10 fee to enter if you're not a resident. Vending machine with cold drinks is available, There's an IMAX and cafeteria but both are under construction.

Visited the Canal twice during our time in Panama the first time took a small boat tour that took us out on Lake Gatun and saw the wildlife. Very informative and was surprised to learn that the canal also was a nature area. The 2nd time went back to the Miraflores locks to get a feel for how the locks worked and that was also fascinating. You could obviously do this all in one tour but liked breaking it up. Don't think you really need a tour to go to the Miraflores visitor's center. We just took UBER and worked out fine.

When in Panama City this is an amazing trip to do. The history, velocity and sheer greatness of the Panama Canal is unbelievable. To enjoy breakfast on the Pacific Ocean and Dinner in the Atlantic Ocean all in the same voyage is remarkable.

This is such a feat of engineering, and so full of cargo traffic. We were blessed with good weather. Lake Gatun is very lovely, and serene even with so many big ships slowly cruising through. The Canal system runs very smoothly to handle an amazing number of ships. Filling and emptying locks was fast, and intriguing to watch how these huge ships are carefully kept in position inches from the walls. Didn't care much for the bustle and endless towering skyscrapers of Panama City- and I'm sure the new cruise terminal will be great when finished; it took about 30 minutes on the mandatory shuttle just to get to the port exit...

We had a wonderful five night visit to Panama, focusing mostly on the Panama Canal. Panama City is a bustling first-world attraction, with an attractive colonial period area undergoing gradual rehabilitation. The Canal is an amazing wonder, especially when seen not from the tall decks of a cruise ship, but from the paved areas directly adjacent to the Canal and from a small 250 passenger vessel that shares lock space with behemoth freighters. And there's a rain forest to visit and sleep in. We did all this with Road Scholar which ran a superb tour with superb guides at an excellent price. English is widely spoken and the U.S. dollar is the actually currency. An A++++ trip!

Absolutely loved the Panama Canal. So fascinating to watch and learn about the ships’s passage. The history behind the construction is fascinating!! We were on a bus tour from Rio Hato area…if I were to do it again, we’d book a cab and tour the canal! Most importantly, we would go through the passage on a boat tour that was offered!

So amazing. The guide spoke the whole time and was so informative, on the topic at hand plus any other Panama questions I asked him. Great job with the translation, with giving equal time to English and Spanish. The trip was longer and more comprehensive than we had hoped. They fed us a quick breakfast and a nice lunch plus water and hot beverages. I can't say enough about how informative the guide was.

You cant miss this. There is only a few ships come across the Canal each day so timing is important. I got there at 10am sharp, being the first group visiting. I saw the entire process of a huge ship crossing the Canal. This entire process takes like almost an hour. If you come earlier you can have a nice spot.