Colon & Panama Canal Tour

On this tour to Colon, we'll take a trip along the Caribbean coast of Panama. In addition, we'll visit various military posts along the Panamanian canal.

Colon & Panama Canal Tour

We'll pick you up at 8 am at your hotel in Panama City and drive to the Caribbean coast. After a one-hour drive, we'll arrive in Colon, one of the notable cities on the northern coast of Panama. First, we'll visit the neighborhoods of Margarita and Rainbow City, which housed former workers of the Caribbean zone of the Panama Canal.

Next, we'll head to the former Fort Gulick, where we'll see the facilities of the defunct United States Army School of the Americas, which trained several Latin American dictators including Panama's Manuel Antonio Noriega, Chile's Augusto Pinochet, and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega.

The next stop will be Fort Davis, currently housing the National Police officers' academy. After learning about its history, we'll continue the tour next to the locks in the northern part of the canal. The tour will progress to the former Sherman military base, and from there we'll go to a restaurant at the Shelter Bay Marina for a 30-minute lunch on your own. Finally, we'll take a scenic tour of Colon to see other prominent military posts such as the Morgan Battery.

From Colon we'll return to your hotel in Panama City, arriving at 2 pm.