Agua Clara Visitor Center - Expanded Panama Canal Experience (SUV - 1 to 7 pax)
Joined 2024
If you happen to visit Panama you must visit Panama Canal, considered by many to be the 8th wonder of the world. The Agua Clara Locks started operations last June 2016 and is located at the north entrance to the Panama Canal on the Caribbean Sea and is part of the expanded Panama Canal. This recently built engineering marvel was built by the Panamanian administration of the Panama Canal Authority. Don't miss this amazing tour.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Hotel / Tocumen International Airport / Panama Cruise Terminal
- Hotel: We'll pick you up at the driveway outside your hotel lobby. / / Airport or Cruise Terminal: We'll meet you at the arrival lobby outside the exit of the customs area. We'll be holding a sign with your name.
Arrival at the Agua Clara Visitor Center
Upon arrival at the visitor center will purchase the admission tickets and proceed to the observation terrace to experience the view of the expanded canal locks and the Gatun Lake.
Head back to Panama City
We'll drive you back to Panama City
Arrival to Panama City
Arrival and drop off at the original pickup location.
Ending Point
We'll drop you off at the original pickup location
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
· Private round trip transport services
· Private Guide
· Fuel surcharges
· Expressway toll fees
· Parking fees
· Bottled water (2 per person)
· Lexus LX570 Luxury SUV, with a 5.7 liter V8 gasoline engine, all wheel drive, automatic transmission, leather seats, moon roof, dual zone air conditioning system, cool box, stereo sound system.
· Admission Tickets ($15.00 per person)
· Meals, snacks, sodas
· Gratuities
Tour Important Information
· This tour includes round-trip transfer to the City of Colon which is an approximate time of one hour each way and it may vary depending on traffic and weather conditions.
Important message from the supplier
I am flexible with tours and transfers, please reach out to me with any questions might have.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 15 days prior to meeting time
- 80% Refund - 8 to 14 days prior to meeting time
- 70% Refund - 2 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 1 day(s) prior to meeting time
- No Refund - less than - 24 hours before the meeting time
Joined 2024
About Mario Tours
I come from a family of hard working entrepreneurs who taught me self respect, global business, common sense, humility, family values, and respect to God, country, fellow human beings, all living creatures and nature in general. Above all, I am a husband and a father to six exceptional girls and boys who make me very proud.
I love deep sea fishing around the Pearl Island Archipelago in Panama's Pacific Ocean. I also enjoy cooking for my friends and family as well as dinning out at the best European and Chinese restaurants that Panama has to offer.
Hosting and making friends, showing people my beautiful country, that I love so much, comes very natural to me. The fact that I went to a military school in the USA also gives me the knowledge on the culture and ways of the American traveler as well as being courteous and always on time to all meetings, appointments and events.
With tourism I’ve found a beautiful side of both, Panama and myself. I love Panama and would love to show it to you through my eyes. I enjoy hosting and entertaining guests from all over the world, not only as a local tour guide, but as a friend or family member abroad would do.
If you have any questions or special requests, don't hesitate to contact me, I'll make sure we figure out together how best to solve any issues that may be preventing you to make an educated decision. I'm very flexible and easy to work with.
I look forward to meeting you and your loved ones on your next visit to Panama. Take good care.
Safe travels,
Mario
Reviews
Joseph Y.
“Excellent tour with Mario ”
We arranged a tour with Mario. He was very good about introducing himself, and confirming all the details, as part of the booking process. In our case, we requested to tweak the standard tour slightly, and he was very accommodating of that as well. Our first stop was the Panama Canal. Usually the IMAX movie and the ship transit do not overlap. They are staggered so one can do both. But in our case, they did, due to a delay in ship arrival. Mario stood at the locks’ observation deck, saving our places, so we could catch part of the movie. As the ships got nearer, he texted us so we could come out of the theater to see the ship transit. It turned out we still missed the first part of the ship transit (the initial opening of the lock gates) because it took us longer than expected to walk from the theater back to the observation deck. But Mario took a video of it, so we could still see it. Then he got us back into the movie to catch the rest of it. Mario was also flexible about the rest of the tour, spending more or less time here or there according to our wishes. Highly recommend him.
Mario Tours
Hello Joe! Thank you for your kind review. It was a real pleasure hosting you and family in Panama. I hope you guys had a safe and uneventful flight back home. Take care, Mario
$375/ per group
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