Cruising Panama

Panama Canal Full Transit

On August 15, 1914 the SS Ancon made the first official ocean-to-ocean transit through the Panama Canal. This event, which changed the world forever, was possible thanks to the labor of more than 75,000 men and women who worked for 10 years facing unprecedented challenges. Now it is your time to travel the 8th Wonder of the World...

Panama Canal Partial Transit

The Panama Canal partial tour starts with an early morning pick up at your hotel in Panama City for a 15 minute drive to the Port of Balboa on the Pacific side of the canal. You will board a comfortable passenger ferry and sail under the bridge of the Americas, which raises over 100 meters above sea level, reuniting the land divided during construction of the canal, forming another link in the Pan-American Highway. Breakfast is available buffet style...

One of the most beautiful parts of Panama is located along the Caribbean coast: the 365 islands of the San Blas Archipelago are each a real postcard scenery with white sand beaches, coconuts trees and turquoise waters. Today's Kuna Indians inhabit the islands in the same way their ancestors did: trading coconuts and fishing for crabs, lobsters and snappers aboard their graceful hand carved wooden canoes complete with patchwork sails, called "Cayucos". Circumnavigators even consider the San Blas archipelago as one of their top 3 destinations in the world!