How to Visit the Panama Canal: Choose Your View
Choose the visitor center that fits your route, then leave room for the ships to set the pace.
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Your independent guide to Panama
Panama, at
your own pace.
Island mornings. Cloud-forest trails.
A city with a story around every corner.
Panama City · Where the journey beginsA LITTLE CURIOSITY GOES A LONG WAY ↓
Different places. Different possibilities.
Find your kind of somewhere.
01THE CARIBBEAN
Bocas del Toro
Island time, on your terms.
02THE HIGHLANDS
Boquete
A cooler side of Panama.
03THE CAPITAL
Panama City
Old streets. New perspectives.
Coast, city or mountains?
You don’t need to see it all to have a remarkable trip.
A change of altitude. A change of pace.Make room for the journey
Less rushing.
More Panama.
A good itinerary connects the places you want to see with the time you actually have. Start with a route, then make it yours.
Find your routeGet your bearings
Small country.
So many directions.
See how the coast, capital and highlands fit together. A little geography makes a better journey.
A country of connections
Put your trip on the map.
Map tiles by OpenStreetMap. Loads when you choose to explore.01
Miraflores locksPanama Canal
02Panama CityThe capital
03Bocas del ToroCaribbean coast
04BoqueteChiriquí highlands
05El Valle de AntónCentral mountains
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07Guna Yala / San BlasCaribbean coast
Tocumen airport · PTYPanama City
08Albrook airport · PACPanama City
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AlmiranteBocas del Toro mainland
10
DavidChiriquí
Explore the places above, or open the interactive map. Markers show approximate places, not navigation routes.
The useful details
A better trip starts here.
Where to Stay in Bocas del Toro: Choose Your Base
A waterfront room can be close to everything—or require a boat for every meal.
Read the guideBest Time to Visit Panama: Choose by Region
Start with your coast. A dry-season label for the Pacific does not describe every day in Bocas del Toro.
Read the guideA country worth getting to know