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Cruise Panama
By Adam Lenk, Thu Dec 8th
The workings of the Panama Canal are a sight to behold whetheror not you're a history buff or mechanically inclined. ThePanama Canal was completed in 1914, at the cost of 30,000people's lives and funding from two nations. Today, most of the original innovations and machinery
is stillutilized. However, there's no better way to tour the canal thanin a firsthand experience through its passage. Touring the Panama Canal by cruise ship makes for an amazingvacation and a historical adventure. It takes about eight hoursto make the passage through three locks, which raise the shipsolely through gravity through the manmade canal over CentralAmerica. Head for the deck to watch your ship line up in themorning to pass through the canal. A canal historian aboard theship will serve as your guide and provide a running commentaryof interesting details and fascinating facts about the PanamaCanal's construction and operational history. (Article continued below)
The best part of about cruising the Panama Canal is that you notonly take in Panama's ports like Colon, Cristobal, Isla SanTelmo, or Isla de Coiba and the Canal's amazing views but thatthese tours usually include several stops at glorious in-routeports of call, which may include Mexico's Cozumel, PuertoVallarta, or Acapulco, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica's Limon,Caldera, or Guanacaste, and even Jamaica's Montego Bay. Exert yourself by day via on-shore Panama Canal cruiseexcursions like tours of Panama City, the Gutun Locks, or theEmbera Indian Village, canal kayaking adventures among the Colonwildlife, or take in the sights and experiences of the othervisited port cities. Experience a natural world unlike any other, and then return tothe coziness and elegance of your cruise ship's fine dining roomand a cabin with a view. Enjoy the ship's nightlife andentertainment, shopping, and fine dining between visits to aplethora of eye-catching views and an exploratory journey of thePanama Canal and beyond. By Adam Lenk http://www.CruisesDaily.com About the author:None | Sign In |
