Cristobal/Colon Cruise

Cristobal Cruise

A present-day view of the past

Cristóbal is the port enclave in Colón where you will arrive with an MSC cruise.

Southwest of the city, a road runs through to the enormous Gatún Locks, where you can get up close to gigantic container ships being raised and lowered between sea level and Lago Gatún.
Once across the canal, the road divides: to the right it meanders 22km through dense forest to the evocative ruins of the colonial Fuerte San Lorenzo, standing guard at the mouth of the Río Chagres; to the left, it rises above the shoreline of Lago Gatún, offering splendid views across the water and its sprinkling of tree-topped islands before undulating through agricultural land to the rarely visited coastal communities of the Costa Abajo.
MSC Caribbean and Antilles cruises also offer excursions to Portobelo. In colonial times this scenically situated town was the most important settlement on the isthmus after Panama City, since all the plunder from South America passed through here en route for Spain. 
The ruined fortresses, remnants of the conquistadors’ attempts to safeguard the treasure from the envious

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PORTOBELLO & GATUN LOCKS
  • Category: CITY TOUR
  • Duration: 5 hour(s)
  • Code: CRI05
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GATUN LOCKS CANAL ZONE
  • Category: SCENIC ROUTE
  • Duration: 2.5 hour(s)
  • Code: CRI10
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Gatun Lakes Explorer (4 hrs)
  • Category: ACTIVE & ADVENTURE
  • Duration: 4 hour(s)
  • Code: CRI11
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Aquabus Experience: Panama City by Land & Sea (6 hrs)
  • Category: SCENIC ROUTE
  • Duration: 6 hour(s)
  • Code: CRI13
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