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See both the history and the modern engineering of Panama's Atlantic side on this private Colón tour.
A private tour covering the Atlantic side of Panama, including Colón City's history and the modern Agua Clara Locks, with private transportation throughout.
This private tour provides the full experience of the Atlantic side of Panama, covering both the history and the modernity of the region — from Colón City itself to the Agua Clara Locks, part of the canal's modern expansion — with private transportation and a dedicated driver throughout.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in Panama City included.
See Panama's real Atlantic-coast port city and its history.
View the modern expansion locks of the Panama Canal on the Atlantic side.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private tour covering the Atlantic side of Panama, including Colón City's history and the modern Agua Clara Locks, with private transportation throughout. This private tour provides the full experience of the Atlantic side of Panama, covering both the history and the modernity of the region — from Colón City itself to the Agua Clara Locks, part of the canal's modern expansion — with private transportation and a dedicated driver throughout.
Colón city has a specific, well-documented origin that's worth knowing before you arrive: it was founded in 1850 by Americans as the Atlantic terminus of the Panama Railroad, built to meet gold-rush demand for a faster route to California. For years the city went by two names at once — the American community called it Aspinwall, after railroad promoter William Henry Aspinwall, while the local Hispanic community called it Colón, in honor of Christopher Columbus. Colón won out officially in 1890, and the railroad itself was completed in 1855, turning the city into a real transit hub almost overnight.
The Agua Clara Locks, by contrast, represent the canal's newest chapter. Opened on June 26, 2016 as part of the Panama Canal's expansion, these Atlantic-side locks are 70 feet wider and 18 feet deeper than the century-old originals, built specifically to handle Neopanamax ships up to roughly 366 meters long. They also use notably less water than the old locks — water-saving basins recycle about 60% of the water used in every transit, a real engineering detail worth seeing up close rather than just reading about.
Putting the two together in one afternoon is the real point of this tour: a 19th-century city built for a gold rush, and a 21st-century lock system built for ships that didn't exist when Colón was founded, both reachable from Panama City in a single private, driver-led day.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
