A Panama Canal cruise can be one of the most unique adventures you'll ever experience! I would highly recommend that you sail all the way through and end your cruise in an exciting new port whether it is from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic or the Atlantic to the Pacific. A good time to go would be from December through April and in addition to the Panama Canal, you will visit exotic Caribbean Islands, Central America and Mexico. Excavating the Canal was equivalent to digging a trench 10 feet deep by 55 feet wide from California to New York! But the Panama Canal is more than just a big ditch through the Isthmus of Panama. It is an ingenious system of locks that lifts giant ships from sea level up to a lake nearly 85 feet above sea level; then gently lowers them again. To provide the perpetual water supply necessary to operate the locks, an earthen dam was built across the Chagres River, creating Gatun Lake. From the Pacific to the Atlantic, the Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks raise your ship to cruise Gaillard Cut to Gatun Lake. Then on the other side of Gatun Lake, the massive Gatun Locks lower ships in three steps, about 28 feet at a time, back to sea level! Sailing through the Panama Canal will take you from sunrise to sunset so you will have plenty of time to sit on the deck and take in this marvelous adventure! For more information call the Travel Organizers or fill out our quick quote request form and one of our travel professionals will respond shortly. Call any one of our three offices: Denver Tech Center - 303-771-1178 Southglenn Mall Area - 303-730-7777 Downtown Denver - 303-383-5050 Travel Organizers/American Express who has been in Denver for over 24 years can help you make reservations with just one call.
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