Panama Canal cruise season runs from October to April is the most
popular season for these itineraries.. The best time to go is after the
rainy season ends in November. Experience the Panama Canal, and the port
cities of Central America including Puntarenas, Cartagena, Puerto
Limon, San Blas Islands, and Roatan. Some lines operate Central
America/Panama Canal cruises throughout the year, but October through
April is the most popular season for these itineraries. Many Panama
Canal cruises last from 10 days to 14 days or more, though some are as
short as 7 days, current cruise lengths can be anywhere from 7-9 days
(Regent Seven Seas, NCL) to 10-11 days (Princess, Costa, Holland
America, Crystal), or 14-16 days (Princess, Carnival, Celebrity,
Silversea). Several lines, such as Princess, Holland America and Cunard,
also offer a few cruises per season in the 18-21 day ranges.
Most
of the major lines (and some smaller ones, such as Windjammer and
Clipper) offer at least a few Panama Canal sailings each season.
Princess leads the pack as far as number of departures, with 40
scheduled this season. Princess' 10-day Panama Canal itinerary roundtrip
from Ft. Lauderdale allows plenty of time for a partial transit of the
Panama Canal and a visit to the eco-pleasures of Costa Rica.
Panama
is opening up for tourism and the opportunities are diverse. Like
neighboring Costa Rica, Panama offers outstanding nature tours in
addition to its prime attraction: viewing the Canal operations from
shoreside. Passengers who sign up for tours experience the morning
passage through the Gatun Locks, then join their excursions by tender
from the ship in Gatun Lake. After the tours, they rejoin the ship in
Cristobal.
Panama Canal Cruises ports
Acajutla is a seaport and municipality in Sonsonate Department, El
Salvador. The town is located on the Pacific Coast of Central America and is El
Salvador's principal seaport. The city lies several miles east of San Salvador,
capital of...
Details
Located on the northeastern tip of Central America, bordering Mexico on the
north, Guatemala to the west and south, and the Caribbean to the east, Belize
combines Central American and Caribbean cultures, offering both ancient Mayan
ruins...
Details
Cartagena, or
Cartagena de Indias, as it is formally known, is Colombia's largest port on the
Caribbean. It's a frenetic, bustling city of the old, the new, and everything in
between. With a multiracial population of just over 1 million ...
Details
Colon is an industrial city by the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal
making it a popular stop for cruise ships doing either a partial or full transit
of the canal. Panama's Colon is best known as the gateway to the Miraflores
Locks, ...
Details
Panama City's island of Fuerte Amador is located on the west side of the
city, adjacent to the Pacific Coast entrance to the Panama Canal. You'll
actually land at the Flamenco Island Marina on Flamenco Island. This is a
high-end area of ...
Details
Golfito is located on Costa Rica's South Pacific coast, about 340 highway
kilometers from San José. This small port city is a narrow strip along
Golfito Bay backed against steep green hills covered with pristine rainforest,
with the Gol...
Details
As you sail along the coast, you can stand on the ship's deck and
could possibly see one of the thousands of scarlet macaws that inhabit
the jungle coastline. Golfo Dulce is where Costa Rica's tropical
rainforest meets the Pacific. If yo...
Details
San Andrés Island is the biggest of a collection of islands in the
Caribbean Sea. While Christopher Columbus was the first European to actually
discover the islands, English Pilgrims settled them in the early 17th Century.
Their ship, t...
Details
Central America and transit Panama Cruise vacations is the warm region between Mexico and South America
offering spectacular scenery, tropical rain forests and abundant wildlife.
Repositioning transit voyages between the Atlantic and ...
Details
Puerto Limon is a port city that at one time was a vibrant shipping port
for the banana trade that flourishes around Puerto Limon. Abandoned, for the
most part for the port of Moin some 10K to the north of Puerto Limon, the city
fell ...
Details
A gateway to Costa Rica's best natural forests and islands, Puntarenas is a
run-down port city both faded as a commercial centre and developing as a new
cruise and tourist destination. Your ticket to the beautiful Costa Rica is a
stop in...
Details
A gateway to Costa Rica's best natural forests and islands, Puntarenas is a
run-down port city both faded as a commercial centre and developing as a new
cruise and tourist destination. Your ticket to the beautiful Costa Rica is a
stop in...
Details
Cruises with stops in Costa Rica generally fall into one of two categories:
Panama Canal voyages with major cruise lines that depart from the United States,
and sailing cruises in the Central America and Caribbean region offered by
luxur...
Details
Nicaragua is the largest Central American nation and has stunning
landscapes, vast cultural treasures, and an intriguing history. Until recent
times Nicaragua was unfortunately known for the civil war (Sandinistas and
Contras) that raged...
Details
Santo Tomas de Castilla is a modern port located just to the southwest of
Puerto Barrios. Puerto Barrios is a port city in Guatemala located within the
Gulf of Honduras - just south of Belize in the Bay of Amatique. In 2004, Santo
Tomás...
Details
Mail to Us
Send Feedback
