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About Us
Panama Jones specializes in all aspects of receptive tourism within the country. We can provide tours to fit anyone's needs or desires ranging from the softest to the most extreme. Winston Rice, AKA Panama Jones, and founder of Panama Jones the company has nearly 40 years of experiences in Panana. He has blended together all his favorite adventures into these Tour Packages so you can enjoy the BEST OF PANAMA.

Our internaitonal sales consultants, are intimately knowledgeable on all aspects of Panama and the Panama Canal and can provide accurate information to you.

Our toll free number, 1-888-PANAMA-1, is easy to remember but if you want a real number, it is 1-888-726-2621. If you are calling internationally, call 580-428-3476, and go to extension 12. We can answer all your questions and help you make the tour selection you want.

Our Mission is to provide our customers with fast and accurate answers and quality service now ... not maņana, and be the vehicle for travelers to visit our country and see the many wonderous things Panama has to offer. We will make sure that our customers will return home with vacation memories that will last forever.

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Tour packages
Our tour packages range from 4 days and 3 nights to 14 days and 13 nights. All groups are kept at 10 - 12 passengers with the exception of short transfers which we may use larger buses. All standard tour packages include A Panama Canal partial or full transit, and an orientation city and canal tour. Longer tour packages include many exciting options. Currently, our oldest traveler was 94 years old. Of course this all depends on your physical and mental abilities at any age. These tours are almost self paced and the amount of walking is up to you. Anyone can always enjoy themselves while the hardier adventurers explore ahead.

Tour packages can be adjusted with open days added at the beginning or end of the tour or activities removed. We can also provide custom packages and private tours. Group rates are also available. Although tour packages have a minimum of 2 passeners, if travel is scheduled during our full Panama canal transit package dates, we can accept single travelers and assign them to a small group.


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The Panama Canal
Whatever you want to call it, it is quickly becoming Central America's newest tourism destination. Of all the wondrous things Panama has to offer, the Panama Canal is probably the single best known among Americans. This, of course, is primarily because Panama and the United States have one thing in common...history.


There is probably not a single person in the United States who isn't aware that Teddy Roosevelt played a major part in the construction of the Panama Canal. Since the opening of the canal in 1914, millions of people have passed from ocean to ocean enroute to countless destinations.

Many have returned to that beautiful and exoctic place called Panama' that they had once only viewed from a passing freighter, tanker, passenger ship or naval vessel.


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The Panama Canal one-day cruise schedule
Complete Panama Canal transits are offered twice per month. We offer a partial transit every Saturday. All tour packages include a complete Panama Canal transit, but can be modified and a partial taken with any of our packages.

A complete transit of the Panama canal starts at 7:30 am from the Pacific port of the Panama Canal and ends at an Atlantic port of the Panama Canal. At that point, return to the Pacific port is by bus. A complete transit usually takes about 10 hours.

Our partial transits begin at Pacific port at 7:30 am and is usually completed by noon at Gamboa where return is by bus to the Pacific port.

NOTE: We do not book transits only. Our minimum booking is our Panama at a glance package.

Times can always vary in the Panama Canal depending on traffic or circumstances. Check our Panama Canal transit schedule before making any travel arrangements.


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One-day Panama Canal cruise boats
Vessels used for complete and partial Panama Canal transitsare day ferry vessels only. Currently there are only two companies who offer this service on a scheduled basis.

NOTE: We do not book transits only. Our minimum booking is our Panama at a glance package.

We can charter a vessel for groups wanting special service. In addition to the vessels listed on this site, we have smaller yachts avaialble that can be used. Keep in mind, that charter prices could be significantly higher than scheduled rates, depending on vessel and your group size.

Special charters are subject to availability and we need adaquate time to schedule with the Panama Canal. Call or email us for rates and details on special charters.


Panama Jones offers Panama Canal transits without taking cruises. Our tourism activities in Panama include, soft, high and extreme adventure, historical tours, ecological tours, cultural encounters with indigenous people, and trekking through rainforests on historical trails.
Indian cultures and their art
Panama City is surroundedby lush rain forests. The Chagres River flows through this rain forest on it's way to Gatun Lake which eventually feeds the chambers for the Panama Canal locks system. Along the banks of the Chagres River live families of the Emberá Indians.

The Embera Indians live today much as they did when the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, first set foot in Panama. The Emberá are best known for their beautiful hand woven baskets and fine wood carvings

San Blas is an experience of its own class. From the beginning to the end, your are in the rustic lifestyle of the Kuna Indians. Their culture is a peculiar one and our Kuna guides and representatives will describe and show you the minutest details as you experience life in their Island village. Enjoy eating freshly caught seafood from the Atlantic coast. Daily tours to snorkeling grounds and nearby islands are included in our tours. The Kuna Indians are best known for their brightly colored molas.


Panama Jones offers Panama Canal transits without taking cruises. Our tourism activities in Panama include, soft, high and extreme adventure, historical tours, ecological tours, cultural encounters with indigenous people, and trekking through rainforests on historical trails.



Day tours

This section details the day tours listed in most of our tour packages.

WE DO NOT SELL INDIVIDUAL DAY TOURS, INCLUDING FULL OR PARTIAL CANAL TRANSITS. Our minimum sale is our Panama at a Glance tour package.







Panama Jones offers Panama Canal transits without taking cruises. Our tourism activities in Panama include, soft, high and extreme adventure, historical tours, ecological tours, cultural encounters with indigenous people, and trekking through rainforests on historical trails.





Panama related links
Want to get more detail? This link will get you to volumes of detail on the Panama Canal, the Panama Rail Road and friends who may be able to assit you with goods and services in Panama. Here, you can purchase great tasing home-grown coffee, get details on the Panama Canal, the Panama Rail road, and reach our scuba diving representatives.


Panama Jones offers Panama Canal transits without taking cruises. Our tourism activities in Panama include, soft, high and extreme adventure, historical tours, ecological tours, cultural encounters with indigenous people, and trekking through rainforests on historical trails.
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Panama Jones offers Panama Canal transits without taking cruises. Our tourism activities in Panama include, soft, high and extreme adventure, historical tours, ecological tours, cultural encounters with indigenous people, and trekking through rainforests on historical trails.