View of Gatun Lake from Gamboa Resort - Panama Roadrunner
Panama Roadrunner brings you great views of the Chagres River and Gatun lake as seen from the balcony of the Gamboa resort. We often take guests to the Gamboa Resort as part of our city daytrip. They enjoy Monkey Island one hour boat ride and Aerial Tram.
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Crocodile at Gatun Lake
Neil was out on Gatun Lake and the Panama Canal doing some fishing with a group of guests when this fellow popped up and decided to join the fishing party. Gatun Lake, part of the Gamboa Rainforest, has the best Peacock bass fishing in the world and we often will take guests there for the day.
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Coronado Beach Panama
Playa Coronado Beach is about a hour and a half drive from Panama City. The black sand intermingles with the lighter colored sand for interesting designs when the tide goes out. Many North Americans and Europeans come to Coronado to escape their winters.
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Gatun Lake - Panama City, Panama
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Gatun Lake Panama City
After Lake Mead, this is the world's largest man-made lake that forms the central part of the Panama C****.
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Travel blogs from Gatun Lake:
- ... Then it was on to the Gatun lake where we spotted two crocs on the banks at different places ...
- ... These locks serve as lifts, elevating vessels 85 feet above sea level from the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans to Gatun Lake ...
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- Looking towards Gatun Lake - Panama C**** by Alinmattrtw2005 from a blog titled Panama City
- Gatun Locks on Entry to Gatun Lake by Lornekey from a blog titled Engineering Marvel
- Into Gatun lake for some posing. by Racinghippo from a blog titled The Panama C****
- Sunrise over Gatun Lake by Sailingglenn from a blog titled Atlantic to Pacific in 6 easy steps...
- More Gatun Lake by Ahartry from a blog titled Panama C****
- Gatun Lake by Harryandnorah from a blog titled Panama City
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Panama Canal transit to Gatun Lake
An arm-chair voyage through the Gatun Locks on the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal and Gatun Lake
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Panama Canal, Panama - Transit - Gatun Lake HD (2014)
Gatun Lake (Sp. Lago Gatún) is a large artificial lake to the south of Colón, Panama. It forms a major part of the Panama Canal, carrying ships for 33 km (21 mi) of their transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
The lake was created between 1907 and 1913 by the building of the Gatun Dam across the Chagres River. At the time it was created, Gatun Lake was the largest man-made lake in the world, and the dam was the largest dam on Earth.
The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is a 77.1-kilometre (48 mi) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. There are locks at each end to lift ships up to Gatun Lake, an artificial lake created to reduce the amount of excavation work required for the canal, 26 metres (85 ft) above sea level. The current locks are 33.5 metres (110 ft) wide. A third, wider lane of locks is currently under construction and is due to open in 2015.
France began work on the canal in 1881, but had to stop because of engineering problems and high mortality due to disease. The United States took over the project in 1904, and took a decade to complete the canal, which was officially opened on August 15, 1914. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, the Panama Canal shortcut greatly reduced the time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, enabling them to avoid the lengthy, hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America via the Drake Passage or Strait of Magellan. The shorter, faster, and safer route to the U.S. West Coast and to nations in and around the Pacific Ocean allowed those places to become more integrated with the world economy. It takes between 20 and 30 hours to traverse the canal.
During construction, ownership of the territory that is now the Panama Canal was first Colombian, then French, and then American. The US continued to control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties provided for handover to Panama. After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999, and is now managed and operated by the Panama Canal Authority, a Panamanian government agency.
Annual traffic has risen from about 1,000 ships in 1914, when the canal opened, to 14,702 vessels in 2008, the latter measuring a total of 309.6 million Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System (PC/UMS) tons. By 2008, more than 815,000 vessels had passed through the canal; the largest ships that can transit the canal today are called Panamax. The American Society of Civil Engineers has named the Panama Canal one of the seven wonders of the modern world.
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View from Campana Mountain
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Campana National Park - view of Punta Chame and Ocean from top of mountain We take guests here as part of Off the beaten Track daytrip. Visit our webpage for more info
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Great Views of Coronado
View from the top of Coronado Golf Tower.
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Wildlife in Gatun Lake Panama
Wildlife in the Panama Canal watershed is abundant and varied. Usually, during the Gamoba Fishing & Eco Tour we see crocodiles, alligators, many birds, monkeys, sloths, turtles, monkeys ... sometimesthe monkeys get in our boat and we can feed them with our hands. It is a wonderful experience. Something unique, you have to see this video, and come see it in person, with Lumo Tours Panama.
GoPro video - Panama Canal - Canal de Panamá - Gatun lake - Holland America Line. ©PhillipRiggins
©PhillipRiggins 10-DAY Panama Canal SunFarer cruise on Holland America Line ship ms Zuiderdam GoPro Hero 3 Silver edition camera.Philfeedback.
Gatun Lake Panama 2014. Holland America Panama canal cruise
Panama Canal from Balboa Harbour to Gatun Lake - Panama
We have cruised on the Panama Canal, from the Pacific Ocean (Balboa Harbour) to Gatún Lake. You will discover the mecanism of the locks.
Waterspout Panama Gatun lake Nov 21 2013
Embera Indians, Panama canal, waterspout, John Ruggles, Ed Karlander
Driving in Panama alongside the Canal
(Panama 7) We left the Gamboa Rain Forest , and made our way towards Panama City. This video shows us driving along , at times right next to the canal. July , 2014
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Panama Canal Gatun Locks Entering Lake Rear View
Time lapse video of the Gatun locks entering Gatun lake from the rear of the ship. This was taken on the Carnival Pride Jan 9th 2017.