Gatun Locks

Last Lock before Heading Towards Caribbean

We choose to transit the Panama Canal from the Pacific from Panama City heading Northwest and the Gatun Locks are the last set after traveling through the Gatun Lake. Such an incredible transit - far...

Engineering

Up close to the huge lock gates, at the aft of our ship. Watch the ‘mules’ pull the ship along. Amazing engineering. Lock walls a paper width away from the hull. Look up and across to the dense rainfo...

Nice structure

The function of the locks is quite interesting. Key part of the success of the canal system functioning quite well after we over100 years. Worth a visit.

Nice cruise

We took an inaugural cruise through the new locks in February 2020. Very interesting though I was told the old locks were more interesting. As short as they are it seemed to take quite awhile but th...

Gatun Locks, Panama

Old Gatun locks are still worth seeing, such an engineering marvel. It’s a shame it was fenced off, didn’t use to be when we lived there, but still lovely.