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Rio Gatun Destination Guide

Discover Rio Gatun in Panama

Rio Gatun in the region of Colón with its 1,553 habitants is a town located in Panama - some 27 mi or ( 43 km ) North-West of Panama City , the country's capital .

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Local time in Rio Gatun is now 11:48 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " America/Panama " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Limón, Quibdó, Montería, Santiago de Veraguas, and Rio Duque. When in this area, you might want to check out Limón . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Rio Gatun ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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4:11 min by WheresAndrewTV
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Visiting Panama at the height of rainy season! There was so much life all around--I got to see tons of monkeys, frogs, crocdiles, leafcutter ants (my favorites) and even stumbled upon the much-feared ..

Panama Jungle Unicycle Ride Teaser

1:25 min by Roland Kays
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We are a team of 5 off-road unicyclists riding from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, across the isthmus of Panama, on jungle trails. We are following an old 'gold route' used for hundreds of years b ..


Colon 2000 Cruise Port

0:37 min by ariel340
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HQ: www.youtube.com Very nice kind local musicians playing for passengers of the AIDA Aura cruise ship, docked at the bermuda style Colon 2000 Cruise Port, Panama. ..

Disney Wonder, Inaugural Westbound Panama Canal Transit on January 12, 2011

22:19 min by 5deheld
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The "Disney Wonder" passes through the Panama Canal, 85 ft above sea level, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean to her new West Coast home port of Los Angeles. She follows the "Statendam" (HAL) and ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Fort Gulick

Fort Gulick was a U.S. Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone located on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal near Fort Davis, on Gatun Lake.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.32 -79.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Former United States Army facilities, Military facilities of the United States in Panama, Panama Canal Zone

Manzanillo International Terminal

Manzanillo International Terminal is located located east of the Atlantic opening of the Panama Canal on the Manzanillo Bay, Colón Province, Republic of Panama. MIT is a distribution center for cargoes destined for cities within the Republic of Panama and neighboring countries in Central America and the Caribbean. It is one of the biggest container transhipment terminals of the region and has direct access into the Colon Free Trade Zone (CFZ).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 9.36 -79.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Container terminals, Ports and harbours of Panama

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés is a multi-purpose stadium in Colón, Panama. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of CD Árabe Unido. The stadium holds 4,000 people, and is named after former Panamanian footballer, Armando Dely Valdés.

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Located at 9.34 -79.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Colón, Panama, Football venues in Panama, Multi-purpose stadiums in Panama

Coco Solo

Coco Solo was a United States Navy submarine base established in 1918 on the Atlantic Ocean (northwest) side of the Panama Canal Zone, near Colón, Panama. United States Senator John McCain was born in 1936 at a small Navy hospital at Coco Solo Naval Air Station. The larger Coco Solo Hospital was constructed in the summer of 1941.

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Located at 9.37 -79.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: 1918 establishments, Closed military facilities of the United States in Panama, Colón, Panama, Panama Canal, Panama Canal Zone Townships, United States Navy submarine bases

Fort Randolph (Panama)

Fort Randolph (Panama) was a Coast Artillery Corps fort built to defend the northern end of the Panama canal in conjunction with Fort Sherman.

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Located at 9.38 -79.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Former United States Army facilities, Military facilities of the United States in Panama, Panama Canal