This being our first stip to Panama it was obvious that we book a trip to the Panama Canal. The Royal Decameron Resort where we stayed is about a two hour trip by bus to the Canal. There were four tours available: 1) Canal & Shopping ($55 US, 2) City Tour and Shopping ($70 US), 3)Panama Express Train ($110 US) and 4) Partial Canal Transit ($110 US). All tours picked you up and returned you to the hotel. We chose The Partial Canal Tour which bused us to a 300 capacity boat at Gamboa and took us south through the ... (more)