Gatun Lake
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to April for drier boat-tour weather
- Budget
- $$
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A vast artificial lake created in 1913 to carry ships across the middle of the Panama Canal, once the largest man-made lake in the world. Its flooded forest islands shelter capuchin and howler monkeys, crocodiles, and superb peacock bass fishing. Boat tours from Gamboa weave between transiting container ships and jungle shorelines.
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