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THIRTY MINUTE PANAMA CITY TOUR
The Panama City Tour is offered throughout the day. Due to the fact that we are required by law to take off and land at a lit airfield, we must return to the Airport regardless of our departure point. (In the event that your hotel has a helicopter pad, we could theoretically depart from your hotel, but we would have to return to the airport in order to comply with local procedures)
Panama City, undoubtedly Central Americas
most modern and cosmopolitan city, can be
readily seen with just a short helicopter
flight from neighboring Albrook Airport. Just
on the outskirts of downtown Panama, your
flight will take you over the citys most
popular tourist destinations, as well within
easy view of the countrys famous banking
district, which currently contains over 100
banks.
Upon liftoff, your flight path takes you along
the right side of the Canal to the midway
point between Miraflores and Pedro Miguel
Locks, towards the Bahai Temple. Flying at
approximately 1,000 ft. we'll turn towards
Costa del Este, which is just east of Panama
Viejo. Then, we'll fly towards the coast and
Punta Paitilla, rounding the point passing
Balboa Statue, which is located on Ave. Balboa,
and on towards Ancon Hill. Ave. Balboa, overlooking
the Bay of Panama, is home to numerous restaurants,
banks, insurance companies, hotels and Punta
Paitilla, one of the citys most expensive and luxurious
residential areas. Along Ave. Balboa, half way up Ancon
Hill, we turn towards the Causeway, and if
time permits we'll continue out to the three
islands that are connected by the Causeway:
Perico, Naos and Flamenco, which is the island
furthest out. After circling the islands,
our trip takes us straight back, passing the
bridge and Panama Canal Commission building
before reaching the airport.
If the tour requires that we pick up passengers
in hotels rather than depart directly from
the airport, the tour will be shorter. Additional
time is required in order to ferry passengers
to and from hotels, which reduces the amount
of time we have for flying. In this case, we'll
turn just past the Miraflores Locks and head
straight to Panama Viejo. Also, we will not
quite reach the three little islands situated
out beyond the causeway.
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