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Driving
to
Gamboa
DRIVING
FROM
...........TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
TO
................................................................GAMBOA
Panama City is simple, yet confusing due to the lack of road signage.
We find places by   important benchmarks.   Bellow you will find a simple  yet detailed driving instructions from the
Tocumen International Airport to Gamboa.

Exiting the Tocumen Airport parking  you will need  to set your  trip odometer to 0  exit the airport  road  and turn left  in the main highway and head off to Panama City by following the
Panama Centro sign .  you will need to drive strait  ahead and keep on this highway  for aprox 17 Km.
, This highway is very busy during the morning  and evening peak hours. It takes aproximatly 45 minutes to an hour  to drive from Tocumen to Gamboa however during morning  and evening peak hours prepare to duplicate this time  .   You will need to drive thru several secondary underpasses and 3 main overpasses on the same highway,    Once you drive over the 3rd  overpass bridge   you will be exiting the town of San Miguelito. and now you are on the
Tumba Muerto Highway You will need to  drive strait ahead  passing a Mc Donalds, an Esso Gas Station
untll you passi the
KIA Car dealer located at  your right hand following will find a main highway interchange, at this point  you will be at  or near Km17 on your trip odometer  ahead you  will find an overhead road sign that reads  PATACON/ PTE CENTENARIO,  AUTOPISTA PANAMA-ARRAIJAN ,  you must turn right. just before the overpass .

You have now  driven half the way and  reached the
CENTENARIO/ AUTOPISTA  PANAMA - ARRAIJAN   which also leads you to the Corredor Norte entrance as well. You will need to drive strait ahead,  pass an ESSO   GAS STATION  and  overpass the corredor norte  please  continue on strait, DO NOT TAKE  ANY OF THE THE CORREDOR NORTE EXITS AT ANY TIME keep strait and you will find yourself in a  4 lane with a narrow meridian  winding uphill road and further dowhill slope until you   reach the ROD CAREW BASEBALL STADIUM, this is the beging of the Centenario  Autopista Panama - Arraijan . At  a speed of 100Km you should  be reaching the exit to Gamboa-Paraiso within 10 minutes, this exit is located just before the CENTENARY BRIDGE across the Panama Canal .  On this exit keep right at all times to follow the GAMBOA exit sign, from here you will be driving aproximatly 3 minutes  until you reach   the Gamboa Road or Gaillard Highway  entrance    turn left here..

The Gamboa entrance is the only main left hand turn and you will find a cement sign to your left  that reads
PARQUE NACIONAL SOBERANIA.    and to your right is  the  Parque Nacional Soberania administration builiding now you are on the Gamboa or Gaillard Highway ,  you will need to drive  aprox 11 Km  before you reach the Gamboa Bridge. You will need to pass the SUMMIT BOTANICAL GARDENS , the entrance to the CANOPY TOWER, and EL CHARCO TRAIL all at your right hand side and  and just before you reach the Gamboa Bridge you will be passing the RENACER PENITENTIARY at your left hand side .  All the above are well marked and easy to spot as you drive thru

You have now reached the
Gamboa Bridge,
Please wait for your green light, drive carefully  across this single lane bridge ( see picture  bellow )  once off the bridge at the other end   drive straight ahead  until you find a sign at your left hand side that reads  Gamboa. following  is a Y intersection please keep right, drive uphill  until the 2nd left turn, drive downhill  for one block and next intersection turn  left   again. Your are now i at
 
Ivanīs Bed & Breakfast is House 111
a white  wooden house with peach trimming and  is the second house to your lefthand.
A sign Ivanīs Bed  & Breakfast   is in the front yard and has a  covered carport with an inflatable boat
.


If you are  arriving to Tocumen International Airport after dark and  have never driven in Panama Ciy we strongly recommend you arrange airport pick with us
most car rentals will deliver their rental cars to Gamboa the next morning.




These driving instructions have been update
May 2010

 
Copy /paste this driving instructions and have them handy at all times !


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DRIVING
FROM
..........PANAMA CITY
TO
...................... GAMBOA
Get instructions to drive from where you are to  the Gelabert Airport  and / or Albrook area .

Once  you locate the Gelabert Airport i7 Albrook area   you   need to get on the Omar Torrijos highway which is the highway around the airport runway  and head north
You will be pasing the Gelabert Airport , former Panama Canal  residence areas, the Knowledge City or Ciudad del Saber which is in front of the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal,  the Town of Pedro Miguel,
The Pedro Miguel Locks which is the second set of locks and the Town of Paraiso  then you will be uphill and after passing the under the Centenary Bridge  highway it will take aprox 3 minutes to reach the next main intersection to your left. which is the Gamboa road  or Gaillard Highway entrance, there you will see to your right the Parque Nacional Soberania Administration Building, they can help you at any time  ,

you need to follow signs that will lead you to
Gamboa.
it will take you aprox 10 minutes to reach the Gamboa Bridge from this main intersection.  Once you  have reached the Gamboa  single lane Bridge, please wait for your green light, drive across the  Gamboa bridge ( see picture  bellow )  once off the bridge  drive straight ahead  until you find a sign that reads  Gamboa.  At the Y intersection please keep right, drive uphill  until the 2nd left turn, drive downhill  for one block and next left again.  

Ivanīs Bed & Breakfast is House 111  is
a white  wooden house with peach outlines  and  is the second house to your lefthand.

A sign Ivanīs Bed  & Breakfast is in the front yard


Copy /paste this driving instructions and have them handy at all times !
Click here to Print  the Gamboa Town Road Map
4 minutes from Pipeline Road
BY PUBLIC BUS
FROM .......THE TERMINAL DE TRANSPORTE AT ALBROOK
TO.............................................................................GAMBOA

at the Albrook  terminal look for the
SACA Bus station ( Orange & white  buses)
The SACA busing system operates thought the canal towns and housing areas
you will need to get on  the
Gamboa bus
they usually depart hourly at the top of the hour except sundays
Arriving Gamboa you need to ask the driver to drop you off at El Triangulo
look for house 111
print the Gamboa Town Map and it will certaily help you to find us very quick!
Click here to Print  the Gamboa Town Road Map