| 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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| Gamboa, Panama |
| Ivan & Gladys Ortiz House 111 Jadwin Avenue Gamboa Mobile 6688 1936 Landline 314 9436 |
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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 ! |
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| 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! |