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Lago Gatún (Gatún Lake)
Getting Here and Around
Aside from seeing the entire canal on a complete transit tour, you can see a bit of the lake during the boat trip to Barro Colorado, or on one of the nature tours or sportfishing charters that leave from the marinas at Gamboa and the Meliá Resort, near Colón. You can also see parts of it from the Panama Railway.
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