The Panama Canal is a truly amazing engineering feat. But there's so much more along the way. Choose your water sport. Visit Machu Picchu, shop open-air markets. Or take a wildlife tour. Then again, you could grab the nearest deck chair and bury yourself in a good book. From south to north, Freestyle Cruising lets you choose excursions at ports of call all along the way.

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At NCL, we don’t usually take shortcuts, but when it comes to the Panama Canal we do make an exception. Because this is one of the most amazing voyages on earth, a 40 mile shortcut between the Atlantic and the Pacific, in fact, across a whole continent.

Ride the cable cars in San Francisco and go up, up, up in the world.

From Arica, take a tour to the incredible mountain city of Machu Picchu.

Take a horseback ride along the gorgeous Pacific beaches of Cabo San Lucas.

Board a replica pirate galleon and sail the Spanish Main from Cartagena.

Feeling lazy? Hang out for a while at a sloth sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle.

For more information about Shore Excursions in the Panama Canal click here