My first day on Island Hierba San Blas islands

I am convinced that I will remember everything from my trip to island Hierba in San Blas in Panama. Every single minute of my entire trip was an experience by itself. An unforgettable experience  …   Let me start from the beginning.   To get to San Blas islands is not easy. The tourism there is [...]

Visiting Indigenous tribe Bribri in Talamanca

Together with my friend Pablo, we were picked up at Cariblue hotel after breakfast to go on another exciting tour with Terraventuras travel agency. Once all registered at the office in Puerto Viejo, we hopped in the van again and the journey into the unknown could start … When driving to Bribri, we saw some [...]

Hiking Caracoral in El Valle de Anton

El Valle de Anton, the second largest inhabited volcano crater in the world is famous for all the trekking routes in the surrounding mountains. Hiking India Dormida, Cariguana and also climbing Gaital mount are the most-known hikes in the area which are located just a few km from each other.As to hike Gaital you really [...]

Hiking Cariguana in El Valle de Anton

The second largest inhabited volcano crater in the world where the Anton Valley, or El Valle de Anton how they call it in Spanish is situated, is definitely one of the hotspots for mid-hikers in Panama. The three most important trekking routes are India Dormida, Gaital (or at least half-way hike to the viewpoint at [...]

Monkey island tour Panama City – wild monkeys and Wounaan tribe

I was picked up at 8.30 am like the last one of the group by Jeff, a Canadian guide of my age working for Barefoot Panama, and chatting we drove from Panama City next to the City of Knowledge – Ciudad de Saber up to the Chagres river where the Monkey Island tour starts.On the way we [...]

Hiking India Dormida in El Valle de Anton

The story behind India DormidaWhen 35 million years ago the volcano erupted collapsing where the town of El Valle de Anton in Panama is now situated, one of the mountains around the crater, nowadays known as India Dormida, was formed.Most probably the first people living in the area were the Guaymies native tribe with cacique Urraca in charge. [...]
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