{"id":5737,"date":"2023-05-22T22:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/?p=5737"},"modified":"2023-05-22T23:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:29:42","slug":"costa-abajo-de-colon-a-paradise-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/2023\/05\/22\/costa-abajo-de-colon-a-paradise-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Abajo de Colon, a  Paradise that is Being Discover by More Visitors Each Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre id=\"tw-target-rmn\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">After crossing the waters of the Panama Canal through the new bridge that is in the Atlantic sector, you are officially in Costa Abajo de Col\u00f3n. Before reaching any town on the coast, you have to skirt the protective forest of San Lorenzo.\n\n<strong>San Lorenzo Protected Forest<\/strong>\n\nThis protected forest also works as a natural barrier for some areas of the canal and the San Lorenzo Fort, a colonial fortress built in Spanish colonial times to protect the mouth of the Chagres River, located on the other side of the barrier. Once part of the Gatun locks is skirted by road, the road to the coastal towns begins.\n\n\n<strong>A Coastal Trip to Enjoy<\/strong>\n\nTo get to the coastal communities, you go along a unique coastal highway in the country and little traveled by both Panamanians and foreigners. After an hour on the way, you can see the majesty and natural beauty of the Caribbean Sea.\n\nOn the coast there are communities where thousands of Panamanians from different parts of the country live, as well as from different ethnic groups. The highway passes through the coastal communities of Achiote, Icacal, Palmas Bellas, Salud, Gobea, Pi\u00f1as, R\u00edo Indio and Miguel de la Borda.\n\nAlong the road that runs parallel to the sea, it can be seen that the palm trees receive the blows of the strong winds from the coast. A totally different region to Costa Arriba de Col\u00f3n where the waters are normally calm, however, Costa Abajo is located offshore which makes the waves of the sea stronger.\n\nThe breeze, the sound of the sea and the vegetation clearly show that urban development has not reached this sector of the province of Col\u00f3n to a great extent.\n\n<strong>Nature that Surprises<\/strong>\n\nHere, nature surprises, since one of the first places that the Visitor finds himself and can have contact with the sea is in Palmas Bella, where there is a small natural pool that is made on the coast, a perfect place to sit and enjoy the sway of the water\n\nIn the town of Achiote, there is the El Tuc\u00e1n Center, where excursions are carried out that go into the San Lorenzo National Park, as well as a beautiful beach to enjoy. On these beaches, you live more with the locals, who enjoy the paradise that surrounds them to the fullest.\n\nFollowing the road you pass the town of Icacal and just before reaching Palmas Bellas there is a beautiful beach to enjoy. This beautiful coastal town has about 2,000 inhabitants, mostly descendants of the ancient community of Chagres.\n\n\nFollowing the coastal road, you pass through the towns of Salud, Gobea and Pi\u00f1as, until you reach R\u00edo Indio, a place where a river and the coast converge. This mix is perfect for locals who enjoy bathing in a place where the waters are calm in the middle of the town, postcards from a different Panama.\n\n<strong>The Last Seaside Town<\/strong>\n\nAfter almost two and a half hours of travel from Panama City, the last coastal town is reached, here the highway ends.\n\nMiguel de la Borda is the last town to which the highway that runs along the Costa Abajo de Col\u00f3n leads. The town has approximately 3,000 inhabitants.\n\nIt is mostly inhabited by people of Negroid and indigenous descent, who are engaged in subsistence agriculture and artisanal fishing. The latter is carried out both in the sea and in the river from which it takes its name from the town.\n\nIn this town is one of the most extensive, beautiful and quiet beaches of Costa Abajo. A place that has nothing to envy to beaches in other sectors of the country.\n\nAmong the activities that can be done is touring the town, going to the beach, taking boat tours along the coast and even upriver to inland towns, resting in a hammock among the palm trees or making bonfires on the beach.\n\nCosta Abajo de Col\u00f3n is a diamond that only has to be polished to make it shine in sustainable tourism, with services that promote local culture and infrastructure that is in keeping with the nature found in this paradise. For now, there is only one place to stay in Miguel de la Borda, but in the towns you can enjoy several restaurants where you can taste the local gastronomy. An unforgettable road trip that motivates you to return again and again.\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After crossing the waters of the Panama Canal through the new bridge that is in the Atlantic sector, you are officially in Costa Abajo de Col\u00f3n. Before reaching any town on the coast, you have to skirt the protective forest of San Lorenzo. 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