Darien Gap Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
break in the Pan-American Highway consisting of a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest
About Darien Gap
The gap measures just over 160 km (100 mi) long and about 50 km (30 mi) wide. Road building through this area is expensive, and the environmental cost is high. Political consensus in favor of road construction has not emerged. Consequently there is no road connection through the Darién Gap connecting North America with South America and it is the missing link of the Pan-American Highway. Since this area is the only piece of land connecting both continents, it is dominated by drug cartels. The overland crossings are considered to be hard and dangerous.
Darien Gap Travel Guide Sections
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