El Valle de Antón
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to April; mornings are best for the crater-rim hikes
- Budget
- $$
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A town built inside the flat floor of a vast extinct volcanic caldera, ringed by forested crater walls two hours from Panama City. Its cool climate draws weekenders to the Sunday market, thermal pools, the square-trunked trees, and the India Dormida ridge hike. An amphibian center works to save the critically endangered golden frog, a national symbol.
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