After about 1.5 years living and photographing in Panama, I have compiled a list of my top-5 most photogenic places. Your opinion may very well vary, and my selections may change as I discover new corners of Panama I have yet to explore, but here it is as it stands today.
- Casco Viejo, without a doubt my favourite photo-subject in Panama, with a mix of French and Spanish architecture spanning 3 centuries, old ruins, beautifully restored buildings, city views and lots of colourful people.
- Azureo Peninsula, beautiful beaches, micro-climates and Tuscany-like rolling hills. Azuero even has a desert!
- Altos del Maria, this gorgeous and huge development is my home and it provides superb and varied vistas, hiking trails, tumbling rivers and waterfalls, green lush vegetation, many exotic animals and lots of colourful flowers, birds, bugs and butterflies.
- Chiriqui, this beautiful province which covers the western part of the country and borders with Costa Rica is still mostly pristine and varies from gorgeous islands in the Golf of Chiriqui to the highlands and Volcan Baru. The possibilities are endless and I am just beginning to explore this area.
- Kuna Yala and the San Blas Islands, these tropical islands are still almost completely undeveloped and are thankfully still controlled by the very colourful Kuna natives. This is the place for gorgeous Caribbean islands with crystal-clear turquoise waters and reefs and a very unique indigenous culture.
What do you think? Any place I should explore and add to this list?
