A popular way is via yacht to Cartagena as someone mentioned. It will skip a bunch of beautiful countryside though.
Less well known are the small villages along both sides of the coast.
On the Caribbean side there is a small town called Capurgana on the Colombian side with a few nice hotels that offer hikes to the village La Miel on the Panamanian side. So it is possible to cross the border there quite safely by foot.
The area looks beautiful. Since I first of heard of this it's been on my bucket list.
That still leaves you with the question on how to get there without flying. The hotels in Capurgana offer boat rides to Turbo in Antioquia where there are good roads south.
While I know Panama well I was actually surprised to learn from Colombian TV of the villages on the Panamanian side. I nor most of my Panamanian friends had never heard of these.
So your best bet would probably be to go by boat along the coast from either one of the San Blas islands or more likely Isla Verde a bit further west.
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A popular way is via yacht to Cartagena as someone mentioned. It will skip a bunch of beautiful countryside though.
Less well known are the small villages along both sides of the coast.
On the Caribbean side there is a small town called Capurgana on the Colombian side with a few nice hotels that offer hikes to the village La Miel on the Panamanian side. So it is possible to cross the border there quite safely by foot.
http://www.brendansadventures.com/paradise-found-la-miel-pan...
The area looks beautiful. Since I first of heard of this it's been on my bucket list.
That still leaves you with the question on how to get there without flying. The hotels in Capurgana offer boat rides to Turbo in Antioquia where there are good roads south.
While I know Panama well I was actually surprised to learn from Colombian TV of the villages on the Panamanian side. I nor most of my Panamanian friends had never heard of these.
So your best bet would probably be to go by boat along the coast from either one of the San Blas islands or more likely Isla Verde a bit further west.