Darien gap

In this week's Maphead, Ken Jennings explores how a small stretch of jungle puts the dream of a fully connected highway from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego frustratingly out of reach.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

Why settle for an ordinary American road trip when you can drive across all of the Americas? Follow our journey as we drive the Pan American Highway along with plenty of side roads and other adventures.

All roads on the Pan American Highway end in the Darién Gap, a dense jungle that separates Panama and Colombia. What makes trekking this area so dangerous?

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After traveling through the Darien Gap by piragua canoe to visit a remote jungle village, I was forced to leave when security forces kicked me out.

Panama’s Darien Gap is the only missing section on the Pan-American Highway that stretches from Alaska to Argentina.

The pandemic, climate change and growing conflict are forcing a seismic shift in global migration. In few places is that more clear than a perilous crossing called the Darién Gap.

WhatsNew2Day - Latest News And Breaking Headlines A group of migrants from Venezuela, Ecuador and Haiti cross the Rio Muerto in the Darien Gap, as they continue their journey towards the border with the United States, in Acandi, Colombia, July 9, 2023. REUTERS MEXICO CITY — Deep in the Panamanian jungle, Venezuelan migrant Franca Ramírez was struggling to reach higher ground when […] For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it is a magnet

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