Pacora River Kayaking

The Pacora River is located only about an hour drive from Panama City, toward the northeast. It is very narrow and shallow in must sections but it is ideal for kayaking during the rainy season, from July to mid December. It has some challenging class III rapids and two sections to run it. The upper part, from Chapala to San Miguel takes around two hours and the lower part, from San Miguel to Carriazo takes around one and half hour. It does have some challenging rapids: "La Batidora", The Shaker, has a lot of whitewater poundering on a stepped , narrow, rocky channel. You don´t wan´t to take chances on flipping on this rapid , The Slalon is an easy adrenaline rush shute, some others make this trek a very fun ride. Our guides are trained in kayak navigation skills, first-aid and CPR.