River Canyon Swimming

Los Cangilones de Gualaca is one of the best natural swimming locations in the province of Chiriqu and a major tourist attraction for the Gualaca district, located just 30 minutes outside of Boquete Panama. It is very well known for its astonishingly beauty and its refreshing water, visited by both Panamanians and foreigners. Los Cangilones de Gualaca is an all natural swimming pool; it's a rock formation that was created by the River Est that formed this amazing narrow channel and large natural swimming pool. Its name was due to the rock formations that created the pool in the form of a vessel or pot, for thousands of years by the Esti River. (Cangiln = bucket a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.) On a nice hot, sunny day there is nothing better than jumping from the rocks into the river and drift along the rocky canyon to the pool at the end. If you are cold after swimming you can just lie on the rocks to sunbathe.