Panama’s indigenous Guna tribe have called San Blas home for hundreds of years. But the entire idyllic archipelago is at risk of being underwater within a matter of decades. Ever since I’d arr ...

“The San Blas are unique because of the authenticity ... at the northern edge of the archipelago, we could see the powerful Caribbean waves crashing in plumes of surf against the reef.

Buildings cover Gardi Sugdub Island, part of San Blas archipelago off Panama's Caribbean coast, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Due to rising sea levels, about 300 Guna Indigenous families will relocate ...

At ground level, the island, one of more than 350 in the San Blas archipelago off the northern coast of Panama, is hot, flat and crowded. More than 1,000 people occupy the narrow dwellings that ...

Here's what life is like for the Guna people of Carti Sugtupu. Just off Panama's northern coastline is the San Blas archipelago, a group of about 365 mostly uninhabited islands. The area is known ...

La Barriada is about 70% built. Gardi Sugdub is one of 365 islands in the San Blas archipelago, about 39 of which are settled by approximately 30,000 Guna, members of a fiercely independent people.

Due to rising sea levels, about 300 Guna Indigenous families will relocate from Gardi Sugdub Island, part of the San Blas archipelago, to new homes built by the government on the mainland.

Soon they will be. Within a few decades, rising seas will completely engulf the island, along with 364 others from the San Blás archipelago, home to the Guna indigenous people. The Guna migrated ...

Key natural attractions include the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, the San Blas Islands, and Coiba National Park, known for its marine life. The best time to visit Panama is during the dry season ...

Panama’s indigenous Guna tribe have called San Blas home for hundreds of years. But the entire idyllic archipelago is at risk of being underwater within a matter of decades. Ever since I’d arr ...