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 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.

There are some rapids you better not run so make sure that you are going in one of our guided tours or if by yourself, scout everything that looks dangerous.