Central America

While visitors to Panama may come for the Panama Canal, they stay for everything else.

Lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala is a mountainous nation that is home to 37 awe-inspiring volcanoes.

Lake Atitlan is where culture, charm, and scenery meet, and it’s among the most alluring destinations in Guatemala.

The Central American country of Guatemala is filled with traditional native villages and colorful markets.

The Maya were a powerful civilization that originated in the Yucatan around 2600 BC and came to full power around AD 250.

Exploring this dynamic Central American capital quickly reveals that it is far more than a single world-famous engineering feat.

With the emerald-hued Caribbean Sea on one side and the vibrant jungles of Central America on the other, Belize is beginning to emerge as a regional jewel.

Occupying one of the last, remaining unspoiled places on earth just south of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize is a beautiful Caribbean getaway where tourists can laze away on white sandy beaches, dive in the Western Hemisphere’s largest barrier reef, hike through lush jungle, and explore ancient Mayan ruins all in.

Palm-fringed beaches, turquoise waters, and swaying hammocks create the kind of tropical scenery most travelers dream about.

Renowned for being one of the most environmentally friendly and biodiverse countries in the world, volcanic and rainforest-covered Costa Rica lies on the Central American isthmus in between the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

As the country that connects South America to Central America, Panama is an incredible destination with plenty of historic and geographic significance.

Guatemala is a great place to see sights you probably not going to see anywhere else.

Antigua, Guatemala’s famous colonial gem, might just be one of the prettiest cities on the planet.

Belize is something of an anomaly – a former British colony in the middle of mostly Spanish-influenced Central America, and a Caribbean country at that, too.

Central America is the thin section of land that links the North American continent with the South American continent.