Up and Away the City at Ancon Hill

“I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”

- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Wordsworth

Who won’t love this poem that almost everyone might have grown reciting over and over? This piece might have touched your poetic heart once, and probably inspired you to create one as good as this. But so much for the awesome poem, let’s take a single emphasized word from it and offer a touch of appreciation to Panama’s one piece of land that labels it as a country.

This might not top the ‘favourites’ list of every traveller who have gone doing Panama City tours, but I assure you, this place is really something. Visiting this country will definitely give you a bunch of suggestions of where to go and what to do depending on your own inclination. But honestly, it would be a shame on anyone’s part who has visited Panama if they haven’t took even a glimpse of this hill. Hence, to avoid having any sense of regret upon coming home from here, come, climb, and behold what Ancon Hill can bestow on you.

Whether you are a mountain enthusiast or not, you’ll surely get your eyes and jaws off once stepping on this hill. Ancon Hill, or otherwise known as Cerro Ancon provides you the highest position you can be at Panama. Standing almost 200 meters in height, you can create your own postcard yourself having your camera with you. From above, you can look over picture-perfect views of Panama itself—the Panama Canal, Albrook, and Amador Causeway that will definitely get your heart melting. This hill’s extremely unique in itself, a jungle indeed at the middle of a busy Panama City. 

Why remain a woodland while the surrounding area developed?

Probably you’ll get puzzled how it turned out this way. On the actual, if you’ll stand at the foot of the hill looking at it with all its surrounding areas, you should have a little reflection on its past. Let’s take a sneak peek at Panama’s history way back in the 20th century. That time, the Ancon Hill was under the authority of the Americans making it their base for radio communications, thus, the hill seemed to be left out with the advancement its neighboring regions are undergoing. And when the locals finally get their own authority over the hill courtesy of the Panama Canal Treaty, the very first thing they carry out is to erect a huge national flag at its peak probably to proclaim their ownership of it. 

Let’s thank God for history that resulted for Ancon Hill’s present goodness.

The hill is accessible through hiking, biking, jogging or even by car, that’s why there’s no other reason you can’t come across this astonishing hill. See face to face these amazing flowers, birds, and land animals that you haven’t encountered before and experience yourself what travellers are talking about. View Panama as a whole in varying viewpoints and do not miss the chance of watching the serene sunset in this remarkable hill.