Salt Creek

At Casa Cayuco, we believe the most important tenet of ecotourism is having a positive impact on local communities. Salt Creek (Quebrada Sal) is a Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous village located 30 minutes by foot from Casa Cayuco. Salt Creek is one of the largest and most remote Ngäbe villages in the Bocas del Toro archipelago.

Roughly 900 people live in Salt Creek and over 250 are students between the ages of 5 and 15 years old. Casa Cayuco employs 22 people from Salt Creek, who in turn support over 150 people in the village.

Casa Cayuco and our guests have a very special relationship with the Salt Creek community. Just by staying with us, you help fund several service projects in the village throughout the year.

current project

Two-story medical outpost

Casa Cayuco is working to help open up a 2-story medical clinic in Salt Creek. This medical clinic will serve not only for emergencies, but for routine & preventive healthcare, and most importantly, a space for health-care education and empowerment. The space will be run by a really amazing group called, Floating Doctors. Floating Doctors are experts in providing remote care to underserved, remote, populations in Panama. Casa Cayuco has committed to opening up the medical facility, but to make (and sustain) this life-changing project, we will need some outside support.

You can make a tax deductible donation to Floating Doctors, by clicking here. Please specify in the ‘leave a comment’ section, that the donation is for the SALT CREEK MEDICAL OUTPOST.

Pack for a Purpose

Our village and school are always in need of basic school materials and medical supplies. We are proud partners with Pack for a Purpose. If you have extra space in your luggage, supply donations are an easy way to make an immediate and important impact. To see a list of needed items, click here. We ask that you kindly bring unpackaged supplies in an effort to minimise waste on the island.