El Salvador Bucket List

El Salvador Bucket List

El Salvador is small enough to explore without spending your entire trip on the road. And that means you can fit a surprising amount into a few days.

You can go from flying over a lake to riding horses along the coast, watching sea turtles make their way to the ocean, or standing beneath a waterfall surrounded by forest.

Here are seven experiences worth adding to your El Salvador bucket list.

Visit Tamanique waterfalls

The trip to Tamanique Waterfalls takes you into one of the greener corners of the country.

After the hike, you reach a series of waterfalls surrounded by rock formations and forest, with natural pools where you can cool off.

It’s one of those places that makes it easy to forget how close you are to the coast.

Try bungee jumping in San Miguel

For something with a little more adrenaline, head to San Miguel.

Bungee jumping from the San Antonio del Mosco Bridge gives you a very different way to experience the landscape, with the bridge, water, and surrounding mountains below.

Not exactly a quiet afternoon.

Take a boat tour through Jiquilisco Bay

Jiquilisco Bay is one of the country's most distinctive coastal landscapes.

A boat ride through its waterways takes you through mangroves, islands, and open stretches of water, offering a completely different perspective of El Salvador’s Pacific coast.

It’s also a reminder that there is much more to the country's coastline than its surf beaches.

Witness a sea turtle release at the beach

Every year, sea turtles return to El Salvador’s beaches to nest, and conservation projects give visitors the opportunity to take part in turtle releases.

Watching the hatchlings make their way toward the ocean is a very different kind of experience, one that connects a day at the beach with the wildlife that depends on these shores.

Ride horses into the sunset

There’s no need to rush through every experience.

A horseback ride along the beach as the sun goes down is a slower way to take in the coastline, with the Pacific, open sand, and evening light setting the scene.

Sometimes, the simplest plans make the list.

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Go parasailing in Poza Verde

Poza Verde gives you a different view of El Salvador. From above, the landscape changes completely, with the water and surrounding forest stretching out below you.

It’s the kind of experience that lets you see a side of the country that you simply can’t get from the road.

Your El Salvador bucket list

Beach days, forests, waterfalls, wildlife, mountains, and a little adrenaline.

That’s the thing about El Salvador. You don’t have to choose just one kind of trip.

So, how many are going on your list?