all stretch of land so what could be going on here that's so dangerous this is Darian Gap the most dangerous stretch of land in the Americas it's a 100 mile jungle separating Panama and Colombia and it's so deadly that North and South America aren't even connected by any road here to understand why we'd have to zoom out a bit and look at its geography it's located about 500 Mi above the equator with the Pacific Ocean on its left and the North Atlantic on its right this setup makes it scorching hot with insane humidity and heavy rainfall turning the terrain into a wet steamy mess and thus road construction in the Darian Gap becomes nearly impossible and with no roads people who try to cross on foot face dangerous animals like snakes Jaguars a disease carrying insects and to make things even worse armed groups control the area ensuring anyone who attempts the journey faces serious dangers while keeping the officials out