Sapzurro was founded in 1889 by Afro-Colombian settlers Gumercindo Medrano and Juana Caraballo, who arrived from the Barú Peninsula (Bolívar Department of Colombia).

Later the settlers Feliciano Berrío arrived with Caridad Casiano, Juan de Dios Meza with Bonifacia Bravo, and some time later, Eliseo Zúñiga (Cuna), Mariano Pereira and Asención Pertúz, mostly from Bocachica and who are the main family members of this family community.

Daily boats transport passengers from Turbo to Capurganá then they have the option to walk or take a smaller panga to the small port of Sapzurro.

From inside the country there are flight connections from Medellín in the Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport with the aviation companies ADA[2] and Searca.

[7] Origins of the word Sapzurro come from the ancient dialect of the Kuna people and means "Bahia Profunda" (deep bay).