CAPE ON THE CARIBBEAN NICARAGUA
SPACE OF GREENERY AND CULTURE COLONIAL SPLENDOURS

Discovery

Ground of lakes and volcanos, Nicaragua is a true mosaic of history and emotions. This country is discovered through its tropical jungles, of its many volcanos, its colonial beautiful cities, its West-Indian villages and its beaches of dreamed. Let carry itself by the Latin music and leave on a tour of treasures this ignored region. Capital at the towns of León and Granada via the Lake Nicaragua and its volcanic island, benefit from this preserved paradise. A single and authentic adventure in the middle of a country which knew to keep its identity.

 

Identity

Located between Costa Rica and Honduras, Nicaragua is the largest country of Central America. Unfortunately known for its wars which a long time devastated the country and too little visited, Nicaragua however abounds in natural treasures as well as cultural. This country has both plus big lakes of Central America where you will be able to sail in all peace in order to discover more than twenty volcanos and an impressive fauna gathered in nature reserves. But they are not the only wealths of Nicaragua.

In the west, the banks are bathed by the Pacific Ocean, snuffed spots of surfing, while the Caribbean Sea comes to border the paradisiac beaches of the east from the country. You will be able to swim with various tropical fishes. Finally beyond its natural pearls, the country has a rich cultural heritage and history with in particular of superb colonial cities. Your travel to Nicaragua will take on a true air of human adventure in contact with its particularly accessible population.

Culture & Traditions

NATURE

Undeniable wealth of Nicaragua east without any doubt its intact and splendid nature. Called the country of the lakes and the volcanos, you will be able to admire more than twenty volcanos there, of the subtropical forests, the white sand beaches, the small islands of corails and as well as both plus Central America big lakes.

ACTIVITIES

The stunning nature of Nicaragua makes it possible to the travellers to benefit from a wide range of activities. The volcanos and the mountains will make it possible to the sportsmen to make excursion. To take height, acrobranche in the canopy is also possible. Large vaguenesses of the Pacific make coasts a spot of snuffed surfing. Moreover, do not miss devote yourself to the diving to see splendid sea-bed.

GROUPS OF AUTOCHTONES

If you wish to impregnate yourselves Amerindian culture at the time of your stay in Nicaragua do not hesitate to go to the meeting of some autochtones groups present over the territory. You will find there Miskitos in the vicinity of Puerto Cabezas and Waspam. Mayagnas in the reserve of biosphere of Bosawas, Rowed them in Rama Cay as well as Garifunas with Orinoco and Tasbapauni.

FAUNA

Nicaragua lodges a very diverse fauna. Most species live in reserves. You will find there in particular many mammals such as monkeys, cougars, ocelots, the lazy ones and even of the jaguars. Concerning the birds, there exist approximately 700 species in Nicaragua. The marine species and the reptiles are also strongly present, with the image of the shark bull and the tortoise lute.

Essential

Nicaragua has a tropical climate with an average temperature of 25°. The season dries is from December to May whereas the rainy season is from May to October.

25°
LE CORDOBA
-7H
SPANISH
MANAGUA
GALLO PINTO

Form your trip

The stages

MANAGUA

Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, is an attractive tourist destination as well for the wealth of its historical heritage as for the diversity of the landscapes as it offers. Managua skirts the eponymous lake on an extent of 20 km. On the cultural level, this city will be able to charm the amateurs of neo-classic architecture as well as pre-Columbian archaeology. Its museums contain an impressive collection of human prints classified among oldest of the world, solidified in volcanic mud. Dimensioned natural, Managua opens to you the doors of the nature reserve of the lagoon of Tiscapa, an exceptional place of resource within walking distance of the historic center.

MASAYA Y LOS PUEBLOS BLANCOS

Desire for spending your vacancies in an unique place, rich person culturally and aesthetically? Masaya or Los Pueblos Blancos, area located at 20 km in the south-east of the capital of Nicaragua will delight your eyes. Located in a volcanic zone, you will take pleasure in carrying out cultural excursions around the city thanks to its pleasant and mild climate. You will be without any doubt allured by the beauty of these areas of Nicaragua. The landscapes are composed of small lanes, mountains as far as the eye can see and small churches. The uncontested occasion of going to the meeting of a green nature and accommodating people to the colors of the Latin America.

GRANADA

Founded at the same time as the town of Leon in 1524, Granada and Leòn were always large rivals. Of the two cities, Granada is incontestably most charming, with its colonial architecture, its beautiful museums and its paved streets. You will not fail to discover the superb church San Francisco and his convent where splendid pre-Columbian statues are exposed. The many small churches, the traditional market and the excellent restaurants will make this city a particularly pleasant stage at the time of your travel. You will be able to also go to explore Isletas, a regrouping of charming small islands posed on the Nicaragua Lake. Not far from the city, the Mombacho volcano, dormant since 1570, is surrounded by an extraordinary rain forest, another superb place to be discovered.

LEÒN

Old capital of Nicaragua, Leon books to you an unforgettable stay under the sign of the escape and of expatriation. And due, it is the arts centre of the country, with its complete panoply of historic buildings, museums, workshops of craftsmen and from galleries of Article While sauntering in the lanes of this remarkable city, you will fall effortlessly on mural frescos without age, of the potteries and the objects out of ceramics to be unearthed at the artisanal market, without forgetting the sawdust carpets designed according to the same ancestral techniques inherited from generation to generation. It is besides the case in the indigenous village of Sutiaba where many exhibitions are organized during the Holy Week. Raise the eyes to see, skirting the cobbled streets, of the colonial residences to the decorated principal frontages of wrought iron balcony. Do not miss the Large Cathedral by San Pedro, but also the picturesque traditional dwellings equipped with patio and flowered gardens. Visit, finally, the vestiges of Viejo Leon, nested at the bottom of Momotombo and registered voters with the world heritage of humanity.

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COAST

Undeniable paradise of the surfers, the Pacific Coast and in particular the station of San Juan del On is a true natural Eden. On both sides of bay with clear waters, the coast digs many splits in the tropical forest. You will have a favorite for superb the playa El Coco and the reserve of Punta Flor where, between July and January, the olive-greenish tortoises come to lay. In another style, the beach of Montelimar, west of Managua, is dissociated by its villas knack, far from Nicaraguan reality, but it is without question one of most beautiful and great beaches of the zone.

THE LAKE NICARAGUA AND RIO SAN JUAN

The lake Nicaragua is the 10th more big lake in the world. The principal interest of this “inland sea” is the island of Ometepe and its two twin volcanos, a place truly seizing. The travellers will leave on a tour of this island in excursion, the kayak or with horse, benefitting from its natural wonders and the splendid lagoon of Charco Verde with its sandy beach gray. Most adventurous will take over the leadership of San Carlos, an insolated village with the edge of legendary the río San Juan, which serves as border with Costa Rica to his mouth in the Caribbean Sea. The isthmus being narrower, it is here, and not in Panama, which failed to be built the famous channel. To descend the river is a true adventure. In the middle of this dense tropical forest, the travel takes on an air of forwarding.

THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN COAST

Rare are the travellers who venture there because this coast is not easy access. The only easily accessible place is Big Corn Island which often serves as last stage at the time of a travel to Nicaragua. Coral beaches and reefs, peaches and feasts of lobsters, boxes with reggae and bars with beers are the reasons for which one moves in this little place of paradise from January to March. A true end of the world which is booked to the epicureans.

MOUNTAINOUS MATAGALPA AND NORTH

This mountainous region, glaze of wet forest and coffee plantations, is of a rare beauty. Pionnier of eco-tourism in Nicaragua, this zone abounds with small organic farms and interdependent divings in the middle of the jungle. The Pan-American one, which crosses the area, gives access to charming small villages, in particular the old city of Ciudad Antigua founded by the conquistadores in 1600. An area rich in traditions where one will discover with interest two of the principal productions of Nicaragua, the cigar and the coffee.

MOSQUITO COAST

Old den of corsairs, pirates, Huguenot and puritans, the Coast of Mosquitos inherited a cultural heritage most enthralling. Skirting the Caribbean, this piece of land gaining on the sea expects you through his maze of marshes, idyllic beaches and picturesque harbors. Main door towards splendid Islas del Maiz with the top-of-the-range hotel complexes and their spots of surfing, fishing season and bathe without equal, Mosquito Coast also enables you to visit the seabeds of Corn Islands. On the spot, two activities expect you: a walk on board traditional pangasius or the scuba diving through the coral reefs of any beauty. This remarkable on the east side finally place of observation par excellence of the tortoise caouanne, the large migrating one.

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