ACTIVITIES

The Selva Negra forest near Matagalpa, the mountains in the north and the islands in Lago de Nicaragua offer great hiking. Among the many spectacular volcanoes of interest for climbers are the Volcán Masaya and the two volcanoes on Isla de Ometepe. Lago de Nicaragua offers fantastic opportunities for fishing, and surfing is popular at Poneloya beach, near León, and at Playa Popoyo near Rivas.

Nicaragua is Central America's largest country with its lowest population density and its nature is nothing less than stunning. Whether exploring the hidden beaches of an undeveloped Pacific coast, cruising down a jungle river surrounded by rain forest filled with over 700 species of birds, discovering pre-Columbian basalt idols and petroglyphs on one of Lake Nicaragua's 400+ islands, swimming in a warm and clear volcanic crater lake, lounging on a empty white sand Caribbean island beach or hiking in virgin cloud forest filled with orchids, butterflies and howler monkeys on a sleeping volcano.