Travelogues Nicaragua

Plaza de la Fe - San Juan Pablo II

Ich muss leider feststellen, dass individuelles Reisen in Nicaragua, wie zuvor schon in Costa Rica, ohne eigenes Fahrzeug gar nicht so einfach ist. Dummerweise habe ich m

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Today, two destinations west of Granada are on the agenda: first, we go to the crater lake “Laguna de Apoyo.” From the viewpoint “Mirador de Catarina,” there is a beautiful

Granada was founded in 1524 by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. During the colonial period, Granada was one of the

León has about 200,000 inhabitants and is located not far from the Pacific Ocean. It is also a center for peanut and sugar cultivation. Cotton, which was grown in a domin

Yesterday, I joined the four travelers I had met on the canyon tour to visit a coffee finca. Such plantations are typically hard to reach without a booked tour and shuttl

Heute habe ich einen großartigen Ausflug zum nahegelegenen Vulkan Mombacho gemacht – und diese Eindrücke haben mich ein Stück weit mit Granada versöhnt. Zunächst bin ich

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Today we have to wake up early, at 5:00 AM – shortly after midnight – we will be picked up in the cold, rain, and fog at the Volcano Lodge. We quickly head down to the va

I spent the last two days in Miraflor, a nature reserve in the mountains northeast of Estelí. The region is situated at about 1,500 meters above sea level and is heavily

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Banana Split on Ometepe

Nicaragua also has nature to offer. Today, we’re heading about 25 km west of Leon to the Pacific coast. Near the village of Las Peñitas, we embark – once again wading thr

Been on the road for over 2.5 months, now in the fourth country and experienced so much... it's crazy. It's so fascinating how you keep running into people you met somewhere a...

In Granada or on the way there, the story took a dramatic turn. We booked a shuttle bus from Leon to take us to Managua on a Friday. Kris, the manager of our hostel in Leon, had...

Der Abschied aus Südamerika fiel uns sehr schwer, aber wir waren auch gespannt auf Mittelamerika, vor allem weil die Länder hier so klein und dementsprechend „schneller“ zu...

In addition to Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, I also traveled to El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama in Central America. However, since I had less time in these...

After a long back and forth, research on the internet and conversations with other travelers, we decided to go to Nicaragua despite the current unrest. So at 9:00, we got on a...

It is a long journey from La Ceiba to Leon in Nicaragua. Although direct shuttles are offered, we didn't feel like cramming ourselves into a small minibus for 14 hours....

Hello! On the day after the volcano hike (12.04.24) there was nothing going on, I treated myself to a big pizza and relaxed in the hammock for a while. On 13.04.24, it was...

Good morning, what can I say, backpacking isn't always great. Some days it's just a pain and you just want to go home! Everything annoys you, you spend a lot of time on your...

Hello everyone, My journey continues, albeit at a slow pace, but always further towards Colombia. Every place and every day is a gift, there is always so much to discover, day...

We discovered Tortugero's wildlife on two boat tours and on a hike

We are on the way from San Juan del Sur to Isla de Ometepe. I'm sitting squashed on very small seats in the chicken bus - former American school buses that connect various...

We returned from Managua back to Leon and from there to Esteli. Unfortunately, due to misinformation at the bus terminal in Leon, we missed the direct minibus and ended up...

We only get to know Honduras and Nicaragua briefly because we don't have much time until our date in Costa Rica 😚 In Honduras, we head straight to the Caribbean island of Utila...

Managua is the capital of Nicaragua and is considered very dangerous. However, this made only a moderate impression on us, as we had already visited all the other capital cities...