Day 01 BORDER WITH COSTA RICA-SAN JUAN DEL SUR

After welcoming you in Peñas Blancas, the border with Costa Rica, we will take you to the beautiful port of San Juan del Sur, (458kms), where we will find a variety of small restaurants located right by the beach, lunch included. Spend the afternoon at the beach.

Hotel Casa Blanca 3* , right in front of the beach.

Breakfast. Departure at 6:40 am to the port of San Jorge, (26km) where we will board a small boat that will take us to the Island of Ometepe, a religious sanctuary of Nicaragua's Indians. Tour the island, enjoy the natural beauty of this sacred place. We will visit the archaeological museum of Altagracia, La Punta de Jesús María and the lake of Charco Verde. Lunch in a local restaurant, and around 4:00pm we will go back to the port of San Jorge to resume our journey to the City of Granada (68km). Check in at Alambra Hotel 3*.

Breakfast. Tour of the city - the Church and Archaeological museum of the Convent of San Francisco, the Cathedral, Church and  Xalteva Square, Church “La Merced”, church of Guadalupe, the fortress “La Pólvora”, among other colonial buildings, are just a part of the architectonical beauty of this city. You will have the afternoon free where you can choose to take an optional tour to either the “Small Islands” or El Mombacho Volcano. Onvernight in Alambra Hotel.

Breakfast. Check out then we will go visit the municipality of Catarina, a town of artisans, with incredible views of the Laguna Apoyo. Next to the city of Masaya and its Market of crafts . All the ceramics of the region, you will be able to find them here. A visit to the Masaya Volcano National park and its museum, where we will learn everything from many of the traditions  practiced by the natives of the region, to the geological formations of the area and the country in general, its fauna and flora. We will move up to the top of the crater of the volcano, from where we will be able to see the many nests of Parakeets, a specie of birds that have adapted to the sulfurous environment of this active volcano. Lunch en route. We will continue our journey to the Occidental zone of Nicaragua, until we reach the city of León (122km). Along the way, we will be able to appreciate the immensity of the Momotombo Volcano, which buried the old city of León with its eruption in 1610. Check in at the Austria Hotel 3*, in León. 

Day 05 LEON-MANAGUA

Breakfast. Today we will be visiting the Nicaraguan city of University culture, named this way by both its excellence, and  architecture. Besides being the first city founded by the Spaniards in Nicaragua, it constitutes the intellectual cradle of the poet Rubén Darío, Father of Modernism and Prince of Castellan Letters, as well as many other renowned figures of Nicaragua's literature. We will make a visit through the most important churches in the city: La Recolección, El Calvario, etc., without missing  the magnificent and splendorous Cathedral, inside of which lay the remains of Rubén Darío, and from the top of its domes we will experience the almost perfect alignment of the volcanic mountain range. Visit to the boiling mud pools of San Jacinto, and geysers located at the slopes of the Santa Clara Volcano, which waters contain sulfides and can be used for medicinal purposes. In the afternoon, transfer back to Managua and overnight stay at the Holiday Inn Hotel 4*.

Breakfast and departure to take the Managua City Tour. Visit the Historical Center of the capital: El Malecón, The Juan Pablo II square, The National Theater Rubén Darío, Darío’s park, the old Cathedral, the New House of Government, The National Palace of Culture and the National Museum. Continue to the Museum of  “Sitio Huellas de Acahualinca”, with 10,000 years of history dating back to an eruption probably made either by the Masaya, Asososca or Tiscapa volcano. At the end of the day, we will visit the Museum of Sandino’s Memorial Site, from which we will experience the most beautiful and vast overview of the city of Managua, with the lake Xolotlan adorning its background. Overnight in Managua, at the Holiday Inn Hotel 5*.

Day 07 MANAGUA- TRANSFER OUT

Breakfast. At the right time, we will transfer you to either the frontier with Costa Rica, (140kms) or to the National Airport so you can take the flight back to your home country.

Includes:
*6 nights of lodging at the previously indicated hotels.
*Breakfasts.
*2 lunches.
*All transfers and routes in air conditioned vehicles.
*Boat trip through the Small Islands.
*Professional guides.
*Entries to parks and museums.
*Tips

Departure at 7:30 am from the cities of San José or Liberia, with direct flight to the  Granada airport, operated by Nature Air (Wednesdays and Fridays.) Transfer to Managua. After  arrival, we will visit the Historical Center of the capital: El Malecón, The Juan Pablo II square, the National Theater Rubén Darío, Darío’s park, the old Cathedral, the New House of Government, The National Palace of Culture and the National Museum. Following the tour, we will head for the Restaurant “Cocina de Doña Haydeé“, where we will partake of the most typical dishes of Nicaragua's cuisine. Check in at the Holiday Inn 5*, and at 2:30pm we will continue our journey to the Museum of  “Sitio Huellas de Acahualinca”, which gathers over 10,000 years of history of Nicaragua's old civilization. These “footprints” were formed during an eruption probably made either by the Masaya, Asososca or Tiscapa volcano. At the end of the day, we will visit the Museum of Sandino’s Memorial Site, from which we will experience the most beautiful and vast panorama of the city of Managua, with the lake Xolotlan adorning its background.

Breakfast. Today we will head towards the Occidental zone of Nicaragua, passing by the Ruins of the Old Leon, from where we will be able to observe the Momotombo Volcano, which eruption destroyed this city in the year 1610. Next we will tour the Colonial city of Leon visiting: The Cathedral, in which lies the Tomb of Rubén Darío, walk trough the cellars and then make our way up to the top of the Cathedral, enjoy the splendid panoramic view of the volcanic mountain range, the Museum of Art, and the native Indian district “El Laborío“. In the afternoon we will visit the San Jacinto boiling mud pools and geysers located at the slopes of the Santa Clara Volcano, which waters contain sulfides and can be used for medicinal purposes. Transfer back to Managua.

Breakfast. Departure in the morning to the beach “Pochomil”, enjoy the tranquility of a very charming small Hotel, all meals included.

VISTAMAR – Beach day with all meals included.

Breakfast. Departure in the morning to the port of San Jorge, where we will board a boat that will take us to the Island of Ometepe. Check in at the Hotel “Villa Paraiso 3*” with private beach on the lake. In the afternoon we will tour the Island, visiting the archaeological museum situated in the town of Altagracia, La Punta Jesús María and the Charco Verde lake, where we will hear the legend that seems to bring this magical place to life. Transfer back to the hotel and overnight.

Breakfast. In the morning explore the surroundings of this ecological paradise. At noon we will go back to the dock to take a ferry back and resume our journey towards the city of Granada. Arrival and check in at the “La Gran Francia Hotel 5*”. Lunch. Walk through the Historical Center of this beautiful colonial city.

Breakfast. We will start our day with a visit to the National park of the Masaya Volcano, and its museum of Natural History, where we will learn everything from many of the traditions  practiced by the natives of the region, to the geological formations of the area and the country in general, its fauna and flora. We will continue ascending until we reach the Oviedo Square, from where we will be able to observe the impressive beauty and magnitude of the crater, as well as the many nests of Parakeets, a specie of birds that have adapted to the sulfurous environment of this active volcano.

Breakfast. We will begin our eco-touring route in the early hours of the morning towards the biological station of the Mombacho Volcano. During our ascend we will delight in the unmatchable beauty of this unique cloud forest. A walk trough a 1,500 mts long footpath will enable us to appreciate the total beauty of this Island, the splendorous fauna and flora found in this extensive diversity of environments, filled with endemic species which are characteristic to the zone. Stunning trees covered with musk, ferns and orchids up to the point where its impossible to distinguish where one tree ends and another begins. As we reach the sumit of the volcano, a dazzling panoramic view of the Small Islands and the City of Granada will little by little come in sight; then we make our way into the unique “Dwarfed Forest”, with its trees of shrunk treetops and twisted trunks caused by the strength of the wind. Lunch, and in the afternoon we will take a boat ride trough some of the channels that surround the Small Islands of Lake Nicaragua.

Breakfast. Today we will continue with our tour in contact with nature, specially designed for the observation of “Chocoyos” (Parakeets). We will leave early in the morning towards an eco site called “El Chocoyero”. Arrival, and a walk trough the narrow paths in the thick woods where these type of birds nest. We will observe the birds, and rest under the leafy trees. Return to the bus and continue to the native towns of Catarina and San Juan de Oriente, where we will be able to appreciate the very best of local crafts. The towns are very close one to the other - Diria, Diriomo, Niqinohomo, Masatepe, San Marcos and others, all gathered together in a valley rich in color, music and vivid stories of ancestral folklore. Crafts made of clay, wood and bamboo, the best traditional candies in the country,  the most delicious soups of the region,  tour leaves an unforgettable impression of the Chorotega Culture. Transfer back to Granada in the afternoon and overnight.

Transfer back to the Airport, take your Nature Air flight back to San Jose, or transfer to the International Airport to return to your country.

Includes
8 nights of lodging in Managua, Montelimar and Granada in 5* hotels.
1 night of lodging in Ometepe, Villa Paraíso Hotel 3*
Breakfasts and 1 meal included throughout the whole tour (Half board)
All included system only in Montelimar
Boat trip and all tours detailed in the program.
Entries to all parks and museums.
Professional guide throughout the whole tour.