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You’ll get a dose of cognitive dissonance arriving at Jicaro Island. There are palm trees and thatched roofs, even a shadowy volcano in the distance, but the air has none of the tropical tang you’d expect, and there are no waves or powdery shores. That’s because Jicaro is located on Lake Nicaragua, a freshwater lake 10 minutes by boat from the colonial town of Granada.The island’s single acre is occupied by Jicaro Island Ecolodge, a hotel as sensitive to the environment as it is easy on the eyes.

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The beach of Pochomil is one of the more beaches in Nicaragua. It is the nearest Managua and it gets very crowded with people in the weekend. To get there, you should leave Managua by the South Highway. Continue going straight until there are signs that point to Pochomil. The distance from Managua is 65 km, and it takes an hour to get there.

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Turquoise waters, white-sand beaches, coconut palms, coral reefs, magical sunsets … The Corn Islands are located about 70 km east off the Caribbean Coast, just in front of the city of Bluefields, Nicaragua. There are two Corn Islands – Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island. The Big Corn Island is the largest with nearly 6000 inhabitants, whereas the Little Corn Island merely has 500 residents.

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From the frontier town of San Carlos, a two hour panga ride on the coffee-colored waters of Nicaragua‘s Rio San Juan will bring you to the riverbank huts of Sabalos Lodge. Partially hidden by the dense greenery of Los Guatuzos Wildlife Refuge, the seven cabins offer wilderness accommodation at its most adventurous. Yaro Choiseul-Praslin owns the lodge, a silver-haired Sandinista who led the agricultural reforms of the 1980s. His tales of revolution regale the multinational visitors who venture into the jungle. Wooden walkways lead to an open-sided dining room and to the huts scattered among the jungle foliage.

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Ometepe is an eco-tourism island with a lack of hotels, but many islanders are opening their homes to low paying guests. Ometepe‘s unique double-breasted shape was foretold in a vision to Nahuas and Chorotegas who came from Mexico and made it their sanctuary. Photo by: NicaRagans

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Cerro Negro is a volcano in Nicaragua, about 10km from the village of Malpasillo. Cerro Negro is a very new volcano, the youngest one in Central America. This fresh magma landmark offers a sudden experience through a roughly 1,600- foot volcanic slope, having air-rushing trajectory previously occupied by you and your volcano board.

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Nicaragua is staggeringly beautiful country. Though it may be poised to be Next Costa Rica, Nicaragua is still an old country. Nicaragua has roughly the size of Greece or the state of New York.

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