Highlights of Nicaragua
Day 1:----Arrival to Nicaragua
Day 2:----Managua city tour
Day 3:----Managua to san Juan del sur
Day 4:----San Juan Del Sur bay, Marsella beach and Madera’s beach
Day 5:----San Juan Del Sur to Ometepe
Day 6:----Ometepe
Day 7:----Ometepe to Granada
Day 8:----Granada colonial city, Islets
Day 9:----and MombachoLeón colonial city and old León. Managua
Day 10:---.Granada through Masaya volcano, craft market and white towns to León
Day11:----Tour Leon and old leon head to Managua
Day 12 Managua Finish tour
This tour will take you through a journey in time from the first inhabitants of Nicaragua, though Spanish conquest, a time of Pirate invasion, civil wars, Revolution, to the more Modern day Somoza Dictatorship Dynasty, the Sandinista Revolution and experience the local customs and traditions of Nicaragua Today. A Complete compacted tour of a fascinating, war run country now safe for tourism.
Nicaragua is In fact the safest country in Central America and it is literally unspoiled by the massive amount of tourism .
SAN JUAN DEL SUR
Experience the best beaches of the Southern pacific; San Juan del Sur
bay, Marsella, Madera’s and Coco Beach. From San Juan del Sur
we will take a boat ride to Marsella a totally virgin beach and then
head to a surfer beach Madera’s. We return to San Juan del Sur
and spend the rest of the day relaxing and waiting for the beautiful
sunset.
OMETEPE
Ometepe, a prophecy of our indigenous ancestors as being the paradise they were looking to settle in descending from the Aztec tribe in Mexico down to Nicaragua.
An Island with two volcanoes, one of them is active. It is still today considered as a mysterious Island for those who come will one day return. Our tour begins parting from port San Jorge to Port Moyogalpa though Lake Nicaragua on a ferry.
Once on the island we will visit the famous and mystical green lagoon, full of flora and fauna such as howler monkeys, turtles, snakes, iguanas, and many species of birds. You may also have the opportunity to do some kayaking as a relaxation sport. On Ometepe there are many beaches to choose from, perhaps the most famous one Santo Domingo, but we leave it up to you to choose.
GRANADA COLONIAL CITY
Granada is "THE MUST" of Nicaragua, truly a colonial jewel
founded in 1524 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba,
today is the oldest colonial city in the continent of America, not including
the Caribbean.
Although Granada was sacked on numerous times by pirates, suffered from civil wars and burned down by William Walker a filibuster or mercenary, today it is rich of history and beautiful Spanish architecture.
We will visit Fort la Polvora, wonder around beholding the many churches, the central park and the Cathedral, visit San Francisco Convent museum and later take a ride on a boat that will lead us through some of the 365 small islands of volcanic origin in which the volcano Mombacho erupted no less then a million years ago and now are summer homes to a lot of wealthy people.
MASAYA
The indigenous tribes Volcano Masaya was considered a god. This tour offers you the opportunity to visit the park museum and learn a little about the flora, fauna and the indigenous culture. Behold a land ridden in petrified lava and if you wish to venture into volcanic caverns full of bats and go underground it is optional.
Later we will visit the Masaya market famous for the handcrafts made
by the locals and buy precious souvenirs to take home to show your family.
Later visit the Apoyo lagoon and the Catarina view point. Also visit
the place where the Masaya market crafts are made in the small town
of San Juan de Oriente.
We will also visit a few more places in these towns known better as
" THE WHITE TOWNS" and see all types of handcrafted materials
such as; wooden chairs, hammocks, straw baskets, ceramic and ALOT of
little beautiful garden plantations
COLONIAL CITY LEÓN AND OLD LEÓN RUINS
In 1610 the original location of Leon was destroyed by the explosion
of volcano Momotombo leaving the original city in ruins, now a place
for tourism declared a National Heritage site by the (UNESCO). Old Leon
will give you a perspective of the before and the new Leon (located
a few miles away) a taste of the after.
The New Leon city was not only home to many intellectual Nicaraguans
like our immortal poet “Ruben Dario” father of the modernist
movement in literature in the Spanish language, but also, a religious
center for its 15 churches that surround the city, and the majestic
central cathedral which is absolutely a work of art in time.
Once the capital of Nicaragua it now holds great museums like the Ruben Dario house, and the museums of Legends and myths of Nicaragua.
MANAGUA CITY
Visit the old Historical center of Managua, destroyed by the earthquake of 1972 in which few buildings still remain. Not only is it the center of the old Managua but also the heart of the political dictatorship of the Somoza family governing the country for over 40 years and being overthrown by the Sandinista revolution.
We will be able to talk a lot of who Somoza was, where the presidential palace was before and after the earthquake. Visit several buildings that survived the earthquake like; the Ruben Dario National theater, the Old Cathedral, the National Palace of Culture, the Central Park, Park of Peace and Tiscapa Hill Historical Park which offers and incredible view.
We will also visit the New Metropolitan
Cathedral in which most of the political leaders of the country today
attend mass.