ITINERARY

Day 1----- Sabalos Lodge, Tour of the castle.
Day 2 ---- hike in Sábalos Lodge
Day 3 ---- Los Guatuzos wild life reserve/ Tour Archipiélago Solentiname
Day 4---- Archipelago Solentiname Depart for Managua

Rio San Juan and Solentiname

River San Juan is in fact the most important river in Nicaragua, Historically and Ecologically, it is the resting place to many species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and in General Wildlife.

It is a trip to the jungle and the return in time to an era of piracy. The river San Juan was used in the 1600s as a strategic place for
Attacks on the colonial city of Granada

Later in the 1700s it was fortified by a castle that still today stands strong.

Finally this river was used in the mid 1850s as the transit route by Cornelius Vanderbilt for the Gold rush of California of 1849. The Panama Canal was not yet built.

Refugio Vida Silvestre Los Guatuzos

The name of the Los Guatuzos Wildlife Reserve is derived from an indigenous community that inhabited the area. This reserve is located 45 kilometers from San Carlos, and it is set around the shores of the Papaturro River, which also begins at Lake Nicaragua. The area has an ecological center, a community-run lodge, and a variety of activities offered by this same community, funded by a national foundation.

In addition to the spectacular wildlife biodiversity visitors can also find a butterfly garden, a turtle farm and a Cayman farm. There are hiking trails as well as watertrails, and there is also a trail over a hanging bridge.

Solentiname Archipiélago

East of San Carlos, located within Lake Nicaragua, the Solentiname Archipelago (named after the náhuatl word ‘Celentinametl meaning ‘place to rest’) is made up of 36 islands of different sizes. Nature is abundant in this area, and the fishermen and farmers that live on these islands have started to dedicate themselves to another famous activity since the 1960’s: the creating of primitive paintings and art, introduced by the Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who arrived at the island during that time to spread his belief.

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