A stiff wind shoves the battered little ferry, radio blaring from the open-windowed pilothouse, as it chugs across Lake Nicaragua toward the island of Ometepe. Locals doze on the sun-pounded deck as ...

Come with me as I have an amazing gallo pinto breakfast and ride the ferry to Ometepe, Nicaragua! Ometepe is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world! My guide Carlos from Visit Nicaragua ...

The island%27s name%2C from the indigenous language%2C means the place of two mountains%3A the 2 volcanoes. Hire a guide%2C stay on the path%2C take food and water%2C and bring warmer clothing for ...

Picking out the visitors who have labored their way to the top of one of the two volcanoes on this tiny island in Lake Nicaragua is not difficult. Just look for the people relaxing as aggressively as ...

In its focal point where the ferry boats come after a sweaty, slow and chugging trip from Rivas and then San Jorge, there’s quite a large crowd of tourists who come here: either escaping their busy ...

As Nicaragua quickly becomes a favored tourist destination for many travelers, the time to visit is now. In the heart of the country lies Central America's largest lake called Lake Nicaragua, ...

How to Get There: Boats and ferries depart from San Jorge, Rivas, to Moyogalpa (one hour) at 9, 9:30, 10:30 (ferry)and 11:30 a.m., and 1:30, 2:30 (ferry), 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30 (ferry) p.m. Boats depart ...

My entrance into Charco Verde Nature Reserve was uneventful, considering I was expecting angry howler monkeys to throw poop at me. They didn’t. I had read in a Nicaragua guide book that this might ...

Ometepe Island Biosphere Reserve is located in the south-west of Nicaragua in the country’s neotropical zone. Two imposing volcanoes, Maderas and Concepcion, define the topography of the reserve.