Turtle Watching Around Nicaragua

For nearly 6 months out of the year (roughly from July to December), hundreds of thousands of rare sea turtles return to the same beach in which they were born to lay millions of eggs. There are other places in the world that bear witness to turtle hatching, but Nicaragua is one of only four countries where turtle hatchings occur on such a large scale.

Riding the Barrel at San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua

Veteran and not-so-veteran surfers refer to that magic moment when you find yourself inside the tube of a curling wave as "riding the barrel". If you're lucky enough to make it that far on these waves you may refer to it as something else. Something along the lines of "...the most awesome experience I've ever had in my life...!"

The Nicaraguan Poet Ruben Dario

Born poor, raised by his grandfather, knowing his father as an uncle and only visiting with his mother twice, published at the age of twelve, at fifteen read his own poetry before the president of his country, published his first book of poems (Azul) at twenty-one, credited with starting the modernism movement, beloved by the Spanish speaking world and barley known to anyone else, this was the life of Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario.

Walking through the Great Forest from Tree to Tree - Nicaragua

Picture this: you slip on a pair of heavy gloves to avoid burning your hands. You jump of a platform that sits high above the ground. Kick your feet out and free fall down to the platform beneath you.

Kayaking and Canoing on Lake Nicaragua

It's late afternoon and you find yourself effortlessly gliding on still waters - your kayak leaving a trail of ripples in it's wake. Lake Nicaragua - also known as Lake Cocibolca - isn't just the tenth largest freshwater lake in the world, and the second largest in Latin America - it is a kayaking and canoeing paradise.

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