VIVA Travel Guides Nicaragua

A travel guide to Nicaragua that helps you to: surf hidden breaks uncovered by local surfers; summit active volcanoes, zipline over lush rainforest, sit and sip at one of the country's many organic coffee farms, or hang your hammock in a remote Caribbean village; and, float through the pristine rain forest that lines the Rio San Juan.

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This June 2010 version is the most up-to-date travel guide to Nicaragua available anywhere. With this guide you can: surf hidden breaks uncovered by local surfers; summit active volcanoes, zipline over lush rainforest, sit and sip at one of the country's many organic coffee farms, or hang your hammock in a remote Caribbean village; float through the pristine rain forest that lines the Rio San Juan, tracing the Costa Rican border from Lake Nicaragua to the Caribbean Sea; navigate the border crossings with Costa Rica and get around Nicaragua by bus, boat and puddle jumper airplane; understand the Nicaraguan people and how you can help them live a better life by traveling responsibly; and, stay a while volunteering or studying Spanish in Granada, Ometepe, San Juan del Sur or Leon. Why settle for an outdated guidebook? "The VIVA" community of on-the-ground travel writers, local experts and travelers like you are continuously updating and improving this guide at vivatravelguides.com. Join them, and together we'll make the best guidebook to Nicaragua even better.