Like some crazy geographical two-for-one offer, Nicaragua’s Little Corn Island feels as if a Caribbean island has drifted over to spend time in Central America. The lake breezes of mainland Nicaragua are swapped for sea breezes, the shadows of volcanoes are exchanged for...
Standing in the main plaza at the centre of town, it’s easy to imagine that Granada, Nicaragua was once the jewel in Spain’s New World crown. Everything from the immense stone Cathedral to the gorgeous colonial homes to the very name of this Central American city have been influenced with...
SEARCHING FOR SHARKS
CHRISTIAN DENES
They say Lake Nicaragua is the only lake in the world where you can find sweet water sharks. They say that the bay where the lake now sits was suddenly closed off long ago and the sharks got trapped inside. But the sharks survived. As the salt slowly dissipated...
Cradled in the mountains of central Nicaragua is the sustainable coffee plantation, Selva Negra — and here “sustainable” is the key word. At more than 3,000 feet (914 meters), everything needed to run this little kingdom—from the food on the tables in the lakeside restaurant to the...
Visitors to Masaya are often surprised by what appears to be a medieval castle in the heart of a bustling city neighborhood. They’re usually delighted to find that the rough, towering rocks of an old Spanish fort now house the Nicaraguan National...