You can arrange day trips, cover a vast range of activities, in all major Nicaraguan cities and tourist hot spots. Popular day trips include cultural city tours and visits to the more impressive volcanoes. Days tours are also useful ways to take part in activities that would be hard, or impossible, without guides and specialist equipment, such as volcano boarding or zip-lining.
City Tours
Cultural and historical day tours run everyday around the three most visited cities: Managua, León and Granada. Organized tours are a safe and easy way to get a good overview, visit the major attractions and find about a great deal about the three interesting cities. If you are not going to spend much time in these places, then a tour is a good way to see a lot, quickly; if you have more time then the tours can serve as useful introductions.
There is no shortage of agencies offering city tours with prices and quality that can vary greatly, so shop around to find a quality guide who speaks your native language and can offer the service you're looking for.
Volcano Tours
Since volcanoes are a highlight of Nicaragua's natural wonders, tours to see them are very popular. Getting to many of the countries spectacular volcanoes is impossible without a guide or your own transportation -- a tour can be an easy way to gain access to them. The Mombacho and Masaya Volcanoes are both very easily accessible from either Granada and Managua and make great day trips.
Mombacho is also one of the many places in Nicaragua where you can go on an exhilarating zip-lining canopy tours. Another popular alternative way to visit a volcano is by taking part in strange, but fun, adventure sport - volcano boarding.