Nicaragua is a fairly large country in terms of Central America, but the benefit as a tourist is that most of what you want to see is located in the south western most region of the country between Leon and the Nica/Costa Rica border. You can easily cover most of this ground in a week-10 days depending on your interests.
Volcanos
Looking down into the active cone of Masaya and hiking around the crater of Mombacho were just two of the activities I took advantage of. Ziplining, sand boarding and many more numerous hikes also provide interest for those looking for a little adventure.
Masaya volcanoi (Jessica Liles)
Beaches
Corn Island is probably the most recognizable destination, but it can be a bit labor intensive to get there. Especially if you are interested in getting to the less visited Little Corn. The beaches on the Pacific side are considerably easier to get to and offer their own secluded charm. Properties such as SoLost and Morgan's Rock are ideal for the last few days of relaxed vacation.
Beaches at Morgan's Rock (Jessica Liles)
Cultural Heritage
Grenada is not to be missed where even the McDonalds has a colonial flair to its facade. And Leon offers some of the most impressive churches in the country.
Folk Dance in Nicaragua (Jessica Liles)
Lake Nicargua
The isletas on Lake Nicargua were formed hundreds of years ago when the nearby Mombaco volcano blew its top and littered the lake with rocks and molten lava which formed into thousands of tiny islands. Most of these are privately owned, some with just enough room for a home to perch on the rocks, others large enough for beautiful lodges such as Jicaro where you could easily entertain yourself for a week taking day trips or just lounging around on the rocky beach.
Excellent travel advice and service
This is my second experience working with Adventure Life. I’m sold. Jess Heuermann is an experienced traveler and provides a lot of useful information when planning a trip. These are the questions I like to ask at the outset - What’s it like to go here, there, what would you suggest, what do people report, can we add any additional side trips? Jess took the time to answer my questions and seek additional information to share with me. Petchie Colina is outstanding in helping with travel logistics and final preparations. Adventure Life has excellent guides and offers private guides and small group adventures. We enjoyed the opportunity to talk with the guides and drivers to learn more about their countries, cultures and histories. A highlight was having the guides pick local restaurants where we could share meals together. Highly recommend.
Claire Cordon
5 days ago
Our six-day tour in Iceland went smoothly with one exception. We had asked for two rooms each night. Somehow we were booked with one room with three beds. It could not be fixed at the first hotel in Reykjavik because the hotel was fully booked. Once informed of the problem, however, Adventure Life rebooked for two rooms for the remainder of the trip. As an 85-year-old traveler, I appreciated that one could participate at different physical levels at many of the stops. Iceland is a great place to visit but on the expensive side.
Mary Warren
6 days ago
Jess was very easy going and answered all our questions. It’s not easy dealing with 6 people at once but she did an outstanding job!
Diane Foster
1 week ago
Kassandra and the Adventure Life team have been incredible! Kassandra was very knowledgeable and attentive to our asks while making sure we kept within our budget. This was our first experience with a travel agent and we were blown away by the booking/initial exploration service. We will use Adventure Life again.