While it’s a trek to get to Little Corn Island—located 50 miles off the coast of Nicaragua—it’s well worth the trip. One of Nicaragua’s best-hidden gems is the tropical paradise of the Corn ...

The ATV loudly whirred as I drove, dust swirling up behind me from the dirt road. No other vehicles were in sight, although I had to stop for a bull making a leisurely crossing. I navigated through ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua | Travel writers describing "the land of lakes and volcanoes" frequently reach the same conclusion: Despite its many and varied attractions, Nicaragua is often overlooked as a ...

This three-level oceanfront retreat is perched on a cliff overlooking a pink-sand beach in Rancho Santana, a 2,700-acre residential resort community on the southern Pacific Ocean coast of Nicaragua, ...

Nicaragua is full of stunning surprises. Its reputation as backpacker heaven is only really emerging now, as the country is still taking its time to scramble to its feet after a bloody revolution ...

The female park rangers in Nicaragua’s San Juan del Sur area patrol the beaches against the theft of eggs from endangered sea turtles that nest there. Species like the leatherback turtle have dwindled ...

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