Planning Your Time
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Trip Ideas
- Where to Go
- The Best of Nicaragua
- Nicaragua’s Best Surfing
- Hiking Nicaragua’s Ring of Fire
- Nicaraguan Arts & Crafts
- Nicaragua’s Great Green North
- Sportfishing in Nicaragua
- Down the Río San Juan
- Nicaragua’s Celebrations & Fiestas
- Volunteering in Nicaragua
- Diving & Snorkeling in Nicaragua
- Managua’s Revolutionary Driving Tour
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If you’ve only got a day and a night, spend them in the city of Estelí, Nicaragua’s capital of tobacco, to sample world-renowned cigars and admire the town’s inspiring collection of murals.
With a second day, the bird-watcher, hiker, and historian should focus on nearby attractions like the Estanzuela waterfall, the lodge and trails at Tisey, or the orchid-rich broadleaf forest reserve of Miraflor.
With a little more leisurely pace however, you can easily spend another day exploring Miraflor. Or spend it getting a feel for the campesino lifestyle by spending a lazy afternoon in any of the small northern towns off the Pan-American—like Condega, La Trinidad, or Pueblo Nuevo—or find yourself in the highland border towns of Ocotal or Somoto.
If you’re really curious, go deeper still, by traveling long loops eastward to Jalapa and Quilalí, or to Cusmapa, the highest town in Nicaragua.
© Randall Wood & Joshua Berman from Moon Nicaragua, 4th Edition
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