Nicaragua Travel Budget: My Experience
Is it possible to travel in Nicaragua on a budget? Learn how much it cost me to backpack in Nicaragua — along with my favorite tips & highlights.
Beautiful photography, personal stories, and travel tips from my adventures in Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is home to the second-largest rainforest in America, and the wildlife mixed with a warm climate makes the country a popular destination.
Some of Nicaragua’s highlights include Somoto Canyon, the island of Ometepe, and some of the country’s many volcanoes. In fact, you can even go sledding down one!
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Is it possible to travel in Nicaragua on a budget? Learn how much it cost me to backpack in Nicaragua — along with my favorite tips & highlights.
Swimming across a wide, fast-moving jungle river that’s home to crocodiles & aggressive freshwater sharks was not my idea.
In only 24 hours I managed to get pulled over by cops, crash my motorcycle, spend a night on the beach, and catch over 20 fish in 10 minutes.
Technically speaking, I was an illegal alien. I could get deported at any moment. My Central American CA-4 visa had expired. It allows 3 months of combined travel in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
The tiny Nicaraguan surf town of Popoyo Beach isn’t easy to get to, but those who decide to embark on the journey are greatly rewarded.
Granada is a very colorful city in the heart of Nicaragua. Here are some entertaining photos of the people that call its streets home.
Breathing in giant clouds of sulfur gas at 4am is not pleasant. Doing so after a brisk hour-long hike up the side of a volcano is even worse, as it’s precisely when your lungs demand clean, fresh, and cool oxygen.
La Chureca is the largest garbage dump in Central America. It’s located on the outskirts of Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua.
Alberto the hermit has been carving beautiful images into a cliff for over 30 years. He lives out in the Tisey Estanzuela Natural Reserve outside the town of Esteli.
Some of the finest handmade cigars in the world are made in Central America. Many cigar makers fled Cuba during the revolution, and re-started their businesses here. The little town of Esteli Nicaragua is now home to many of them.