Introduction
125km (75 miles) SW of Managua; 2km (1 1/4 miles) E of San Jorge
The twin peaks of the Concepción and Maderas volcanoes rise out of Lago de Nicaragua, forming a muddy jungle island that sustains 35,000 people, countless birdlife, cattle, and howler monkeys. Fireflies dance beneath banana trees as people on old buses, bikes, horses, and even oxen negotiate the rutted roads and countless trails. Rocks carved into zoomorphic figures and pre-Columbian petroglyphs dot the landscape of tropical forest and patchwork fields. The rich, volcanic soil provides abundant crops of bananas, maize, coffee, avocados, and beef, most of which is crammed on the boats that ply the waterway between the island and the mainland port of San Jorge, 1 hour to the west.
The island here, known as Isla de Ometepe, is sacred ground. Legend has it that the Nahuatl tribe fled the Aztecs and went southward in search of a mythical region with two mountains in a lake. There is reason to believe, through the...
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Hotel Villa Paraíso
You might have to line up behind a herd of cows on the muddy dirt track leading up to this quite isolated hotel, but the view from your patio hammock...
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La Omaja Hotel
Set on a steep hill with great views of Concepción, La Omaja offers somewhat spartan cabins set amid a lush garden of green carpet lawn, shrubs,...
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Hotel Ometepetl
This hotel is one of the better established on the island and boasts a convenient location in the center of Moyogalpa. It has an attractive courtyard,...
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