Welcome to the Travel Archives of Connected Horizons! Read our articles, guides and experiences from the time we spent in Nicaragua!
Nicaragua is without doubt THE most budget-friendly country in the Central America. Think about a budget you considered low until now and cut that by half: this is what we mean! Food is cheap, accomodation is ultra-cheap and transport might not be the most comfortable but guess what… yep, cheap was well. Imagine that there…
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Arriving in Granada, one of the most important cities in Nicaragua, we are gifted with a beautiful surprise: today started the XIV International Festival of Poetry! Every year around the 15th of February, poets from all parts of the world meet here to share and celebrate the beauty of poetry. But there’s more! This year,…
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The first difficulty of this hike was finding a tent to rent in Leon. Amazingly enough, even though pretty much every tour company offers overnight camping tours on the Maribios Volcanoes Chain, only “Volcano Day” tour operator allows people not on a tour to rent a tent for one or a couple of days (we…
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And here we are at the border with Nicaragua waiting for our passports to receive the approval from the main immigration office. Apparently, we were supposed to send an entrance request at least one week ago, weird that no traveller nor border agent has ever told us. Finally, we manage to officially enter in Nicaragua…
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After spending some days in one of the warmest cities in Nicaragua, you might wander where could you go next. Thankfully, the city of Leon is not only the gateway to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala but is also extremely well connected with the rest of the country. Whether you’re planning to explore canyons &…
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With our basecamp in Matagalpa, today we’ve decided to go visit the Selva Negra and Jinotega. The bus from Matagalpa to Selva Negra (13C and 30min ride) drop us off at the official entrance of the Reserva Natural Selva Negra on the main road but from there we still have to walk a 15min more…
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After visiting Somoto and its marvellous canyon, the next step on our schedule is to spend a couple of days in Esteli before leaving again for Matagalpa & Jinotega. At a first glimpse, the small town of Esteli is a very laid-back town that can be easily visited in less than a day. From the…
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Welcome to León, one of the most important & well-known cities of Nicaragua! On top of being a hub for colonial architectural, it’s also surrounded by volcanoes and national parks ready to be explored! The chicken bus from Matagalpa leave us at the northern bus terminal which luckily enough is just a couple of blocks…
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