Ometepe

go to san ramon waterfall

there are monkeys that howl there

I tried to climb one… but I was too ill-prepared.

Two volcanoes to climb, freshwater swimming, cheap eats and beers, and some of the best people in the world…. Nothing is better than this place. Volunteer for the coffee co-op on the island too! Stay at La Casa Istiam.

An island formed by 2 volcanos in Lake Nicaragua-a giant freshwater lake. Amazing! One of the volcanos is active and pretty arid, and the other has a crater lake and is mostly more tropical feeling, monkeys in the trees and that kind of fun stuff.
I think that a few of my favorite days ever were here. We stayed up at this farmhouse about 1/2 a mile up Volcan Madera(the lake one) and in the morning hiked up and into the crater. We got back in the early evening exhausted, blistered and happy. The next morning we took a quick bus ride to a little hotel on the beach where we relaxed, drinking Flor de Cana, eating bocadillos and fresh fish, laying on the beach, swimming, playing lots of Canasta and reading mysteries for a couple days.