Surf, travel, and life on the Pacific.
If you run retreats for a living (surf, yoga, wellness, leadership, creative, faith-based, or anything else that requires a group of people in a beautiful place for a week), you already know that the venue makes or breaks the experience. Finding the right retreat venue in Nicaragua (or anywhere) is the first decision that determines […]
Read moreLate in the afternoon, when the tide pulls back and the beach stretches wide on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, the horses arrive. They come from a ranch a few kilometers inland, led by guides who have been riding this coastline since childhood. The saddles are worn. The horses are calm. And the beach ahead, the setting […]
Read moreThere is a version of a destination wedding that involves resort ballrooms, contract catering, and a coordinator with a clipboard steering two hundred guests through a timeline. That version exists for a reason, and it works well for people who want it. A destination wedding on a Nicaragua beach is the other version. This is […]
Read moreNicaragua is one of those countries that most first-time travelers know almost nothing about before they arrive — and think about constantly after they leave. This Nicaragua travel guide covers the Pacific coast, the colonial cities, the volcanoes, and the warmth of the people that make it unlike anywhere else in Central America, at a […]
Read moreMost travelers planning a first trip to Nicaragua eventually run into the same fork in the road: spend the time on the volcanic island in Lake Nicaragua, Ometepe, vs. Nicaragua’s Pacific coast. Both are signature destinations and heavily on Instagram. Both are, in their own ways, defining experiences of the country. But they are different in […]
Read moreWhen travelers ask us why El Tránsito, Nicaragua, for our oceanside resort, the honest answer is that we wanted the part of the Pacific coast that hadn’t been found yet, and we wanted to keep it that way. El Tránsito is a small fishing village on Nicaragua’s central Pacific coast, about an hour and a […]
Read moreThe market for private beachfront villas in Nicaragua has matured significantly in the last decade. What used to be a thin landscape of expat-owned guest houses and a few resort-adjacent rentals has become a more serious category. There are boutique properties with full staff, private compounds available for buyout, and operator-quality villas marketed alongside the […]
Read moreLeón is not a city of restaurants the way Granada is, or the way San Juan del Sur has become. The dining scene is smaller, more local, and more uneven, but the good places to eat are very good, and a traveler who knows where to eat in León, Nicaragua, can eat extraordinarily well for […]
Read moreThere are not many places in the world where a beginner surfer can paddle out, catch a real wave on their first day, and stand up to clean offshore winds almost three hundred days a year. Nicaragua’s Pacific coast is one of them. This is a guide for beginner surfing in Nicaragua. It’s for travelers […]
Read moreThe honest answer to what should I pack for Nicaragua’s Pacific coast? is: less than you think. The climate is steady, the dress code is barefoot, and most of what you would normally pack is provided at the property. The list below is what experienced guests bring after their first visit: refined, light, and mostly […]
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