Surf, travel, and life on the Pacific.
There are not many places in the world where you can hike to the rim of an active volcano in the morning, slide down it on a wooden board at highway speeds, and be back at the ocean for sunset. Cerro Negro volcano boarding is a popular but somewhat underrated activity while visiting Nicaragua. Cerro […]
Read moreThere are three things that tend to stick with people after their first week surfing El Tránsito, Nicaragua. The first is how rarely the wind is wrong. Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua sit east of the country’s Pacific coastline, and the wind generated by their basins blows steadily toward the ocean, offshore, for more than […]
Read moreMost guests who start by asking, “Is Nicaragua safe to visit?” arrive a few weeks later, spend a peaceful week on the coast, and leave saying something along the lines of: I had no idea it would feel this easy. The honest picture of Nicaragua in 2026 is more nuanced than that of most travel […]
Read moreWhat is the best time to visit Nicaragua’s Pacific coast? The short answer is that there is no bad time to come. The Pacific coast of Nicaragua sits close enough to the equator that the temperature is steady year-round: air in the mid-eighties, water in the high seventies to mid-eighties, and offshore wind blowing more […]
Read moreThe drive from Managua’s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport (MGA) to El Tránsito is one of the easiest airport-to-coast transfers in Central America. The road is paved almost the entire way; only the final stretch into the village turns to dirt. The distance is short, and within ninety minutes of clearing immigration, you can be […]
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