Nicaragua is well worth a visit. It’s a beautiful country smack bang in the middle of Central America. The country reaches from the Caribbean in the east to the Pacific on the west. Within its borders you’ll find towering volcanoes, world-class surf breaks, the 10th largest lake in the world (Lake Nicaragua) and the oldest continually inhabited colonial city in the Americas (Granada).
You can choose from a wide range of tours and packages designed to show you the country’s top attractions. But so often the experiences that stay with you are more subtle. Catching sight of a monkey in a tree, enjoying a cool drink while the sky turns pink at sunset, practicing Spanish in the local market, watching a turtle hatchling scurry to the ocean, surfing on the ocean in solitude, getting caught up in a local fiesta, digging your toes in the sand and getting that tingling feeling that comes with experiencing a new place. This is how memories are made and new adventures started. It’s no surprise really that tourism was a non-existent industry not long ago but is now the country’s top earner.
The expatriate community is growing rapidly in Nicaragua. Many visited the country for the first time as tourists, loved what they saw and moved to live here full time. For those that make the leap, the kind of lifestyle that you can have in Nicaragua is highly addictive. Many talk about escaping the drudgery of a 9-to-5 world, spending more time with family and friends, and joining a rich, energetic, adventurous community packed with personalities they’d be hard pressed to find at home.
So if you are interested in a new travel destination – one that is not yet a firm fixture on the world tourism map – then we encourage you to visit Nicaragua. Come here with an open mind, don’t expect things to work in the same way as back home, and be ready to immerse yourself in a new culture.