Ometepe Island in Nicaragua is a breathtaking destination - two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua, lush forests, and ancient petroglyphs. But beneath the beauty lies a complex reality. In this ...

Ocean creatures in a freshwater lake? As unbelievable as it sounds, that's just what you'll find at this massive lake in Central America.

Lake Nicaragua is comprised of 365 of these verdant and lush islands: one for each day of the year. You can buy an island for an average of $100,000 to $500,000 USD, depending on if the island is ...

Central America’s great inland sea is over twice as large as Rhode Island, yet it encompasses some of the most pristine and peaceful parts of Nicaragua, a safe, inexpensive, and increasingly ...

Nicaragua is attracting a lot more attention now than a decade ago. Tourism is up 51 percent since 2008, and the Times , citing a number of resorts on Ometepe and elsewhere, ranked the country ...

In the current issue of the SUPPLEMENT will be found an article by Prof. Heilprin, entitled The Shrinkage of Lake Nicaragua, which is certainly the most significant, we had almost said dramatic ...

However, in a recent report by scientists at the Humbolt Center, the water levels of Lake Nicaragua during the first four months of 2016 dropped a full 1.12 meters below the lake’s historic ...

At the southeasternmost end of Lake Nicaragua, where lazy currents split to escape the lake and form the Río San Juan and the Río Frío, sits La Esquina del Lago Jungle River Lodge, a rustic ...

Climb a volcano, barter for handicrafts at an Indian market and take a cruise on the largest lake in Central America during this eight-day tour of Nicaragua, where culture, history and nature ...

One weekend, we set off for Solentiname on a motorboat through Lake Nicaragua, which, at 3,191 square miles, is so large that the Spanish conquistadors called it “the sweet sea.” ...