Golden Tours Nicaragua

Ometepe Island by ATVs

The Destination: City of Rivas

It is, without doubt, a paradise you must visit when you visit Nicaragua. This is the biggest volcanic island located in a freshwater lake. Two massive volcanoes are divided by a tiny isthmus rose from the water of Lakes Cocibolca, one of these is active (Concepcion Volcano), a very conic and challenging hill, perfect for adventurous hikers who love great views on top of volcanoes. The second volcano is inactive (Maderas Volcano), and this last one is a cloud forest. The island is teemed with wildlife all over it. Within its 276km2 / 171 miles, 2 volcanoes, beaches, waterfall, rivers, a volcanic lagoon, can all be found here, home of birds, monkeys, lizards, iguanas, snakes, and all kind of mammals plus, its charming people make of Ometepe a paradise as we mentioned above.

The Tour:

We leave Granada at 6:00 am, and we drive 1 hour to the Port of san Jorge. Once in San Jorge, we’ll take the 7:30 am Ferry for 1 hour to the Island. In the port of Moyogalpa, located in the island, our guide will wait for us right there and together, we will take our ATVs and go around the island, first, we’ll visit the Charco Verde Natural Reserve where we will have a delicious nicaraguan breakfast and after that at 10:30, we will drive to the town of Altagracia, we we’ll go around the lake for about one hour, in some places, we’ll have the chance to swim and relax, and then, we will continue with our ATVs and go to Santo Domingo beach, we will have lunch there and then, we go to Ojo de Agua Natural Reserve. In Ojo de Agua, we will spend the rest of the day before we go back to the port to take the 6:30pm Ferry and head back to Granada. 

The Concepción Volcano has some underground sources where a lot of volcanic water comes from. This water runs underground through around 17 kilometers and here at Ojo de Agua, it comes out to make a wonderful natural full of potassium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur, and sodium. Swimming here, you will feel way better, younger and stronger after a long journey and a long adventure. That’s because this water contains chemical components which have properties that help diminish stress, fever, muscular pain etc. At 4:00 pm, we will head back to the port, driving about 45 minutes from Ojo de Agua to the Port of Moyogalpa, and we will take the 5:00 pm Ferry back to the mainland. We will be back in Granada around 7:30pm.