Ometepe Island

Ometepe = "Two Volcanoes", which is a fitting name for this island because it has in fact 2 volcanoes. The island is located in the southern part of Lake Nicaragua. This was definately a hightlight of our trip. We hopped in the back of a pickup truck from Granada to arrive at the ferry to get to the island. On the island we stayed at a coffee finca (plantation) which specializes in shade grown, organic coffee. This finca was also the jumping off point for hikes up the Volcan Maderas.

Coffee plant. The coffee at the finca was delicious as you can imagine.


The view from the hammocks

We explored around the island. Its very lush and tropical.

Transporting bulls.

Transporting bananas.

Howler monleys (mono congo) were abundant. You could hear them all of the time.

These were just down from the finca where we stayed.

The view of Volcan Concepcion from the trail up Volcan Maderas. It was a grueling 5 kilometers straight up the mountain. the have not heard of swithchbacks I guess. we were sore for two days. I dont think Travis will ever forgive me for making him go.

Petroglyphs, Mayan, really old.

Coral Snake we found on the trail. We also saw a white faced monkey (mono cara blanca) but it was too elusive for a photo.

Action shot of Travis. The entire trail was like this, very eroded, very steep, very slippery and very muddy.

The entre trip took 8 hours. 4 hours up and another 4 hours to get down. At the summett was a crater that housed a lake. It was foggy and cold and we couldn't see the lake through the fog. But we did see some other cool places on the trail.