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Nicaragua Highlights Tour: Volcanoes, Markets, Granada
4.6
483 Ratings
Guanacaste
Discover Nicaragua’s top attractions in just one day from Costa Rica!
Visit a dormant volcano crater, witness the active Masaya Crater, shop at artisan markets, wander through the colonial town of Granada, enjoy a boat ride around the islets of Lake Nicaragua, and even feed monkeys!
Discover Nicaragua’s top attractions in just one day from Costa Rica!
Visit a dormant volcano crater, witness the active Masaya Crater, shop at artisan markets, wander through the colonial town of Granada, enjoy a boat ride around the islets of Lake Nicaragua, and even feed monkeys!
Duration:
15 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Pinilla - 4:00 am
- Tamarindo - 4:30 am
- Playa Langosta - 4:20 am
- Tamarindo - 4:30 am
- Native’s Way - You will picked up from your hotel promptly and taken to the border where your guide will help you in every step of the crossing, which takes about 30 minutes. The guide will make the process easy for you and will take care of…
- Pinilla - 4:00 am
- Tamarindo - 4:30 am
- Playa Langosta - 4:20 am
- Tamarindo - 4:30 am
- Native’s Way - You will picked up from your hotel promptly and taken to the border where your guide will help you in every step of the crossing, which takes about 30 minutes. The guide will make the process easy for you and will take care of all of the passport paperwork and visas. From here we will travel to eat a hearty breakfast to start off the day.
- Playa Conchal - 4:50 am
- Playa Flamingo - 4:30 am
- Playa Hermosa - 5:30 am - Secrets Papagayo, Villas Sol, Occidental Papagayo, Mangroove
- Playas del Coco - 5:20 am
- Liberia - 6:00 am
- Mirador de Catarina - Here you will enjoy an incredible view over the dormant volcano crater, Granada, and Lake Nicaragua. You will be allowed to walk around freely for a while before getting back in the bus and heading to the next stop.
- Masaya Crafts Market - Do some shopping for inexpensive souvenirs and experience the Nicaraguan life style before sitting down for a typical Nicaraguan lunch.
- Masaya Volcano National Park - An active volcano where you will have the opportunity to stand right next to its crater and hear it rumbling and spewing of gases. An incredible, rare sight.
- Catedral de Granada - An old Colonial town near Lake Nicaragua. Stop at La Merced Church, considered one of the most beautiful buildings of Granada. It is flanked by a large tower that houses the church bells. You will ascend the stairs and reach the roof of the church. From here, you’ll have a panoramic city view of Granada, Mombacho Volcano, and Nicaragua Lake with the islets. This is the perfect place to take pictures of the beautiful city and the surroundings.
- Las Isletas - Your last stop is a one hour boat ride in Lake Nicaragua viewing the Nicarguan Islets around sunset. Your guide will stop by Monkey Island consisting only of monkeys that will come out and take food from your guide on the boat! You will then head back to Costa Rica, stopping on the way to pick up some snacks for the ride home.
What's Included
- Hotel, Condo, or House pickup and drop-off
- National Park fees
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Breakfast
- Hotel, Condo, or House pickup and drop-off
- National Park fees
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Breakfast
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Andaz, Four Seasons, Planet Hollywood - $50 transport fee per booking, not per person
- Las Catalinas - $50 pick-up fee per booking, not per person
- Gratuities
- Andaz, Four Seasons, Planet Hollywood - $50 transport fee per booking, not per person
- Las Catalinas - $50 pick-up fee per booking, not per person
Additional Information
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants. Please bring your passport on the day of your tour
- Entry to Nicaragua: Send photo of passport to [email protected] or WhatsApp
- Your departure Ticket that proof of flight out of Costa Rica
- If your hotel is not listed, contact us for quoting
- It is…
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants. Please bring your passport on the day of your tour
- Entry to Nicaragua: Send photo of passport to [email protected] or WhatsApp
- Your departure Ticket that proof of flight out of Costa Rica
- If your hotel is not listed, contact us for quoting
- It is prohibited to enter the country of Nicaragua with the following items: all kinds of Drones, all kinds of Binoculars, including those for Night vision, and any object considered for professional, journalistic, and similar audiovisual reproduction.
Location
JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(483 Ratings)
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Bryan_n
May 8, 2025
Great day trip - Claudio (main tour guide) in Nicaragua was great. Great places to see and food choices were fantastic. The drive from our Costa Rica hotel to the border (and back) is long- just be prepared-and was a different person than the Nicaragua guide and driver. You have to cross the border on foot in a no man’s land shared by semi-trucks, but that was the only part for us that was outside our comfort zone.
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Tiffany_c
Apr 30, 2025
Costa Rica to Nicaragua in a day - This was a beautiful full day experience. We drove from Tamarindo Costa Rica to the Nicaraguan border then walked across. After we drove through town enjoying history, a chocolate making class, visiting the lake and volcano. Our driver was excellent and took good care of us.
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Shane_g
Apr 24, 2025
Nicaragua 4-23 - Amazing experience! Grenada is a beautiful place. We saw many things including a Catholic Church, Central Park, the Pacific Ocean
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Rumi_d
Apr 19, 2025
Nicaragua - a must see! - This Nicaragua was a main highlight for us all! We were pleasantly surprised by the beauty of Nicaragua from the pacific coast near San Juan del Sur with all the amazing views, lake Nicaragua and its many multi-million dollar homes, the Catarina viewpoint with the Caldera and even within the city streets when we stopped for lunch, the chocolate factory and cigar factory! Our main tour guide Miguel, trainee Gretel and driver Antonio were all very knowledgeable, friendly and great at engaging the group. It was a really long day for us with a 4:30am pickup, but everything was smooth and absolutely worth it!! Highly recommend this!
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F5705lselenag
Apr 14, 2025
Long but informative trip - The trip was great and informative, however the initial part of getting through the border was exhausting. Get comfortable shoes, snacks, bottle of water, sunscreen, and a hat. We spent 2 hours outside in line and another hour under the roof, inside the building of Costa Rican border patrol, plus crossing Nicaraguan border patrol. This was the downside of this trip, but there is nothing anyone can do, that's why I'm not removing any stars from the review. We were picked up at 5:15 am from Coco and returned home at 9:30 pm. Crossing back to Costa Rica was much much faster and no people in line.
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Vicki_k
Apr 10, 2025
Amazing! - Amazing authentic experience! Everyone was great! I would not have been able to navigate the border crossing alone. Nicaragua is a beautiful country. Thank you!
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S6396eghilaryb
Apr 6, 2025
A long day but full of interest and history, the extra $20 for horse drawn carriage worth it, especially as it was a very hot da - A day full of history and culture, with a boat ride where we saw Spider monkeys and a Tiger heron. Experienced a Nicaraguan breakfast a lunch.
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Uros_k
Mar 28, 2025
I recommend Nicaragua tour. - This tour exceeded my expectations. Everything went smoothly and was well organized. I liked Nicaragua very much, especially caldera in Catarina, Lake Nicaragua boat trip and Granada. Special thanks to our Nicaraguan guide Miguel and his team who made this trip even better.
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Edinburghtravelscot
Apr 28, 2025
Lovely tour of a lovely country - Great tour of a lovely country.Interesting places to visit and lovely breakfast and lunch. The suggested horse and carriage ride was a rip off and the horses were too thin and pushed in the heat. One of ours slipped. So sad. It could easily have been a walking tour as it wasn’t too far to walk. We were lead to believe it would be too far and too hot.
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Liferenewed
Apr 5, 2025
Great, but be prepared for the immigration process - This was an overall great experience, except the immigration process. It was very confusing and not explained in advance. Basically, there are 2 immigration points going and coming. The pick up driver in Costa Rica cannot enter certain parts of the immigration area in Nicaragua, and vice versa for the Nicaraguan tour guide. They drop you off and you have to walk across a good way to meet the other tour guide in the immigration area . No explanation, only pointing. We figured it out. It also takes a while to get through immigration (going, but fast to return).
But the tour itself was great! Unfortunately, the volcano was closed due to activity. They will substitute something else.
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