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Caribbean

Coast

Beaches

Food

Culture

Pristine Shores

Romantic tropi-

cal islands with

turquoise-fringed

white-sand beaches

shaded by coconut

palms anyone?

While you may find

such idyllic beauty

elsewhere, you

won’t find them as

empty or undevel-

oped as these.

Home-Style

Cooking

The coast has deli-

cious seafood, most

famously in its

signature dish ‘run -

down’. But costeño

cooking goes way

beyond fresh lobster,

so grab a glass of

seaweed punch and

follow your nose to

the wonderful un-

signed bakeries.

Original

Rhythms

Big on culture, the

Caribbean coast’s

maypole rhythms

and Miskito pop

provide the sound-

track for perform-

ances by Nicaragua’s

best dancers.

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San Carlos,

Islas

Solentiname

& the Río San

Juan

Wildlife

Outdoors

Art

Bird-Watching

The remote Islas So-

lentiname is a haven

for migratory water-

birds, and the Río

San Juan is home

to a grand variety

of both aquatic and

rainforest species.

Aquatic

Adventures

The Río San Juan

department is the

ultimate boating

playground, with

kayak and canoe

adventures, or

alligator-spotting

motorboat safaris.

A Community

of Artists

A visit to the isolat-

ed island workshops

and studios offers

fascinating insights

into the Primitiv-

ist paintings and

bright balsa carv-

ings from the Islas

Solentiname.

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