MANAGUA—For the past 10 years, unimaginative travel writers, real estate developers and all types of Nica neophytes have been calling Nicaragua “the next Costa Rica.” The hackneyed description is meant to be a comment on Nicaragua’s affordability and growth potential,...

PLAYA DUNA—On a hidden, white-sand beach nestled in a rocky cove at the bottom of a treacherous bluff, a new extreme sport—dune sledding— is being tested under careful scientific method. Well, actually, it’s only an “extreme sport” if you consider...

GRANADA—Nietzsche said, “Out of chaos comes order.” Nietzsche, however, never tried to have a quiet dinner with friends on a Saturday evening on Granada’s Calle La Calzada, where out of chaos comes more chaos—usually in the form of manically loud...

From March 2-12, we had 205 participants from 13 different countries participate in Nicaragua’s first-ever skydiving tour, or “boogie”. We did just over 600 skydives, including a demo jump into San Carlos at the airstrip and a jump into Milagro...

The Nicaragua Dispatch is pleased to announce our new Nicaragua Tourism Directory, a paid guide to the most important restaurants, hotels, real estate listings, property rentals, language schools, professional services, and tourism attractions Nicaragua has to offer.  As the leading...

  MANAGUA—Nicaragua is arguably the hottest tourism destination in Central America. And now it wants to go viral. The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) yesterday unveiled the country’s first official English-language webpage www.nicaraguatourism.us, plus a $3 million promotional campaign to boot....

(posted Feb. 20, 8:20 p.m.)- Rumors that President Daniel Ortega is preparing his guillotine for Tourism Minister Mario Salinas continue to swirl as the tourism minister himself ducked questions today about his future as the head of INTUR. Following a...

In a land of poets and peasants, Nicaragua has its fair share of woolgatherers and workers. The same is true for its government. Some officials are daydreamers who paint lofty castles in the air, but are hopeless when it comes...

MANAGUA—Responding to growing demand from Nicaragua’s tourism sector, American Airlines announced it will add a third daily flight from Nicaragua to Miami starting Nov. 17, meaning there will now be more seats and discount airfares available for travel to and...