Nicaragua is a country in Central America and located at the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
- I traveled to Nicaragua on my world trip through Latin America:
- 1. Bus from Monteverde to an intersection to take the TicaBus from San José (Costa Rica) to Managua. In Nicaragua, the bus let us out at Rivas. Then by bicycle taxi to the ferry terminal in San Jorge and by ferry to Ometepe.
- 2. Ferry from Ometepe to San Jorge, taxi to the bus terminal of Rivas and then a chicken bus to Granada.
- 3. Shuttle from Granada to Leon. We booked the shuttle all the way to El Tunco in El Salvador and a hostel night in Leon was included.
- 4. The shuttle from Leon to El Tunco that started early in the morning.
- I used for my planning and can recommend the Lonely Planet for Central America.
Impressions from my Vlog
Accommodation
- We stayed in hostels and found the cheapest rates on Booking.com or Hotels.com. HostelWorld had fewer choices and they were more expensive.
Transport
- Arrival
- There are direct buses from Costa Rica to Nicaragua like the TicaBus from San José to Managua. Otherwise, you have to take the bus to the border and continue on the other side with another bus. We bought a ticket for the TicaBus in our hostel in Monteverde (Costa Rica). To catch the bus, we had to take a public bus from Monteverde to the crossroads early in the morning.
- There are direct buses from Nicaragua to El Salvador such as the TicaBus from Managua to San Salvador. Since there was no direct bus from Granada or Leon, we took a shuttle.
- Transportation between cities
- Rome2Rio has some bus connections between cities.
Visa
- As a German, you will buy a CA4 tourist card for $ 10 at the border, which is valid for 90 days. The “Central America-4 Agreement” applies to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua and only has to be bought once. The limit of 90 days is important. We had an unfriendly passenger in the shuttle and had to wait unnecessarily 1.5 hours due to passport problems at the border.