{"id":91014,"date":"2021-03-23T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T08:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/inspiratie-reis\/culture-sniffing-in-nicaragua\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:33:04","slug":"culture-sniffing-in-nicaragua","status":"publish","type":"inspiratie_reizen","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/latin-america\/tours\/culture-sniffing-in-nicaragua","title":{"rendered":"Self-drive Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Colonial Culture in Nicaragua<\/h3>\n<p>What really sets <strong>Nicaragua<\/strong> apart from neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/costa-rica\">Costa Rica<\/a> are its Spanish-colonial and indigenous culture. <strong>Granada<\/strong> and <strong>Le\u00f3n<\/strong> are colonial gems where you can feast your eyes. Yet the greatest attraction of Nicaragua is probably the charm, authenticity and hospitality of its proud and vibrant inhabitants. However, the country also has very well-preserved natural treasures. You will marvel at the rich bird and wildlife around the <strong>Rio San Juan<\/strong>, the beautiful nature at <strong>Apayo Lagoon<\/strong> and the <strong>Juan Venado Reserve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Tips &amp; Tops from Selfdrive Nicaragua:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our typical authentic Nicaraguan accommodations: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/nicaragua\/tribal-hotel\">Tribal Hotel<\/a> in Granada, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/nicaragua\/jicaro-island-ecolodge\">Jicaro Island Ecolodge <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/nicaragua\/morgans-rock-hacienda-ecolodge\">Morgan&#8217;s Rock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Las Isletas of Granada<\/strong> are 365 small islands in <strong>Lake Cocibolca<\/strong> created by the eruption of the <strong>Mombacho volcano<\/strong>. Some of them are inhabited by modest fishing families, on others are extravagant villas of the rich &amp; famous. There is also a &#8220;monkey island,&#8221; a sanctuary for monkeys that were kept as pets<\/li>\n<li>For a beach stay, we recommend the exotic <strong>Corn Islands<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/caribbean\">Caribbean<\/a> or the fishing cape of <strong>San Juan del Sur<\/strong> on the Pacific near the border of Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li>Le\u00f3n is a good base for the Pacific coast with its white and black sand beaches and bird-rich mangroves and a good starting point for adventurous volcano climbs<\/li>\n<li>A visit to Nicaragua is excellent to combine with a visit to neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/latijns-amerika\/costa-rica-reizen\">Costa Rica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colonial Culture in Nicaragua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37088,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[395,386],"country":[353],"continent_category":[224],"class_list":["post-91014","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","inspiration_categories-cultural-travel","inspiration_categories-tour-by-rental-car","country-nicaragua","continent_category-latin-america"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325654,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/91014\/revisions\/325654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=91014"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=91014"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=91014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}