Best of Leon

Fire. Water. Earth. Music? The Best of León tour combines all four in one epic day.

Cerro Negro Volcano, Laguna El Tigre, and León Viejo.

Hike Central America’s youngest (and one of the most active) volcano, Cerro Negro. The climb to the summit is like walking the surface of the moon: devoid of plant life, spewing sulfuric gases, crumbling beneath your feet. The only thing you’ll miss is the weightlessness.

After hiking Cerro Negro, a refreshing dip in Laguna El Tigre will feel like heaven. Enjoy a relaxing picnic lunch and take in the beauty of this pristine crater lake, whose name actually refers to a jaguar due to misnaming by the Spanish.

Restored from Asososca we head to León Viejo, or “Old Leon”, to experience what is let of the second oldest city in Nicaragua. Abandoned in fear of a volcanic eruption which never happened, the city was gradually buried by expulsions of ash and volcanic stone. What we see today is a result of excavation that began in 1967.

Finally, there’s no better way to end an epic day of adventure, culture and history than to top it off with an incredible dinner and one a mariachi singer whose voice will tug at your heart whether you speak Spanish or not. The best of Leon tour will send you to bed satiated physically, mentally and spiritually.