Nicaragua Omatepe Island

Nicaragua Omatepe Island

Nicaragua Guide to Tourism Insider

Article Date: March 2005 We are glad to see that an agent in Idaho, Idaho Angler (www. 5. I have that from Milton Hanburry of Trek International Safaris (*), who has this to say after a recent visit to eastern Nicaragua: "I just returned from a trip to Nicaragua where my hopes were high to find the kind of fishing I read about back in the 60's and 70's. The lodge opened a few years ago but was not truly complete at the time, although plenty of fish were being caught by guests there. The guides are Rama Indians. Some of them deal with an abortive attempt to set up a fishing operation off the east coast, but most of them deal with tarpon fishing in the San Juan. Many of the tiny islands have for-sale signs, including one deserted, quarter-acre outpost that is a dense tangle of trees and tropical vines.com). But the negative image of this captivating country is undeserved. I believe that our conditions were probably better in that we had drier weather (only one rainstorm that was quite welcome) and tolerable numbers of gnats. And while tourism is viewed as key to economic growth, a rough-around-the-edges Wild West mentality prevails. Anyone would get a thrill from exploring its trails (on foot or by ox-cart) or sailing to the Isla Zapatera national park. It is entirely possible Nicaragua will drive some of Costa Rica's tarpon camps out of business." Thanks in part to a long civil war, followed by years of communist bungling, the Nicaraguans simply haven't geared up to pollute as many of their rivers as the Costa Ricans have, or cut as many of their forests. An even larger question is whether the tarpon in Rio San Juan can be caught with reasonable regularity with a fly. With

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