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The Best Trip In San Juan Del Sur!
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items For my husband's 30th birthday, we took a big trip with all his siblings and their spouses to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua for a week! It was such a fun trip and a really affordable way to get away!
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The Logisitics
What To Do?
What To Eat?
A Day Trip To Ometepe
The Logisitics
Getting to Nicaragua can be a little bit tricky. We flew into Costa Rica and then hired a company to take us to tour Airbnb in San Juan Del Sur. We had two drivers who communicated with each other, one in Costa Rica who took us through customs there ...
This is the best airport to fly into! It's closest to the Nicarguan border!
English | Liberia Guanacaste Airport (LIR)
This is the VRBO we stayed in and we LOVED it! Vanessa, the host, was really helpful to us! She can actually help you get your transportation to and from LIR airport set up! We had ten people so the number of rooms and bedrooms was perfect and the po...
Casa Miramar - Our VRBO
If your Airbnb or VRBO or hotel or whatnot doesn't have an option to schedule transportation with them then here's a service that you can use! It's about a three hour drive total and clearing customs in both Costa Rica and Nicaragua is really easy. D...
Caribe Shuttle | Transportation in Costa Rica, Panama & Nicaragua
While we did not need any special vaccines to go there, it's always worth making sure you're up to date on whatever you might need when you head to a new country!
Travel Health Services & Travel Medicine Consultants | Passport Health
Not everyone knows there's a Christ statue in San Juan Del Sur, but there is! I'm Jewish myself so the statue doesn't hold a religious significance to me, but the park that surrounds it is really pretty and you can go on a nice walk especially around...
How to Get to the Jesus Statue in San Juan del Sur - Hidden Nicaragua
What To Do?
Now that you're in San Juan Del Sur, what do you do? Here are some of the things we did that made our trip unforgettable!
This was easily the highlight of our trip. Renting a private catamaran for the day and spending it on the ocean. They provided everything we needed except sunscreen (you'll definitely need that!), and it was some of the best food we had while we were...
SALT's Nicaraguan Sailing Charter Packages - Create Your Dream Trip
Our first full day we spent at the beach and this was such a fun one! It's much cleaner than the one that's actually in town. So I don't advise doing any swimming there. But, reading on the beach and eating the food at the restaurant that was right t...
Playa Hermosa - San Juan del Sur- Nicaragua -Info-Nicaragua.com-
We did a day pass here on one of our last days and it was sooo fun! Our VRBO host got us 10% off the passes and we spent the day by the pool ordering food and reading and just having a great time. The prices here are a bit more than you'll see anywhe...
Hotel in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua – TreeCasa Hotel & Resort
A few of the girls spent some mornings heading to yoga classes with our VRBO host (who owns this yoga studio) the classes were really cheap and they had a great time! I'm more of an introvert and preferred to stay at home and read my book!
Zen Yoga Classes
A few of my in laws decided they wanted to try their hand at fishing on this small fishing boat excursion and they had the best time. Plus we got to eat some of the fish they caught and you can have it sent home with you! It's an early day but it see...
Ocean Surf and Sport
My brother in law and his girlfriend did a sunset beach horseback riding night and they said it was amazing! This is the company they used!
Horseback Riding Tours | Big Sky Ranch Nicaragua
What To Eat?
Finding food in a new place can seem daunting, I mean you only have so many meals and so little time right? So here's what we ate and the places we went while we were there that we loved!
A lot of the bars on the beach have great rooftops but we really loved the happy hour deals at Henry Iguana's or Iguana Henry's we were never really sure but that's what we called it.
Iguana Bar | San Juan del Sur
This adorable hole in the wall has such good smoothies and breakfasts. Plus the vibe was so nice especially for a place in the heart of town!
SiMonSayS | San Juan del Sur
Another place that's more catered to tourists. Dockside is a fun and tasty spot! The hours were a little finicky when we were there, so don't always trust Google Maps but we still managed to get one meal in!
Dockside SJDS | San Juan del Sur
Props to this place for being able to seat 10 people last minute. This was so good. I had the chimichurri steak and it was one of my favorite meals (besides the buckets of ceviche I had the whole time)! Definitely worth it!
IKAL | San Juan del Sur
I know, who goes to Nicaragua to get pizza? Well… I guess we did. But for the night when we just wanted to chill at home and have something delivered instead of coordinate dinner for ten people this was perfect. And it was really good too!
Pizza House SJDS | San Juan del Sur
A Day Trip To Ometepe
While we never ended up doing this because we just didn't have the time. We did plan out a trip to the infamous volcano in a lake Ometepe! I said day trip, but if you do it, you'll want to plan to spend the night there because the last ferry leaves p...
Swimming in a natural spring. This place looks stunning. It makes me want to head back to Nicaragua just to go there!
Ojo de Agua Ometepe | Nicaragua
This was all added by my husband the sweet tooth, he really wanted to head out there to try all the tasty treats, including chocolate!
Home | El Pital The Chocolate Paradise
I really don't need to say more than butterfly garden. Do I?
Charco Verde - Butterfly Garden & Aviary
There's a little bit of a hike to get to this waterfall, but if hiking is your vibe then this is a perfect place to do it!!
Cascada San Ramón | Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua