Transport in Corn Islands - Lonely Planet Travel Information

Getting there & around

Both islands are eminently strollable, but on Big Corn you might get tired. Take a collective taxi (day/night per person US$.70/US$1.50) or cute little bus (US$.30), which blasts roots reggae as it zips counterclockwise around the island. Nautilus rents bikes (US$6/10 half/full day). The only vehicles navigating Little Corn's jungle trails are wheelbarrows.

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Air

At press time, Big Corn's airport had just been approved for international flights, and locals were looking forward to connections with Miami and Houston as early as November 2006 - but they've been promised that for years.

In the meantime, the small airport is served by Atlantic Airlines (575 5055) and La Costeña (575 5131), which run flights to Bluefields (US$65/100 one way/return, 20 minutes), with continuing service to Managua (US$110/180 one way/return, 70 minutes), at 8:10am (LC), 8:35am (AA), 3:40pm (LC) and 4pm (AA).

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Boat

Collective pangas between the islands (US$6, 40 minutes) leave from Big Corn at 10am and 4:30pm; if you're staying on the far side of Little Corn, you need to take the morning boat. Boats leave Little Corn at 7am and 2pm, meeting each round of flights. It can get choppy. The main dock on Big Corn is 1.5km from the airport; take a taxi.

Boats make the four- to six-hour trip to Bluefields Sunday (US$12, 9am), Tuesday (US$6, morning) and Thursday (US$9, 9am). The Captain D may go to Puerto Cabezas on the 15th and 30th of each month; talk to the Port Authority for more information.

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