Sights in Isla De Ometepe
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Casacada San Ramón
One of Ometepe's classic hikes is to San Ramón waterfall. This excellent four-hour trek follows a steep, clearly marked trail to the mossy, 40m (131ft) waterfall that you see on all the postcards. The trail has been ravaged a bit at lower elevations by the owners of Estación Biológica San Ramón, but the payoff is still delicious.
Bus service is convenient: take the morning bus from Moyogalpa or Altagracia, then exit at the ecological station. Buses return from San Ramón in the early afternoon.
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Moyogalpa
Not just the ferry terminal for hourly boats from the mainland, Moyogalpa is the nerve center for Ometepe's nascent tourist industry, with several hotels and restaurants, and the fastest Internet on the island. It's also home base to most of the island's tour companies, and base camp for the climb up Volcán Concepción.
Moyogalpa is renowned for its animated fiestas patronales (Patron Saint's festival) in late July each year. Celebrations are famous for the Baile de las Inditas, a dance which celebrates both Spanish and indigenous culture, as well as several ceremonies timed with the solar calendar that have nothing at all to do with Catholicism. Patron Santa Ana leads a…
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Altagracia
With more natural protection from Concepción's occasional lava flow than Moyogalpa, this is the original indigenous capital of Ometepe, and still the island's most important town. Its parque central is much more central, and comes alive in the cool of the evening with barbecue grills, young lovers and sometimes even live music.
There's not heaps to see in Altagracia, but it does have an interesting museum, some ancient excavated statues and a pleasant little beach, Playa Paso Real, nearby. It also serves as a base camp for the other trailhead to Volcán Concepción, La Sabana.
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