You arrive at Managua Airport and are met by our guide who will transfer you to your hotel. Managua is the capital of Nicaragua. It is home to almost two million inhabitants and is easily the largest city in Nicaragua. The city has a lot to offer theatres, restaurants, bars, shopping malls and cinemas to name a few. At the Roberto Huembes market, one can experience an authentic   Nicaraguan   street   market   and   buy   souvenirs   and   handicrafts.   Managua   is Nicaragua’s main transfer hub; all domestic flights leave from Managua airport, as do most busses, both domestic and international. The domestic airport is located right next to the international airport, some 15 km from the city center.

Standard Hotel: Los Robles       

Superior Hotel: Real Intercontinental

The city of León is a cultural-historical attraction with an authentic atmosphere that gives visitors an opportunity to easily connect with the local population. León offers a quiet, relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. The center with its colonial buildings, beautiful churches and the cathedral - which has been declared UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site - is only one of León’s many attractions. One could also decide to hike one of the many active volcanoes in the surrounding area. One of the most popular attractions is volcano boarding at Cerro Negro. For nature lovers, the estuary of Juan Venado Island is a must-see.

Standard Hotel: Flor de Sarta

Superior Hotel:  El Convento

Explore by foot the fascinating history of one of Nicaragua’s oldest and most influential cities.

During this guided walk you visit revolutionary murals, baroque and neoclassical churches and an art museum displaying works by internationally renowned artists. We continue the tour  exploring  the  local  market  and  colonial  buildings,  among  them  Nicaragua’s  first university.  In  addition,  you  climb  the  rooftop  of  Central  America’s  largest  Cathedral, registered on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage.

Optional Tour – Cerro Negro Volcano

Standard Hotel:  Flor de Sarta     

Superior Hotel: El Convento

Transfer to Granada, a beautiful colonial city situated near the Lake of Nicaragua.

Along the way, you visit the Masaya volcano and Masaya handicraft market: Look inside an active volcano, explore a colorful market, and have lunch at a crater lake all in one day! The tour starts at Masaya Volcano National Park. Your driver brings you to the summit of the volcano, where you can peek inside the active crater. Your next stop is Masaya´s artisan market, where you can purchase quality Nicaraguan handicrafts. You have lunch overlooking the impressive Apoyo Lagoon before you continue to your destination, Granada. Granada was founded in 1524 and is believed to be the second oldest city established in mainland Latin America by the Spanish conquest.  

Nowadays Granada is characterized by bright-colored Spanish-colonial architecture, visible throughout the city center. The ambiance is very pleasant and there is a wide array of popular restaurants and bars, especially along the boulevard from the central park to the shores of Lake Nicaragua.

Standard Hotel:  Patio de Malinche  

Superior Hotel: Plaza Colon

Situated at the foot of Mombacho volcano, the Isletas archipelago consist of around 360 small forest-covered islands, formed by a volcanic eruption some 20,000 years ago. Clients are transferred to the harbor where they meet the captain and board a motor boat. During the tour, your guide will point out the exotic flora and fauna. You make a stop at one of the islands where you enjoy a complimentary drink before heading back to Granada.

Optional Tours

Optional 1: Mombacho Volcano Crater Trail. 

Optional 2: Mombacho Volcano Canopy Tour.

Standard Hotel:  Patio de Malinche  

Superior Hotel: Plaza Colon

Upon arrival at the boarder of Peñas Blancas, guide will be waiting for you to drive you to Tamarindo Beach, located on the central west coast of the Nicoya Peninsula.

As a regional hub, Tamarindo offers a wide-range of extensive services to visitors including sport fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, and horseback riding. Separated from Tamarindo by the Río Matapalo is Playa Grande, an uninspiring crop of pebble-rock seashore except for numerous tide pools that are exposed at low tides.

Tamarindo’s extensive development has imbued elements of affluent foreign culture from modernist cafés to chic restaurants into the fundamentally Tico culture, making for an appealing combination of both worlds.

Standard option: Hotel: Pasatiempo

Superior option: Wyndham Tamarindo

Morning at Leisure.

Optional Tour: Sunset Catamaran sailing tour

Standard option: Hotel: Pasatiempo

Superior option: Wyndham Tamarindo

Welcome to the mysteriously hypnotizing cloud forest of Monteverde, which is a breath-taking rainbow –covered valley in the clouds offering spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and Arenal Volcano.

This deep green spot atop Costa Rica’s continental divide inspired a group of Quakers from Alabama to settle here with their families in the 1950s and give birth to what became the nature conservancy movement that has turned Costa Rica into the eco-conservation paradise it is today.

From above or below, discover the spellbinding beauty of the tropical cloud forest that inspired an entire country to preserve its nature.

Standard option: Cloud Forest Lodge

Superior option: El Establo Hotel

Day at leisure. Enjoy at your own or you can take one of the optional tours available.

Optional Tour: Canopy at Monteverde

Standard option: Cloud Forest Lodge

Superior option: El Establo Hotel

one of our local experts walk you through the tropical cloud forest of Monteverde as you spot birds, plants and animals in some of the most unbelievable places. Seriously, these guys have developed an almost super-human power to spot mysterious creatures in the trees and clouds.

Standard option:  Park Inn by Radisson  

Superior option: Hilton Garden Inn La Sabana

* Flight not included

Departure to the airport of San Jose where you take your flight to Panama. Upon arrival at Tocumen International airport you will be met by our Spanish speaking driver, who will take you to your hotel in Panama City. Welcome to Panama!

Standard Hotel:  Tryp Panama Centro

Superior Hotel: Global Hotel Panama

Visit Panama Viejo, first Spanish settlement, founded in 1519 and destroyed in 1671 during the attack of the infamous pirate Henry Morgan. It was in fact the Spanish governor who set fire to the city to avoid it falling in the hands of the privateers.

The city was rebuilt some years later on the foothills of Cerro Ancon. The '' Casco Viejo '' has several attractions that you shouldn’t miss and can easily cover in a short walk. A monument to the French entrepreneurs who began the Panama Canal stands at the bay side end.

After a stop for lunch (not included) a short transfer through the modern part of the city will take us to Miraflores locks. Ships must pass those imposing water elevators to navigate in and out the Panama Canal and it is a fascinating and unforgettable show to watch the steel giants going through the locks, where the biggest of them, called "Panamax", only have 2 feet between their hull and the side of the chambers!

Standard Hotel:  Tryp Panama Centro

Superior Hotel: Global Hotel Panama

After passing under the beautiful "Bridge of the Americas" your ship will go through the Miraflores locks and soon after, arrive to Pedro Miguel locks. Shortly after, you will enter what is known as the Culebra Cut or Gaillard Cut. This is a spectacular part of your journey as the Culebra Cut goes through the hills of Panama's central mountain ridge! This section of the canal is full of history, it was the most difficult part of the construction and thousands of lives were lost there.

You shall see "contractor's hill", and "gold hill". It is quite common to see large crocodiles lying in the sun on sandbanks!

After the Culebra Cut your ship will meet with the mighty Gatun lake, which was until 1936 the biggest manmade lake of the world. Your destination will be the town of Gamboa, Panama canal's maintenance and dredging port, where you will disembark. A shuttle will provide a 30 min transfer back to Panama City.

Standard Hotel:  Tryp Panama Centro

Superior Hotel: Global Hotel Panama

Breakfast. Departure transfer with Spanish speaking driver from your hotel in Panama City to Tocumen international airport.