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5 hours ago, mcmarya said:

Sorry to put a damper on your excitement but, unfortunately, HAL usually stops at Corinto.  Since my November cruise is scheduled to visit San Juan del Sur, I've been reading about that port and it sounds like a nice place to visit.  Corinto, on the other hand, does not really have tourist infrastructure.  You can take tours to Leon or hike a volcano, but the town itself does not have much to offer.  There is usually a craft market but we had trouble finding any place to get wi-fi.  There are beaches, but the swimming can be dangerous and the sand not very inviting. 

Ahhhh, I wasn't looking too closely at the ports. I'm really indifferent about stopping there, if there is nothing to do nearby we'll just stay on board. Thanks for the info! 

On 8/21/2022 at 9:20 AM, Faithcruiser said:

Our little town is very walkable with about 5 main streets to explore. There is a port area and tons of beach-front restaurants. We have one of the world's largest Jesus statues (like Rio de Janeiro) that is about an hour hike from the ship (up hill) or you can catch a taxi. Taxi's will charge you more if they can tell you are a tourist or don't speak Spanish, but no more than $20 bucks round trip.(feel free to negotiate) On a clear day the view is amazing and you can see for many miles. Cristo de la Misericordia or Christ the Mercy is the name if you want to look it up. 

 

We have bay after bay after bay of amazing beaches, including ones where Survivor was filmed. You can walk from the ship to a hotel called, Casa Oro. They have daily shuttles to all the beaches in the back of a big truck with benches for less than 10 bucks. Just confirm the return time to make it back to the ship. 

 

Our favorites are Playa Hermosa - 30 minute one way where Survivor was filmed. Cost is about 3 dollars US to enter. They have restrooms, showers, palapas with tables and chairs and a restaurant.

 

If you like surfing, catch a ride to Playa Maderas or Playa Remanso. They are more rustic but provide restaurants and restrooms along with surf board rentals and surf lerssons. 

 

Otherwise, it won't take more than a couple of hours to explore the town and then eat at a water front restaurant. Enjoy!

Thank you for sharing this! We are on HAL the 2nd week of January, scheduled to be in Nicaragua Jan 14 assuming we can stop there. From reading about Nicaragua, I felt nervous about getting off of the boat, but your description has made me more excited to visit. We'll definitely get off and explore what is in walking distance. We are big survivor fans so it sounds cool to visit that beach but I don't know if I can get over my anxiety about safety to travel there. I'd love to hear your opinion about tourist safety.