Granada Part 2, Volcan Mombacho

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Picture 1 - Hostel Oasis - Best hostel ever

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Picture 2- Army truck to take us up Volcanoe Mombacho

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Picture 3- Facts on Mombacho

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Picture 4- Hiking through the crack at the top of the Volcanoe

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Picture 5- View from the top of the Volcanoe crater.

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Picture 6- Display of the Volcanoe and craters at the top. We did the two craters at the top left.

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Picture 7- Yes I am ziplining up side down

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Picture 8 - Scott doing the superman

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Picture 9- Crazy bug at the bottom of the zipline

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The next day we had organized a tour to venture to a volcano. We got a taxi to the National Reserve and jumped in the back of an old Mercedes Army truck up to near the top of Volcan Mombacho at 1100 meters above sea level. We then walked around the two craters at the top to see the view and learn about the area. As well we learned the difference between rain forest and cloud forest where the later is always in the clouds and always is at 100% humidity. We walked through a crack in the volcano only a meter or so apart at times and had pictures taken with our legs supported on either wall high in the air. There were also fumer holes that are holes in the ground from where the volcano releases its heat/steam. Then there was a clearing that had an amazing view over Granada and Lago Nicaragua with a wind that almost was pushing us over. After getting the army truck back down the volcano and went zip lining with 17 lines zipping through the forest. This zip line was different than the one in Costa Rica where they allowed you to do Superman, Up Side Down, and in Tandem. There was a lady and her mother from Alberta and mother was in her 60’s was nervous at first but by the end completed both the Superman and Upside Down zip line. The last zip line they allowed Scott and me to go down together with me on his lap. That night another fancy meal at El Tercer Ojo which is a Asian fusion restaurant with really great food and lots of it and of course lots of wine.