Finca Neblina del Bosque, Esteli, Nicaragua

Finca Neblina del Bosque offers a unique experience: get close and personal with everyday life on a working farm while enjoying luxury that until now has been unavailable in the wild and rustic Miraflor Reserve.

Sleep in bamboo cabins with panoramic views. Read on the porch under the light of solar power. Enjoy the vegetarian cuisine, all of which comes from the farm or the community nearby. Visitors will be in contact with horses, chickens, goats, pigs, a cat and a very friendly dog, and Eduardo and Isabel, a Nicaraguan/German couple.

Room prices include three meals and free national, non alcoholic drinks.

The farm offers you the following services:

• Professionally guided walks (C$12 per guide)

• Expeditions with biologists specializing in orchids and birds (C$20, the guide may accompany visitors from Esteli on reservation)

• Horseback tours (C$10 per horse)

Buses leave from the Cotran Norte Bus terminal in Esteli at 6 AM, noon and 3.40 PM to Miraflor. Get off at the Rampla bus stop and walk 300m up the hill. Finca Neblina del Bosque is at the top of the hill on the right.

Tip: From Miraflor one can continue the journey by bus to Jinotega or Matagalpa via Yali at 7.40 AM. It is not necessary to return to Esteli to get there.