Nicaragua Recap Video + Expenses

All photos and video by Josh Meister Photo.

Watch our recap video below and read about our perfect week on Little Corn Island and our week on the eastern side of the country including Maderas Beach, Ometepe Island, and Granada.

• Flights from Guatemala City to Managua: $75 + 16,000 United miles
• Flights from Managua to Corn Island and back: $365
• Visa fees: $20
• Airbnbs/hotels (12 nights): $302 + one week at a friend’s house ($25/night)
• Transit (rental car, boats, ferries): $161
• Food/drinks/groceries: $537, which comes out to $21 pp per day
• Extras (diving, tours, cop bribe, etc.): $208

TOTAL: $1,668

Four different locations in two weeks, necessitating two flights within the country, is never a good idea if you’re trying to keep costs down. But Little Corn Island (costing us about $400 in travel expenses) was on our list from the beginning, and it didn’t hurt that we made friends early on in our travels at a festival in Croatia who live on Little Corn and invited us to stay with them. Budget travel tip – if someone offers a free place to stay, take it! We didn’t realize how incredibly money-saving their generosity was until we arrived on the island and realized that even rustic little beach bungalows with cold showers cost a pretty penny there. Our second week in Nicaragua was spent with my sister and brother-in-law checking out three other regions. The accommodations were not as expensive on that side of the country, food was cheap, and we did a lot of outdoor/free activities, which helped as well. So we went over budget here by almost $400, which is not great, but not terrible for as much as we got to see and do in such a short time.

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