Mombacho Reserve Volcano & Catarina

One Day Tours

Mombacho Reserve Volcano & Catarina

We will climb the volcano in an all-terrain vehicle and get to know the virgin rainforests and cloud forests of the Mombacho Volcano Natural Reserve, to see for yourself why this natural reserve is widely considered the most beautiful landscape in Nicaragua.

We will enter the path El Tigrillo, where we can learn more about its endemic flora and fauna of this majestic Volcano.

It is located 10 km from the city of Granada. It has around 50 species of mammals, 174 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles and 750 species of flora. The temperature varies between 15 ° C and 23 ° C. It has some endemic flora and fauna species, such as salamanders (Bolitoglossa mombachoensis), orchids (Maxillaria mombachoensis), butterflies (Napeogenes tolossa, mombachoensis). The last eruption of this volcano was in the year 1570 causing an avalanche of the northeast side of the crater and the formation of 365 small volcanic islands, well known as the islets of Lake Nicaragua.

The volcano has a height of 1,344 meters. The natural reserve is one of the 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.