Caribe Sur department
How to get to Bluefields and Pearl Lagoon
The southern Caribbean coast is reached by bus to El Rama and a speedboat down the river, or by the new road via Nueva Guinea. From Bluefields, pangas run to Pearl Lagoon and the boat to Corn Island.
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How to get to the Corn Islands
Two ways: the La Costeña flight from Managua (1 h 30) or the long overland route: bus to El Rama or Bluefields, speedboat, and then the boat to Corn Island, which only sails on certain days.
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The country's biggest Afro-Caribbean festival: Palo de Mayo dances, carnival and the election of the Mayaya Queen throughout the month.
The famous “chicken buses”: they stop in every town along the way. Cheapest and slowest.
Water connections: the ferry to Ometepe island and the speedboats between El Rama and Bluefields.
→ El Rama
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→ Pearl Lagoon
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→ Big Corn Island
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Handy for planning the way back.
Managua → Bluefields
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El Rama → Bluefields
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Nueva Guinea → Bluefields
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Pearl Lagoon → Bluefields
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