Reporting from Altagracia, Nicaragua — On the road south from the international airport in Managua, Nicaragua swooshes by, unfurling in buzzing, humid green. Fields of swaying banana trees ...

Calibre Mining (OTCQX:CXBMF) said Monday it was granted key environmental permits from authorities in Nicaragua to develop and bring its new Volcan gold deposit into production, which could ...

For immense natural beauty and so many opportunities for adventure, this volcanic destination is a hot choice for all types of curious travelers.

Hike Ometepe The island itself is shaped like an hourglass; to the north sits the active Volcan Concepcion and the south is the extinct Volcan Maderas. No matter where you go on the island the ...

Climbing up a smoking peak and skidding back down the ash slope on a wooden board is certainly a unique experience, says Alex Millson as he tries out Nicaragua's new brand of adventure tourism.

Volcan Concepcion towers 5,280 feet up from Lake Nicaragua, Central America's largest lake. (The lake is also known as Lake Cocibolca, the cha-cha-line name I prefer: Co-ci-bol-ca — hey!).

Ometepe Island, in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, has twin volcanic peaks. This photo is of Volcan Concepcion from Volcan Maderas. Picture: Amanda Ling ...

When Nicaragua erupted in civil war in the ‘80s, Ometepe maintained its distance, and there’s an unruffled feel to the island not found elsewhere in the country. I arrived in Ometepe late in ...