This is a tendering port depending on your ship's tenders, not as nice as Grand Cayman, but workable. We had rough seas here (about 4-5 foot swell) and while we were delayed in going ashore, arrangements were made to extend our stay a few hours. Once again, with the usual hawkers in a pavilion as we came ashore, but walk about 20 meters away and the prices drop to about a third. Passport stamps ...
The port requires tenders. The pier is close to a small down town strip along a bay.
Some people walked down there and rented a chair on the beach for the day.
i took an excursion to Lake Nic. with a quick stop at the town square the small town of RIVAS en route. RIVAS quant but not much else. Disappointed to find that along the West edge of lake Nic there are wind farms. Went to a ...
Surprisingly nice. Good food and reasonable prices. The souvenir sales were a little pushy, but not that bad. This was a tender port and NCL failed miserable here so we only had a few hours in port. ...
The bus was on the pier waiting for us. We drove through the beautiful countryside in a brand new bus. First stop was at a wealthy hacienda where we were served fresh fruit and got to experience local dancers and musicians. You could walk down to the shoreline of Lake Nicaragua and see the two volcanoes. Next stop was the colonial town of Riva. We toured a beautiful, old historic Catholic ...
Worst tendering I have ever seen. Despite having ticket 7 of 12 (and arrived 20 minutes before due to be distributed) took almost 3 hours to get off the ship. No time to go outside this small and grotty town with a dirty beach. Shore excursions were well over an hour late getting back to the ship. ...
