San Ramon cascada in Ometepe, Nicaragua

Tim Waring

We hiked the San Ramon cascada (waterfall) on the south-western side of the Volcán del Agua, the southern of the two volcanoes that make up the island of Ometepe, Nicaragua.

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We start off at the gate to the reserve area.
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It gets hot before we hit the slope of the volcano.

We have no pictures of this but it was a relatively serious hike, tough for most adults, grueling for kids with legs half the length of ours. Then it started to drizzle. Then rain. Then really rain. I got worried about the stream swelling and flash floods. I started to think up escape plans to get to high ground. But the riverbed banks kept getting steeper and steeper. The kids are not complainers, but they were complaining!

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Finally, we made the top!
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Awesome waterfall behind the posers. Liam chucks a rock. Can you spot it flying?
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Here’s the panaroma.
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Small guy, big world.
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Finally, we hiked back down. But look at how deep that stream bed is!
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A troupe of howler monkeys were waiting for us at the bottom.

More photos here: San Ramon Cascada!

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