Parking Mombacho Volcan | Established Campground

Nicaragua

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Verified:
4 months ago
Altitude:
363.3 masl
Website:
None
Phone:
None
Contributor:
md

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
Yes - Average
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
No
Water:
Non-Potable
Toilets:
Running Water
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Unknown
Pet Friendly:
Unknown
Sanitation Dump Station:
Unknown

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This is the parking area before trekking the Mombacho volcano. the security told us it was fine staying overnight for free. it has toilets but no showers. Beautiful place to stay.

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Prices(Foreigners):
Entrance: 2USD + 5USD for circuit 1 (The one allowed without a guide)
Transport: up in Truck 15USD

We came here to hike the volcano and they informed us of the following:
Only cars that are allowed up to the top are 4*4(4WD). You can make it to the Cafe las Flores with a good car, with good clearance but after that you need to sign a form and have a 4*4
We arrived at around 10.30am and they told us people that are hiking are only allowed to start until 10am, we could have negotiated to start walking, but it seems later you probably won't be allowed to hike from the parking lot (you ARE allowed to go up on the transport)

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We came in late around 5pm they let us stay over night and we did the hiking early in the morning we only pay 7 dollars without the transportation. They don’t let anybody drive pass this point during rainy season only the truck they use to bring tourist up. After the hike we stay the second night ni problem.
-transportation and entrance USD22
-park entrance only USD 7

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Lovely peaceful night here - in fact I also stayed a second night after hiking the volcano. No charge, there's a friendly night watchman but I don't think he patrols especially, just sits in a vehicle all night. Toilets left open all night.

As others have said it costs 22 USD to take a round-trip transport up to the trail. But only 7 USD to drive up to Café los Flores at the half way point, which includes access to the 1.5km crater hike (miradors, a fumerol and a rock fissure they call the 'tunnel'). it's 2.5km steep hike up from the café to the trailhead, which took me around an hour.

if you want more of a hike there are two other trails, the 2.5km Sendero Tigrillo and 4km Sendero Puma. Guides are obligatory for both, 17 USD for Tigrillo and 24 for Puma (plus the initial 7 entry fee); you can share the cost of a guide if there are multiple people in your group. They talke approx 2.5 hours and 4 hours respectively - I did the Tigrillo one, which takes you up to a higher viewpoint and into the 'bosque muerto', an ethereal patch of dead trees, killed by the sulphurous gases which are still very much present. I imagine the views would be amazing on a clear day!

Ask around about a sloth hanging out near the café - there were also some red-eyed tree frogs to be found around there if you get down in the late afternoon..

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how much you get charged seems to depend on who is working at the time, we were allowed to stay for free by a nice man who even facilitated an electricity hook-up, cafe flores is open on weekdays too but many low hanging branches not big rig friendly to go further, we paid $44 US two return tickets to Mombacho including park entry fee, a few barking dogs made it a bit noisy at night, relatively nice toilets

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We tried driving past all the buildings to go to the camping spot near the café, but the road is blocked at this point. We said we were going to the café, but the gatekeeper says it's only open on the weekends. They wanted to charge $5pp entry fee, plus $20 camping fee. As soon as we said no thank you and went to leave, the lady said we could camp for $10 instead. We ended up leaving anyways, everything just seems quite expensive.

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Very quiet place.. normally you have to climb the vulcano to park for the night but we were able to talk to the guards and they let us park for a donation. Nice breeze at night and very quiet!!

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got here at 5 and the office asked $10 for camping the night. steep considering it was just a dirty bathroom and not much else, but we did it since it was almost sunset. paid an additional $7pp to hike and do the crater loop.

moderately out of shape and took 2.5 hours up and 1.5 down. not really worth hiking up, at least go have a coffee at Flores and leave your vehicle there while you walk up. or pay for their transport.

see price list attached as picture

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Walking up took me about 2 hours. Walking down around 1.5 hours. Going down felt much harder because of the steep slope of the road. It was possible to take a transport up to the top.

if you want to walk the crater trail, it was another 2 usd. I wasn't checked the entire time. There was a guy at a gate after the zipline place. maybe he checked if people paid for the entrance. at the top no one checked. so eventually it is not necessary to pay the 2 usd for the crater trail?

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No wifi.

Bathrooms clean with soap and toilet paper. Stayed the night for free. To walk to Mombacho it is 5km up the road and from there the hiking trails start. Prices for foreigners are:
Walking 5usd pp
Driving 22usd pp + 5usd pp

You can drive without paying the car fee up to 'cafe las flores'. It is a very steep cobble stone road which can get slippery and with some dip ditches which requiere decent clearance.
No propblem with a VW Eurovan (T4) FWD. Employee's car Toyota Yaris Sedan makes it up too by crossing the ditches diagonally.

The park's employees won't let you through if they think your car won't make it.

To drive all the way to the trail heads they require you to have a real 4WD newer then 2006 and with 4L. Not sure how strict and how necessary this actualy is.

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You can only park here if you do the tour as well.

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this is the parking before trekking the Mombacho volcano. the security told us it was fine staying overnight for free. it has toilets but not showers . it has WiFi . beautiful place to stay

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