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Farmhouse rooms (per person with/without meals US$19/8) allow the most interaction with
local families; cabañas (per person with/without meals US$24/10) have more privacy. Both op-
tions are rustic and some accommodations have pit latrines.
If creature comforts are important, Finca Neblina del Bosque ( 8701-1460;
www.visitamiraflor.com ; Cebollal; dm with/without meals US$19/7, cabañas per person incl meals
US$25-38) , owned by a Nica-German couple, is the most comfortable option in Miraflor
but it has decidedly less rural farming flavor.
Note that the entire reserve is a dry zone and no alcoholic beverages are sold.
Getting There & Away
For Coyolito (US$0.70, one hour) and La Pita (US$1, 1¾ hours) buses leave Estelí from
the Pulpería Miraflor near the Uno gas station on the Panamericana north of town at
5:45am and 1pm daily, returning from La Pita at 9am and 3pm.
There is one direct bus daily, except Sunday, from Estelí to Sontule (US$1.50, three
hours) via Cebollal (US$1, two hours) and La Perla (US$1.20, 2¼ hours) leaving from
Cotran Norte at 1:30pm and returning at 7:30am.
Alternatively for Cebollal take the Estelí-Yali (via Miraflor) bus at 6am, noon or
3:45pm from Cotran Norte to La Rampla (US$1, two hours), from where it's a 1km walk
uphill to the beginning of the accommodations. The bus continues onto Puertas Azules,
from where its a 20-minute walk to La Perla and 1¾ hours to Sontule.
It is also possible to walk up the hill from La Pita to Cebollal in around 45 minutes but
it's a steep climb. Tree Huggers ( Click here ) in Estelí has plans to offer mountain-bike
hire within Miraflor - check to see if the service is up and running.
TOP OF CHAPTER
Área Protegida Cerro Tisey-Estanzuela
Smaller, drier, less populated but every bit as gorgeous as Área Protegida Miraflor, the
other protected area, just 10km south of Estelí, has also jumped on the tourism bandwag-
on. You won't see the same species diversity in Tisey (which is what locals call the re-
gion), but those rugged pine-draped mountains, red-clay bat caves, waterfalls and marve-
lous vistas that stretch to Lago de Managua and even El Salvador on clear days are worth
the trip.
 
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