Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This large concrete church is Bluefield's most iconic building and was constructed to the
exact specifications of the 1849 wooden original, destroyed in Hurricane Juana. Like all
churches of the order it has a red tin roof and all-white exterior.
MARKET
Mercado
( 7am-3pm)
Spilling out from a dank warehouse perched on a public pier, the local mar-
ket is packed with small stands brimming with pineapple, banana, citrus and casaba along-
side others selling fresh fish, shrimp, prawns and crab. Fishing boats dock and unload
right at the market's back doors. It's an especially cool scene early in the morning.
Parque Reyes
Bluefields' best green space is a popular meeting point with impressive 25m trees sprout-
ing bromeliads in the canopy and a monument to the six ethnic groups of the region.
PARK
El Bluff
Across the bay, the port of El Bluff is nestled at the point of a long sliver of land where
the Caribbean Sea rushes into Bahía de Bluefields. There is not much to see in the town,
but the enormous oil tanks and shipping tankers are cool if you like a certain industrial-
ized tropical setting.
To the north of the town there is a long beach that, while not particularly attractive, is
clean enough and sure beats plunging into the polluted lagoon. On weekends there are
sometimes a couple of huts selling food and cold beer.
PORT, BEACH
Reserva Silvestre Greenfields
( 2779-0589;
www.greenfields.com.ni
; r incl 2 meals US$100, day admission 1-2 visitors US$30;
by appointment)
This privately managed, 284-hectare wildlife reserve near Kukra
Hill has tracts of both mangroves and jungle, and offers a variety of activities including
canoeing, swimming and hiking. Advanced reservations essential. There's also a comfort-
able
cabaña
(room including two meals US$100) for overnight stays.
NATURE RESERVE
Activities
Rumble in the Jungle
FISHING
