Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, ISLA IGUANA
Highlights
1
Azueran artesanía
Catch the artisans at work in village workshops, where they craft ex-
quisite ceramics, devil masks and straw hats, as well as embroidered
polleras
and
montunos
.
2 Festivals
Try out the major fiestas: the glitz of
Carnaval
at Las Tablas; devil dances for
Corpus Christi
in La Villa; and the nation's biggest folkloric jamboree, the
Festival de la Me-
3
Isla Iguana
A wildlife retreat of black and green iguanas, chest-puffing frigatebirds and
shoals of rainbow-coloured fish.
4
Playa Venao
A lovely swathe of beach best appreciated by surfing the waves or horseriding
along the sands.
5
Isla de Cañas
Camp out among the turtles that arrive in their thousands to nest along glor-
ious sand each year.
