Places to Visit in Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua, America
Nueva Guinea is located in Region Autonoma del Atlantico Sur Department in Nicaragua country, is situated at an elevation of 604 feet (1841 meters) above the sea level and surrounded by El Castillo, San Carlos, Bluefields, El Rama and Bullocks Wharf and divided by Cordillera de Yolaina Mountain. The economy of the town depends on agriculture and livestock rearing and there are few universities in the town. Nueva Guinea is located at the distance of 280 kilometers from the capital of Nicaragua, Managua and coordinates of Nueva Guinea are 11.6833° N, 84.4500° W.
History of Nueva Guinea:
As per the records, Nueva Guinea was inhabited more than 3000 to 4000 years ago and remains are found in the Basin of Punta Gorda River. From 20th century, the region started to colonize. From the year 1950, the region began to flourish and rubber and wood raicilla were exported from the town.
Places to Visit in Nueva Guinea:
Pearl Lagoon:
Pearl Lagoon is located in the Laguna de Pearl at the distance of 230 kilometers from Nueva Guinea in RAAS is the largest coastal lagoon in the country and tourists have to hire a boat from Bluefields to reach the Pearl Lagoon.
Bluff Beach:
Bluff Beach is located at the distance of 200 kilometers from Nueva Guinea is best suited for sun bath and rejuvenation activities in the unspoiled and safe beach and one should travel by foot to reach the beach from the center of the Bluefields.
Reyes Park:
Reyes Park is the famed park in the Bluefields located at the distance of 205 kilometers from Nueva Guinea is also called as Central Park and cozy, safe and quite visited by locals and tourists to relax and for picnic.
Wawashang Natural Reserve:
Wawashang Natural Reserve is located at the distance of 240 kilometers from Nueva Guinea and the reserve covers an area of 35,000 hectares of land which consists of Pearl Lagoon, El Tortuguero and Kukra Hill and reserve is home for various kinds of flora and fauna.
Weather in Nueva Guinea:
Nueva Guinea has tropical monsoon climate with rainy season most of the year and wet season from April to November and dry season from December to March and best time to visit Nueva Guinea is from December to March.
How to Reach Nueva Guinea?
By Air:
Nueva Guinea is located at the distance of 270 kilometers from the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, Managua and the airport serves with domestic and international flights to various major cities in America and from airport plenty of buses are accessible to Nueva Guinea town.
By Road:
Nueva Guinea is connected by the national highway NIC 71 and buses ply from Managua to Nueva Guinea town frequently and well connected with other parts of the country as well.
Where to Stay in Nueva Guinea?
Nueva Guinea is a town in Region Autonoma del Atlantico Sur (RAAS) department, but there is no hotel and tourism places to visit in the town, but RAAS has some of the breathtaking spots and hotels are designed according to the comfort and lavishness of the tourists with natural lightening and gorgeous ethnical decorations. Hotels are located at the distance of 230 kilometers from Nueva Guinea and hotels are for all the kind of tourists and ranges from $ 9 to $ 100 and above per day. Some of the hotels in and around Nueva Guinea are listed here below:
- Bungalows Queen Lobster
- Hostal Garífuna
- Hotel Best View
- Hotel Casa Ulrich
- Hotel Grand Lago
- Hotel Kateana
- Hotel Sabalos
- Hotelito Bella Vista