Departure from Managua to the mining region of freedom and Santo Domingo in the department of Chontales. Our first stop will be in La Libertad, where we will learn the process of artisanal gold mining. Visit the house of culture, know the native houses of Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo and Daniel Ortega Saavedra important figures in the contemporary history of Nicaragua. We continue to Santo Domingo to visit the museum house where he lived and wrote his work “The Naturalist in Nicaragua by the British scientist Thomas Belt, who documented the natural wealth and biodiversity of the nineteenth century Nicaragua, having a direct influence on the general positive of scientists like Charles Darwin, who ranks Belt work as the best narrative written about natural history.

The indigenous people of the territory of Chontales are Sumo – Caribbean. The first settlers were the Quiribíes or Caribi, later known as Chontallis, mixing with other tribes and ethnic groups led the Caribic, Caribbean, Miskito, Sumo and others. Departure Juigalpa, department head of Chontales. Juigalpa was founded in April 1668. Museo Gregorio Aguilar visit home to the richest collection of statues Silvestre Los Guatuzos.Arrival at the village of the same name. En route to observe the color and dense foliage of the rainforest, countless flocks of birds, noisy howler monkeys, spider monkeys and daring naughty white-faced monkeys, of course, do not miss the shy elusive alligators and river turtles resting peacefully on the banks and sandbanks in the sun. Arrival at the Ecological Center short briefing with the leaders of the Centre and visit the turtle hatchery and caiman (Caiman Cocodrilus), then the explanation will continue until the suspension bridge called the path of sloth, in this journey of 180 meters to admire viewbird nature. After lunch we will make the trip dinner night watching alligators. Overnight at the Ecology Center.