SUSTAINABLE ADVENTURE WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF THE MASAYA VOLCANO La Mariposa has worked for several years with our neighboring indigenous communities – primarily the barrios of Panamá, Aguirre and…
La Mariposa is embarking on a whole new set of projects, working closely with several very poor rural communities, with the focus of sustainable tourism benefiting directly those communities…
The orange line encloses the new land (called Las Conchitas) just purchased by La Mariposa. It is very close (as the crow flies anyway!!) to the existing Mariposa….just follow…
Bosawas is an enormous, incredible nature reserve in Northern Nicaragua and home to many indigenous communities. They are all being destroyed, destroyed very fast. You need to know about…
A personal account by Paulette As someone completely new to the art of recognising which bird is which and understanding their “lifestyles”, I have just had the stunning realisation…
By Paulette The most recent fire/s started on the 10th April and burned for nearly 3 weeks. To begin with it affected the area around the Santiago crater which…
Piles of children hang onto the back of La Mariposa pickup truck. A jabbering gang of fifth graders from the Barrio Panama primary school have just helped me…
A Community Venture in Masaya Volcano National Park When Paulette offered Colin and I the opportunity to join her in visiting the community living within Masaya Volcano National Park,…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Fire in Massaya Images for a report on the recent fire in the Parque de Volcan Massaya.
To my eternal shame it has taken me 7 years to discover that the Masaya Volcano is not just a massive lava filled crater but also an amazing national…
Learn Spanish at La Mariposa in beautiful Nicaragua.
