Travel Along With Laura
Travel Along With Laura
Laura Lisensky
Nicaragua 3: Exploring Ometepe Island’s Wildlife by Kayak
21 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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In this episode of Travel Along with Laura, we’re back on the volcanic island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua. This time, we head to the lowlands between the two volcanoes to kayak along the Río Istian, where the wildlife is on display- howler monkeys calling from the trees, caimans gliding below the surface, toothy tropical gars submerged in the muck and the curious song of the Tungara frog echoing through the dusk. Along the way, we'll walk to a mountainside ecolodge, hear about La...