Masaya is just one of 19 volcanoes that run down the spine of Nicaragua, a country the size of England, and my trip takes me to several of them. On Ometepe island, in Lake Nicaragua, twin peaks ...

Nicaragua's Masaya Volcano is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Lava inside the Masaya volcano bubbles from the crater, near Managua, Nicaragua. Roberto Destarac/Shutterstock.

After a grueling 45-minute to one-hour hike up Nicaragua’s youngest volcano, Cerro Negro, you get to reward yourself with the thrill of a lifetime: volcano boarding. Similar to the winter recreational ...

The pioneers of volcano boarding in Nicaragua first tackled the Cerro Negro slopes in 2006. One of them, Lesther Centeno, is now head of the Bigfoot tour company.

Momotombo volcano erupts for the first time in 110 years. Nicaragua's largest volcano has erupted in a fiery explosion after lying dormant for over a century.. Momotombo, which sits towards the ...

More than 1,500 people have been evacuated after a volcano in western Nicaragua erupted Saturday, shooting gas and ash 2 1/2 miles into the sky, officials said.

The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua has calmed a day after three loud explosions were accompanied by a huge eruption of ash and gas, the Associated Press reports. About 3,000 people from nine ...

Peering down from atop Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro volcano, it’s easy to see how a daredevil on a bicycle earned a land speed record gliding down its cinder cone slope. The drop is a stomach ...

Cossman will descend 1,200 feet inside the volcano — roughly the height of the Empire State Building — to test the sensors. He will then install the sensors over the course of the next two to ...

Climb a volcano, barter for handicrafts at an Indian market and take a cruise on the largest lake in Central America during this eight-day tour of Nicaragua, where culture, history and nature ...