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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 ...
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Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua - have we gone mad ! Yes In this episode we actually go boarding down a volcano called Cerro Negro, which is an active volcano! We share with your volcano boarding ...
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At 728 metres tall, Cerro Negro is one of Nicaragua’s most active volcanoes, with dark layers of ash and sand coating its rock-strewn slopes. The last significant eruption was in 1999, and many ...
"There are many volcanoes here in Central America, but only volcano boarding here in Nicaragua, in Leon." Although active, Cerro Negro does not spit out smoke - its last major eruption was in 1999.
León (Nicaragua) (AFP) – It took Ana Muller half an hour to trek to the peak of the Cerro Negro volcano, a small effort given the reward on offer at Nicaragua's top tourist attraction: volcano ...
“There are many volcanoes here in Central America, but only volcano boarding here in Nicaragua, in Leon.” Although active, Cerro Negro does not spit out smoke — its last major eruption was in 1999.
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.
A tourist slides down the slopes of the Cerro Negro volcano, one of the youngest in Central America (167 years old) and one of the most active in the country, in Leon, Nicaragua OSWALDO RIVAS ...
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