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It's the biggest lacustrine island in the world. It's placed inside Cocibolca lake and it's created by two big active volcanoes Conceptión 1610 mts high and Maderas 1394 mts high. Its surface is about 270 square kilometers and it has 35000 inhabitants approximately. The most part of Ometepe inhabitants work in farming

Its name derives from the Aztec language and it means Ome= two and Tepelth=hills, due to the mountains formed by the two volcanos. The volcanic activity, through the deposition of volcanic ash, has made the soil of the plains extremely fertile, permitting constant planting without fallowing. The island has probably been inhabited since 2000-2500 B.C.

To reach Ometepe island you can catch a boat from Granada and after 4 hours you'll arrive to Altagracia port or you can leave from San Jorge (Rivas port) to reach, after 1 hour you reach Moyogalpa's port. There are small wood boat thar can take only people and ferry boat that can carry cars and lorries.

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It's possible to make tracking in mountain bike, trips riding horses, on the slopes of both the volcanoes reaching deveral lagoons inside some dead creaters.

The are also a many kinds of animals of which some are native plants are also archeological sites dated over 2000 years. You can find beautiful beaches of white sand where make the bathing.

There is so muck to see on Ometepe, and many ways to see it. You can explore the island by bus, car, horse, bicycle, canoe, or on foot.

In the city of Altagracia there is a small museum that copies the sanctuaries of the native civilization . Two of the most important are Finca el Porvenir and Magdalena, both of them situated on Madera volcano.

Playa Santo Domingo is certainly one of the most beautiful white beach of the isle and it extends for beyond three kilometers. Anyone who visits the beach can enjoy its beauty and appreciate the serenity that reigns there. Another place of touristic interest are Punta Jesus Maria in La Palora region and the lake of Charco Verde in South San José.