Volcán Maderas Natural Reserve is a
nature reserve on the island of
Ometepe
Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ''ome'' (two) and ''tepetl'' (mountain), meaning "two mountains". It is the largest island in Lake Ni ...
in
Nicaragua. The reserve contains Volcán Maderas, an extinct 1,394
volcano surround by a
cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
, The crater contains a
lagoon. The reserve requires that any climbing the volcano hire a guide.
The reserve also has petroglyph tours, coffee and cacao tours, horseback riding, and the San Ramón waterfal
Protected areas of Nicaragua
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