Reporting from Altagracia, Nicaragua — On the road south from the international airport in Managua, Nicaragua swooshes by, unfurling in buzzing, humid green. Fields of swaying banana trees ...

Volcan Concepcion towers 5,280 feet up from Lake Nicaragua, Central America's largest lake. (The lake is also known as Lake Cocibolca, the cha-cha-line name I prefer: Co-ci-bol-ca — hey!).

Together, the two volcanoes form Ometepe, the largest island in Lake Nicaragua, Central America’s largest lake. While Maderas is dormant, Concepción is still known to unleash “ashy belches ...

Nicaragua's Concepcion volcano erupted on Friday, spewing gas and smoke almost 500 feet (150 metres) into the air and dumping ash on three nearby villages, but there were no immediate reports of ...

The island is made up of two volcanoes, Maderas and Concepción, rising up out of Lake Nicaragua and connected by a narrow isthmus. Looped around its twin peaks is Ometepe’s one road.

Anyone staying at the Bigfoot Hostel in Nicaragua should bring a good dose of adventure with them. The hostel offers a special attraction on an active volcano. Daredevils can slide their way down ...