Visiting the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua means knowing and sharing the culture of indigenous peoples (Miskitu and Mayangna), Afro-descendants (Creole) and mestizos, peoples with a long history, varied gastronomy, unique traditions, dances, myths, legends and scenarios. landscapes that adorn the nature of its people.
Puerto Cabezas, is the departmental capital, located 520 km from the capital Managua, from where you can travel by land by taking a bus at the Caribbean Coast terminal located near the Mercado Mayoreo, three buses travel each day (12: 00 pm, 05:00 pm and 08:00 pm) with a cost of C$ 600.00 (traveling for an approximate period of 10-12 hours) or by air (La Costeña airline) with flights from Monday to Friday (10 :00 am) that last 1 hour and 15 minutes with a cost of U$ 155.00 (round trip). In Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, you will find accommodation, places with food and beverage services, selective transportation.
How to enjoy the RACCN?
Community of Tuapí, spas and celebration of King Pulanka
Starting the new year (January 01) we invite you to visit the community of Tuapí located 13 km from Bilwi, to celebrate the oldest ancestral festival of the Miskitu people, the traditional King Pulanka (game of kings), where the community accompany two young people who represent the king of La Mosquitia and his wife, while they dance around him, recalling the time when the Kingdom of La Mosquitia existed, imposed by the British crown in the XNUMXth century; brings together people of all ages, who dance to the traditional music of the Miskitu indigenous people, such as Usus Mairin, Sirpiki Mairin and Liwa Mairin, enlivened by community musicians with typical instruments: home-made and acoustic guitars, horse jaws, coconut grater, carapace turtle and deer skin drum (kumbi), enjoying luk luk, takru, auhbi piakan, inska ankan yauhra ankan wal, guabul, tualbi and bunia, typical dishes and drinks. This festival is celebrated every weekend in January and February in a different community (Maniwatla, Lapan, Betania, Kamla, Sangnilaya, Kuakuil, Lamlaya, Wawa Bar, Auhya Pihni, El Cocal, to name a few).
Community of Tuapi
Food service
Beaches of Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas
During the summer season, the brown beaches of Bilwi Puerto Cabezas, mainly La Bocana and La Bocanita, welcome you to enjoy exceptional mornings, afternoons and moons, where you are attended by tourist entrepreneurs offering food and beverage services. From the center of Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, in just five minutes you reach La Bocanita and La Bocana, places where families and young people gather to practice soccer and beach volleyball. During Holy Week, cultural, recreational and sports activities are organized on these beaches, enlivened by dance groups and local musical groups.
The Bocanita
La Bocana
Karata Community
You can visit the community of Karatá, traveling from Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas by waterway (river and lagoon), round trip the same day (08:00 am-05:00 pm). In the community of Karatá, in addition to Miskitus, you can see people with black physiognomy, many descendants of Jamaicans. Young people speak Spanish and many elderly speak English-Creole. In this site, nature offers you through the Wawa River the contemplation of lizards, birds, monkeys and its small lagoons with migratory birds, where it is also possible to observe some species of fauna from a boat or small boats. They are suitable places to camp or bathe with family or friends. Karatá has a lagoon that offers the possibility of practicing water sports and living the experience of fishing. Species such as sea bass, tarpon and shrimp are common and are present in community cuisine.
