The islands are 3 miles away from the closest shore. Bluefields can be reached from Managua in 50 min with a small plane, that leaves every hour. Managua is reached directly from Miami and Houston by American Airlines, Continental and Taca. The mainland across from the islands is a low populated area best suited for ecotourism trips. The area is full of lush vegetation, rivers and a variety of animals and birds like parrots, monkeys, ocelots and deer.
Deer hunting is also available.
This is a very interesting area still waiting to be explored . There is also dry season during September. The heavy rain season is from June to August. During the rest of the year there are showers followed by sunshine within the same day. In the Caribbean coast the dominant church is the Moravian church which is a Protestant sect that was introduced in the days of the British.