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Bluefields, Nicaragua

Named after the Dutch pirate Henry Bluefeldt who hid out here in the early 1600s, Bluefields is located at the mouth of Rio Escondido where it joins the murky Bluefields Bay on Nicaragua's eastern shore.

Bluefields is the capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept; its population is about 42,000 people.

Bluefields is the ideal point of departure to visit the Monkey point, El Rama, Corn Islands and many other interesting parks and nature reserves, an ideal destination for the nature lover.

The area around Bluefields was never occupied nor explored by the Spanish conquerors due to the thick forests back then present one the whole Atlantic Coast, forcing the Spanish to use the Pacific area to settle down.

The English did not colonize the area officially either. They did, however, ally with existing tribes and promoted the creation of the Mosuitia Worsens, which was subject to the British crown.

If you don't want to fly to Bluefields or have enough time, you go by bus to El Rama; you get the bus in Managua at the Mayorero bus station. The bus can go no further because this is where the road ends and the marsh begins.

From El Rama you must take a small boat that goes down the Escondido River to Bluefields. The complete trip takes about 6 hours by bus and another hour and a half by boat. Total cost is about $15 one way.

Bluefields is Nicaragua's chief Caribbean port, from where hardwood and seafood, mostly shrimp and lobster, are exported.

Bluefields was a rendezvous for English and Dutch buccaneers in the 16th and 17th century and became capital of the British protectorate over the Mosquito Coast in 1678.
 

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