Nicaragua Tourism Promotes Rum, Coffee & Cigars

Nicaragua Tourism in promoting tours to its northern region emphasizing the process, communities and livelihood behind some of the region’s leading exports: coffee, rum and tobacco.

New travel routes throughout Nicaragua’s northern region allow tourists to visit the fields and factories where locally grown coffee beans, sugar cane and tobacco leaves are transformed into products.

Coffee lovers can learn about coffee in a variety of ways in Nicaragua, whether visiting a farm to pick beans, staying at a plantation-based property, or stopping at one of the many cafes that allow tourists to sample and purchase the product. Coffee has been produced in Nicaragua since the 1800s, with significant growth in recent years.

While visiting the Selva Negra coffee farm and hotel in Matagalpa, travelers can sample fresh-grown coffee, made to order in this 31-room, boutique Swiss-style property located in Nicaragua’s northern mountainous region.

Nicaragua’s cigar exports are growing faster than any other cigar-producing country. According to experts, the success is tied to the country’s notable tobacco leaf and rich soils. Much like wine, different regions in Nicaragua allow for an excellent variety of distinctive tasting cigars.