LUXURY RESORTS: Mukul, Rivas, Nicaragua
LUXURY RESORTS: Mukul, Rivas, Nicaragua Once upon a time Nicaragua was all about eco adventure for the bohemian and back-packing but the times are a-changing. Now Nicaragua may well be the newest destination on luxury experiential (to coin a buzz word) travellers' lips. At the forefront of the change is the just opened Mukul Beach Golf & Spa, the first true luxury resort in the country. Eco-warriors carrying Vuitton luggage should put Mukul , which means 'secret' in a local Mayan dialect,on their Must Do list. The green-resort includes a beach club, restaurant, a spa and a David McLay Kidd designed golf course (he designed Bandon Dunes and the Castle Course in St. Andrews). The 37 private villas nestle like tree houses on the cliffs, or hug the beach and the wild sand grass at its edge.If you can drag yourself from your balcony or that sublime spa, try special Mukul experiences. These include exploring one of the 300 plus volcanic islands in the private Pellas yacht a and visit to the Paellas family's Cocibolca Lake House. 'El Descanso'- or 'resting place'; which has been in the family since 1930. It has an idyllic lakeside setting and views of colonial Granada. Or you could try a more extreme approach to a volcanic experience by taking a helicopter tour to Cerro Negro Volcano, where a one-hour hike up the side ends with an slid back down ashboarding, which is similar to snowboarding, only messier, especially if you fall.




Find what brings you joy and go there. Jan Phillips
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