Visit Finca Esperanza Verde
Finca Esperanza Verde (Green Hope Farm) Ecolodge, Organic Coffee Farm and Nature Preserve, is a cool, green and tranquil paradise located in the lush mountains of central Nicaragua. You will find beautiful sunsets, peaceful moments, delicious food, as well as educational and recreational activities. The farm, ecolodge and nature reserve run by local staff offers comfortable lodging for 28 guests, shade-grown organic coffee, rain forest walks over well marked trails and other natural wonders. Finca Esperanza Verde is a sustainable tourism project owned by Sister Communities of San Ramón, Nicaragua, a non-profit 501 c 3 organization run by volunteers in the U.S. All income stays in San Ramón, providing an environmentally-friendly source of income for local people and financial resources for community projects.
While supporting a rural Nicaraguan community, you can enjoy:
- A butterfly house & breeding project
- Organic shade-grown coffee cultivation
- Solar-electricity and hot water
- Waterfalls and interpretive hiking trails
- Over 150 species of birds, numerous orchids and medicinal plants
- Jungle treks to see howler monkeys
- Majestic 100 km. mountain views
- Spring-fed, certified, potable water supply
- Yoga and Nia classes
FEV in Oprah Magazine
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Zucchino, writes about his trip to FEV in the UU World, Fall, 2011.
The rutted road continues up a lush mountainside, past banana plants heavy with fruit and tree canopies inhabited by howler monkeys and sloths, to an outpost high in the rain forest. Carved out of the mountain 4,000 feet up, the setting offers spectacular views of the Dariense mountain range and the green valley far below.
FEV featured in latest Audubon Magazine
“Excerpted from “Gold Standard,” by T. Edward Nickens. First published in Audubon, May-June 2011. © 2011 by the National Audubon Society “Eduardo, toucan! Vienen aqui!” Come here! Omar Quintero’s pleas jolt me back to focus. I’m beat. Late yesterday, Smalling and I drove south from El Jaguar’s misty cloudforests toward Managua, past beneficios where coffee [...]