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Volcán Masaya

hike | 2023-01-10
632 m altitude, 189 m prominence, 6.85 km isolation

The shuttle takes us from Managua to Liberia in Costa Rica, but we have plenty of time, a couple of hours drive and not much to do the rest of the day. So we look at the map and see a tourist sign for the Parque Nacional Volcán Masaya. There is also a small peak (P189) called Volcán Masaya. The plan is obvious, we stop and hike to the top and around one of the craters.

Volcán Masaya is an active volcano
Volcan continuously emits large amounts of sulphur dioxide gas from the active Santiago crater
Santiago crater from higher up

We bought tickets at the entrance, but the ranger at the car park told us it was too early for a walk and that we had the wrong tickets for the summit. He and his manager think for a while, call someone and we agree to give him money and he will buy the right tickets for us. Uhh… green light, now we can walk to the top.

San Fernando is an inactive crater and is the one we walk around
We take an easy, well-maintained path to the top
View from the summit

At 9am we seem to be the only visitors in the park. A wide tarmac road leads us to the summit. We want to go around the San Fernando crater and go straight down from the slope. Wrong decision… a ranger comes out of the bushes and tells us to go around. We do so. The rest of the trail has nice views of the park landscapes, but almost no views of the volcano or crater. Still, it was a nice and relaxed morning walk that we enjoyed.

Beautiful landscapes of the Parque Nacional Volcán Masaya
Masaya Lagoon in the background
Vegetation on volcanic rock
Santiago crater walls
An impressive smoking hole at the bottom of the crater.

As we leave the park, the ranger tells us he will meet us in the evening. Not sure how it works, but i guess the ticket includes an evening walk, as lots of people come to see the red lava glow. We will do that next time, now we are off to Liberia in Costa Rica and tomorrow we will try to climb Volcán Miravalles.


Volcán Masaya 632 m altitude
189 m prominence
6.85 km isolation
Ranges Central America Ranges - Central Central America
Countries/regions Nicaragua – Masaya
Distance 1.00 km up 2.90 km down
Elevation 81 m gain 81 m loss
Time
0h15 up
0h05 other
0h35 down
0h55 total
Trailhead 549 m altitude 11.9867770, -86.1665000
Links GPX trail
  • Central America 2023
  • « Volcán Maderas
  • Nicaragua »

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TRIPS

2023
West Africa 2023 II
Iberian Peninsula 2023
West Africa 2023
Central America 2023
2022
Andes 2022
Northwest Europe 2022
Malay Archipelago III 2022
Malay Archipelago II 2022
Anatolia Mountains 2022
Iberian Peninsula 2022
Atlas Mountains 2022

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839 km walked, 65 247 m climbed

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