Villa Paraiso Hotel, Isla De Ometepe

On the Isla de Ometepe you’re staying in a biosphere reserve – on the world’s largest island in a freshwater lake. With one of its most enticing beaches.

To do absolutely nothing but laze beneath a thatched parasol and watch the waters of the lake lap gently onto the sandy beach? Or to do something? Like take an organised climbing expedition up one of Ometepe’s two volcanoes. Visit the lagoon in Maderas Volcano’s crater. Take a boat to go bird watching on Lake Colcibalca. Ride a horse to El Porvenir to see petroglyphs carved in stone during the pre-Colombian era. Or saunter back along the beach to the bar for an ice-cold beer.

Decisions, decisions. Actually, your best decision was to choose Villa Paraiso as a place to stay on your tailor-made holiday to Nicaragua. It meant you put all the amenities and possibilities of the world’s largest island in a freshwater lake at your feet.