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Iguana Beach, located in South Western Nicaragua, is the ultimate surf destination. Iguana Beach offers all of the amenities of a major resort combined with two world-class surf spots.
Why stay at a surf camp when you can live in luxury and have the best surf in Nicaragua right outside your back door?
Iguana beach is a prime location for all travelers to Nicaragua. It offers luxury accommodations on a beautiful mile long stretch of white sand beach with picturesque headlands at both ends of the beach. There are activities for all types of people to enjoy including surfing, sunbathing on the beach or by the pool, golfing, fishing, hiking, or just relaxing in the shade with a good book.
Accomodations:
The condo is a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom unit with a pullout couch that sleeps up to 6 people. Both bedrooms have two twin beds that can be joined to form a king-sized bed at your request.
The condo at Iguana beach is exactly the type of condo you would expect to stay in if you went to any high class resort. The condo has 3 zones for A/C, is fully furnished and stocked with all the amenities you need.
The floors are Spanish tile throughout, with granite counter tops, and hard wood cabinets. The furnishings are classy and the beds are comfortable. The bathrooms are spacious, and provide hot water with plenty of water pressure.
The pool is over 40 feet long and is literally feet from the white sand beach.
It has a depth of 6 feet at one end and has a shallow portion for small childeren that is only about one foot deep.
The condos have lovely balconies overlooking the pool and the ocean.
A maid service is available to clean the floors, do the dishes, change the sheets, and provide you with bottled water. Everything you would expect from a maid service at a luxury hotel.
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If you're one of the two million Americans who surf regularly, then Rancho Santana should be on your destination list. Some experts rank Nicaragua's Pacific surf as the best in Central America - and Rancho Santana is in the heart of the action.
At Rancho Santana, surfers will find breaks ranging from hollow, A-frame breaks, to classic point breaks, to ruler-edged tubes and outer reef breaks. The surf at Rancho Santana benefits from the offshore winds that occur 330 days per year in southwest Nicaragua. The winds are accelerated across Nicaragua by the absence of mountains in the southwest region and by the presence of Lake Nicaragua to the east. As the NE winds sweep across the country toward the Pacific, they blow straight into the oncoming swells, creating clean hollow lines and almond shaped barrels-nearly every day of the year. And the wind blows all day long, affording the surfer with multi-session surf days.
Deep water swells range from 3 feet to 5 feet with bigger swells of 6 feet to 8 feet occurring regularly, and sometimes up to 15 foot swells, especially from March through November. December through February is less consistent, but during the calm months fun surf can still be found on most days. And because Nicaragua is still surfing's best kept secret, surfers at Rancho Santana enjoy these big, persistent waves all to themselves.
Two of the beaches at Rancho Santana - Santana Beach and Playa Rosada - are ranked as top surf spots in southwestern Nicaragua. Santana Beach features an A-frame beach break. Here the wave bounces off the rock sending perfect left wedges. If you're up for a little more excitement, Playa Rosada offers a challenging left point break. This break can be insane and is not a ride for beginners.
To the south of Playa Los Perros surfers have access to two reknowned breaks.
Panga Drops is a sand reef point that breaks right and left several hundred yards from the beach. You can see it down the beach on the left from Los Perros beach parking area. This rolling wave with its almond shaped curl is fun for intermediate and beginner surfers because it's slower and more forgiving. When the swell is very small, Panga Drops will produce a rideable wave where other breaks cannot. In contrast, it also can hold large swells but they can be difficult to catch because the peak tends to shift around. Be prepared to do a lot of paddling and watch out for that occasional clean-up set. It's generally better at low tide but ride able at all tides. Although it appears to be all sand, there are some hidden rocks on the inside area that can be hazardous at extremely low tides.
Rancho Santana residents and guests can arrange board rentals and surf lessons with the concierge.
2 bedroom casita w/ fully equipped kitchen with dining room and living room cable TV & stereo, 600 acres of wilderness as preserves, Nature trails for hiking, Horseback riding on the beach or hills, Boating in nearby villages, fishing, Yoga Classes, Surf Lessons, Basket ball court, Tennis Court, Soccer field, Kayaking, Bicycling, Massage, Fine Ocean front Restaurant and Bar, Commercial centre with a grocery store, gift shop, internet café, gourmet cigar & wine shop and 2 pools.
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