Getting from La Fortuna, Costa Rica, to Nicaragua is more difficult than it should be. There are two main border posts between the countries. One is on the Pacific side, a long way from La Fortuna, involving buses, hired cars, more buses and insanely early mornings. The other is the much nearer, smaller border village of Los Chiles. The border is actually a few kilometres up the San Juan River, towards the gigantic Lake Nicaragua. The easiest, most convenient and safest, although not cheapest way of crossing the border here is to take the Agua Trails Nicaragua Shuttle Tour. There mini-bus shuttle arrived promptly at 8am to pick us up. They took us to Los Chiles, helped us with the border formalities and then its small launch brought us up the San Juan River, for a
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