rivers | guidebooks | forums | tips | otherHere are the known runs in Nicaragua. Rivers with a write-up on this site will be link-highlighted in your browser. For the season data, best months are in green, marginal months in red. Times are average for experienced kayakers. For a different country, click here: Chiapas Guatemala Belize Honduras El Salvador.
| region | river | class | length/time | rafts? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH | Coco, Somoto Canyon | IV- | 16km/3:00 | yes |
| season: Jun-Aug, Sep-Oct | Coco, above Ocotal | III | 32km/4:00 | yes |
| Coco, from Ocotal | II | 35km/6:00 | yes | |
| Coco, fr Telpaneca | IV | up to 53km/10:00 | yes | |
| San Fernando | IV | 5.5km/1:30 | no | |
| Jalapa | III | 22km/3:30 | no | |
| Poteca | III | 24km/4:00 | no | |
| EAST | Cuá | III | 15km/2.5hrs | no |
| season: Jun-Aug, Sep-Oct, | Bocay | II | up to 31km/5hrs | yes |
| Nov-Dec | Tuma, upper | III+ | 5km/1:00 | yes |
| Jiguina | IV | 11.5km/2:30 | no | |
| Yasica | IV | 15km/3:00 | no | |
| Tuma, main | IV | 13km/2:00 | yes | |
| Tuma, lower | III+ | 121km/many hrs | yes | |
| Bijao, upper | III | 13km/3:00 | no | |
| Bijao, lower | IV- | 12km/2:30 | no | |
| Babaska | III+ | 10km/3:00 | no | |
| Waslala | IV+ | 14km/4-5hrs | no | |
| Yaosca | III | 13km/1:30 | no | |
| Grande de Matagalpa, middle | III | 30+km/4.5 hrs | yes | |
| Grande de Matagalpa, lower | III | up to 450km | yes | |
| WEST | Gausaule, upper | IV | 7km/1:30 | no |
| season: Jun-Aug, Sep-Oct | Gausaule, lower | III | 15km/2:00 | yes |
| El Gallo, upper | IV | 12km/3:00 | no | |
| El Gallo, middle | IV | 12km/2:00 | no | |
| El Gallo, lower | II | 9km/1:30 | no | |
| Negro, upper | IV | 16km/6:00 | no | |
| Negro, lower | III | 23km/4:00 | yes | |
| Achuapita | IV | 29km/6:00 | no | |
| Grande, upper | V | 12km/7:00 | no | |
| Grande, middle | IV | 16km/4:00 | no | |
| Grande, lower | III | 29km/5:00 | yes | |
| Portillo | III | 9km/1:30 | yes | |
| Viejo Santa Barbara | IV | 12.5km/4:00 | no | |
| Viejo | III | 20km/3:00 | yes |
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