Just to the north of San Juan del Sur and the headland which features the Christ statue, you’ll find Nascacolo Bay. There’s a narrow walking path to it from the Chocolata Road.
At low tide you can hike north of Nascacolo Bay along the shoreline, and if you have a minus tide and start out two hours before the tide starts coming back in, and you take enough water, and your hiking legs are strong enough, you will reach a cave.
John and I have done this rocky, sandy hike three times in the past year and timed it well enough once to make it all of the way to the cave. The past two times we got really close before the incoming tide made us turn back before it was too late. But despite not making it to the cave, the hike was still pinching-yourself fabulous.
And it is also really tiring. The neighbor’s very-fit dogs that joined us on this last hike barely moved during the rest of the day, nor did they move much the day after. For that matter, John and I barely moved either. And I won’t name names but a friend told me recently that when she did the hike she got so tired that she swam out to a panga and hitched a ride back.
It must be something about the sun. And the rocks. And the sand. And the sea.
Cesar Paniamogan Jr. recommends that you NOT wear flip flops, although he made it in them just fine. And surprisingly, luckily, they didn’t break.
And you definitely want to wear a swimsuit because there’s a perfect swimming beach cove along the way. Kathleen Brugger dove right in.
We saw one fisherman briefly from a distance. And a woman with two young kids digging clams when we first started out. But other than that, and some fishermen in a panga in the distance, we didn’t see a soul.
