Lodging & Kayak in Mérida, Ometepe Island : El Caballito del Mar

El Caballito del Mar – Accomodation & Kayak tours

Kayaks - El Caballito del Mar - Mérida, Ometepe Island, NicaraguaMérida, Isla de Ometepe (Map)
Phone (main) : +505 88 42 61 20
Phone (other) : +505 84 51 20 93
ferliri@hotmail.com
www.travel-smart.info/el-caballito-del-mar

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Fernando - El Caballito del Mar - Mérida, Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
Fernando at El Caballito del Mar – March 2014

Tired of working in Spain, his home country, Fernando went to explore many parts of Nicaragua in 2006. When he arrived to Ometepe Island, he discovered the village of Mérida, and a particular place where passes the “river” Istian that connects the eastern and the western parts of the island.

Fernando went fishing on the river and discovered lots of Caymens, Tortugas, Monkeys, Iguanas and even the rare bird Martin Pescador.

He also realized that this amazing paradise was totally unknown and thus very hard for travellers to see it. With his associate, Luis Adolfo, who is native of Mérida, they decided to create this amazing project of El Cabillito del Mar offering to travellers from around the world to go kayaking all along el Rio Istian, and also offering them an amazing place to stay, to eat and to drink 😉 of course, in a wonderful atmosphere.

Accommodation

El Caballito del Mar offers a total of 3 rooms:

  • Dorm (4 beds): 6$.
  • Private room (double bed and two single beds): 18$.
  • Cabaña (double bed and single bed, private bathroom, hot water): 30$.

The dorm and the private rooms have shared bathrooms.

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Live and work abroad – Guatemala

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Living and working in Guatemala

Business card Hotels-marketing

I have been living and working in Guatemala for 2 months now. It seems crazy but in reality, opportunities (and needs!) corresponding to your skills exist all over the planet! Trust your self, know your strengths, connect with locals and travelers and simply go! 😀

My business cardI work as a consultant for Hotels-Marketing, a tourism & hospitality firm built by my great friend Nadim, now exporting our services to Central-America.

More related to travel writing and photography, I work with a local tour guides association, writing their website in French, English and Spanish, plus following them in their excursions to take pictures and videos. 

Business management, accounting, marketing, online positioning & customer services are managed way differently by the tourism and hospitality industry here in Guatemala. Many businesses, hotels & tourism organizations don’t have a website yet and their staff don’t speak English either. People simply live day to day, doing their best to feed the family at night.

One of our clients in Guatemala is a charming hotel & restaurant on Lake Atitlán shores,  the Mikaso. We’re managing their online marketing, selling rooms online, we’ve put a booking system in place and given the staff tools & training to better organize and manage their bookings and operations.

View from Hotel Mikaso's room on lake Atitlan - Guatemala
View from Hotel Mikaso’s room

With so many tourists coming from Europe, USA and Canada, Central America’s countries surely need help in business development and management, especially online! So if you’re in that field, and looking to live and go abroad, get out there! (or contact me for any questions;))Continue reading “Live and work abroad – Guatemala”