Volcano Mambacho

Thursday was our final day in Granada. During Spanish classes some of us were able to take a tour of the old hospital. It was a very large, beautiful colonial building (spanning several blocks), but now it is crumbling to the ground after only having been closed in the 1990's.


After classes we went on our final excursion to the Volcano Mambacho. This trip was quite different than our other volcano trip. Mambacho is not really active and is covered in rain forest. We climbed closed to the summit at 3,500 feet in an old Mercedes army transport vehicle. We hiked for an hour around one of the crater rims. While the views were non-existent due to the clouds, the forest, plants and flowers were very impressive. On the way down we stopped for a canopy tour. Porter and Gianni flew through 2 kilometers of canopy on 17 zip lines. The two of them had an incredible time! The rest of the group enjoyed free coffee grown on the volcano and conversation.


Back at Casa Xalteva, we said our goodbyes. Emma and Jasmine took dance lessons one more time. We all went home to say goodbye to our families. Photos of the day start here.