About 45 km away

You should be able to negotiate a tour of any length. The guides seem more than happy to make a little more money.

depende del tour operador y de la talla del grupo. Pero hay mucha offertas- baratear posible.

You bring US. You can change your money at the bank or exchange from street corner vendors, they're pretty much at the same rate as banks. ATM's will give out one or the other, local or US.

The guides will help you in and out of the boat but they are pretty steep. There aren't many of them though, maybe ten steps or so on each isleta. It wasn't a physical excursion at all.

Hi Daniel, It's pretty hot and humid, I was there in April and I spent a lot of time sweating! Around the lake there is a nice breeze and if you're in the shade it is bearable but in direct sunlight walking around with your heavy backpack on it is pretty intense! Just be prepared to sweat a lot as it is definitely humid! Hope that helps?

Siento no poder dar más información, ya que no se trataba de ninguna tour operadora. Lo que quiero que se entienda con mi comentario es que recomiendo ir andando en dirección al lago e ir comparando las diferentes ofertas que seguro te encuentras por el camino. Mi sensación, y no se me hace raro, es que cuanto más cerca del lago contrates la barca, más barato será.

You can do the islets boat tour and a horse and carriage ride to see the entire city in one day (you still would have time to walk around). The boat tour takes about 1 1/2 hours. The carriage ride we had was about 2 hours. We had a tour guide from Favio Express- Carlos. He was detailed and very punctual. We arrived in Granada on a Monday afternoon from Managua. Carlos dropped is to the hotel to change. We grabbed a quick bite to eat. Then we did a coffee tour on Mombacho. After that we headed down to take the tour of the islets. It was about 4:45/5pm'ish. Tuesday we did a 2 hour horse and carriage ride around the city with stopping at several locations for tours of museums with our tour guide. We had lunch on our own and walked around the Cathedral & Park. in the afternoon we did a tour of Mombacho Cigars which was about an hour. We left the cigar factory and headed to the choco museum to take a chocolate making class! We had the best 2 hours there laughing, learning and making chocolate! In the evening we just hung out near our hotel (Hotel Dario) at all the great cafes and restaurants on the street. We originally only planned on 2 days Granada but we had a few plan changes and stayed a 3rd day. We had Carlos take us to Omtempe Island. Which was amazing! It was worth it to see the volcanos and all the birds!!! This was a full 8-9 hour day. We headed up north to Esteli for the rest of our trip. Next year it is Costa Rica, San Juan Del Sur and Leon for us! So you will have to let us know how Leon does for you! Hope this helps!