Iguana Beach is located approximately 15 kilometers west of Tola and approximately two and a half hours from the Managua International Airport. Iguana Beach is just under an hours drive from San Juan Del Sur.



Starting at the Intercontinental Managua Hotel in Managua:

  1. Take Carretera Masaya South, you'll go through Masaya
  2. In Masaya take a right towards Catarina, this part of the road is a bit of a climb. You'll end up in Catarina, where you keep going straight.
  3. When you get to Volcan Mombacho (you'll see it) take a right on the fork in the road, that will take you to Nandaime.
  4. When you get to Nandaime take a left in the fork, that takes you to Rivas.
  5. Just before you get to Rivas (it is around kilometer 112) there is a sign for Tola, take a right there, you will be heading West.
  6. From Tola continue west on the gravel road to the gate of Hacienda Iguana (15 kilometers or about 50 minutes). There's a huge Mango tree just before the entrance. Here you'll see the first Rancho Santana sign. All you have to do is follow the Santana signs and that will take you to Iguana. Iguana is about 6 km. before Santana, (and about 15 km from the start of the dirt road). You will see two yellow security cabins and a wooden gate.

Give yourself about 2.5 - 3 hours driving time. The total distance is 135 km.