Selva Negra Eco Lodge and Coffee Estate

Country:

Nicaragua

Zone:

Mountain

Description

Selva Negra Eco Lodge and Coffee Estate is a nature lover's destination, not only do we offer the pristine rainforest with wonderful bird-watching, including the quetzal and the three-waddled bell bird, wildlife spotting includes an impressive list of reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds. We also offer the best in sustainable and organic living. Located within the sustainable farm, the restaurant offers a large portion of the food from within our estate, and guests are invited to take a tour of our impressive operation. The Selva Negra Estate tour is the best way to learn of the many sustainable works and fascinating integration that makes Selva Negra a special and unique place. Starting at the eco lodge with it’s over 300 acres of nature reserve, solar water heaters, unique mountain chapel and organic food products served at the restaurant and produced at the estate. Following to the coffee estate with it’s multiple reuse and sustainable efforts that make it a model coffee farm where nothing is wasted and every waste product is used to a benefit. Such as the reuse of coffee wastewater to generate methane gas, the compost production from the coffee pulp and the kitchen fueled by coffee husk. The tour will also guide you through some of the many projects at the farm including free range pig raising, intensive cattle ranching, sausage and cheese production areas, compost and vermiculture production, organic laboratory, poultry production, as well as the methane gas generation from both human and farm animal excretes.

Location

Selva Negra Ecolodge and Coffee Estate is located in the highlands of Nicaragua, approximately 2 hours from the Managua International Airport. Selva Negra is situated on the Cordillera Isabella in the northern portion of the central mountain range in Nicaragua. The Estate consists of over 1000 acres broken up in thirds with rainforest nature reserve, shade coffee plantation and sustainable farm.

Advice to our visitors

To get full value our of a vacation at Selva Negra, we recommend: a good pair hiking shoes, pants you don't mind getting muddy, binoculars, a good book, an open mind and the time and patience to fully appreciate the nature that surrounds you.

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