An immense emerald filled with wildlife… beautiful… exotic... mysterious! This is the Great Biological Río Indio-Maiz on the southeast coast of Nicaragua.

More than 2.640 km2 of luxurious vegetation, rivers, canals and lagoons palpitating with vitality, guarded as a sanctuary of impressive beauty.

This world monument of natural life was created by means of a Government Decree in April 1990, as a vital area for the conservation of the environment and its biodiversity, the protection of natural resources and the development of eco-tourism.

The Wildlife Refuge "Río San Juan" is located here and among many other functions cares for rescued animals and supervises their reintroduction into their natural habitat, thus returning to nature what was once taken away.

Because of its location in the Caribbean Rain Forest, conditions permit the proliferation of a vast number of terrestrial and aquatic species. There is an infinite range of plants, flowers and trees of enormous interest to naturalists, scientist and simply all those who wish to admire all the beauty remaining for us on this Earth.