The article makes mention of several places we provide info on in Moon Handbook Nicaragua, including Morgans Rock, Domitila, and Finca Esperanza Verde, to mention just a few. And to our great surprise it even describes how to volunteer in Nicaragua.

Ask the locals if Nicaragua will become as Americanised as Costa Rica and they will deny it. Nicas are just too ... well, Nica. And long may they remain so since, for all its natural beauty, it is they that constitute Nicaragua's greatest asset. Warm and welcoming, resilient and resourceful, they are intensely proud of their culture and traditions. As the Nicaraguan government struggles to meet the challenges of deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution and poaching, it has been left to forward-thinking individuals to develop a sustainable tourism industry. There is, of course, a danger that visitors will be "greenwashed" in the scramble for the eco-tourist dollar, but as long as the International Ecotourism Society's definition of eco-tourism ("responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people") is kept in mind, Costa Rican-style excesses such as "eco-car hire" will hopefully be avoided. So go eco to Nicaragua. Go with an open mind and a Spanish dictionary. But go now - before everyone else does.