During the time of the Spanish colony, San Juan de Norte was an important trading point. By the 19th century, the British got their control and turned it into a thriving city called Greytown, with intense traffic and port activity, housing banks and casinos. It was then that the idea of a channel that linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean emerged, using the flow of the San Juan River, but the project was not completed; however, the only dredger remaining from these works can now be seen and a strait that is thought could also be part of the plan of an interoceanic route.
The wars between sandinistas and contras in the 1980s caused fires and the disappearance of the old Greytown, and by the 1990s the inhabitants rebuilt the town a short distance to the north. Nowadays, the former location of the town houses some vestiges that include four cemeteries where you can still see the graves of Spaniards, British, Americans, and even a German consul.
Thanks to the hydrography of San Juan del Norte, fishing is one of the main business and tourist activities of the town, where sport fishing tours at sea and the river are available, as well as to the Blue Lagoon, whose warm waters surrounded by palm trees are ideal for relaxing and swimming, or you can go kayaking into the tributary river. Taking a tour of the Indio River you can reach the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, a jungle area that is home to multiple species such as sloths, jaguars, monkeys, birds, turtles, crocodiles, and manatees, among others. The guides within the reserve are the Rama Indians, who can show you the beauties of the place and offer you a unique experience by spending the night in the jungle in cabins where they used to live. From the town you can also reach by foot to a protected area that connects to this reserve, where you will find wooded trails to see birds, frogs, and even deer.
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