Anyone have advice on Bosawas Reserve that is current?

[jedleonard]

I am returning to Nicaragua in December for approx 3 months and am planning, as part of the trip, a 10 day +/- visit to the Bosawas Reserve starting out from the west. Anyone done it that is on this site? Anyone recommend a guide or agency that will take on this trip.
  I have used Matagalpa tours in the past for other trips but they have not responded to an earlier e-mail on the subject. I have also used Tierra Tours but I think this will be a little too far off the beaten track for their clientele.

[Joshua Berman]

This is the closest anyone's come in this forum: http://www.gotonicaragua.com/forum/index.php/topic,1444.0.html
Mupitara may have some answers for you.

[Papatara]

You need to be a bit more specific about what you want to see and do. Are you looking for a river ride, jungle expedition, cultural experience, or something else? Are you planning to travel alone, or, with a group? Frankly, one way or another travel in BOSAWAS is expensive and places the traveller at some risk because the conditions can be perilous and an accident means that the victim is far from support!

I made a 5-day river trip from Wiwilí to Waspam in 2000 (not counting the time to get to and from those towns). It was certainly exciting, but, just the travel time on the river left me with little time to visit in communities and none to explore the jungle. And, my itinerary did not allow me to include more than a one-day side trip (to Amaka on the Rio Cua-Bocay).

I travelled in a small and fast runabout rather than the usual large wooden dugout (generally known as a batú). A batú is much slower than a runabout. But, batús are the normal mode for transport in the region and are much less expensive for travel. While the NGO that took me along for this ride owned its own runabout and operated it along this route, I´m not sure if anyone actually operates a runabout for hire in the section of the Wangki (Rio Coco) where rapids occur between Rio Cua Bocay and Asang.

Right now I have a gentleman from INTUR (specializes in sport fishing) and also the wihta tara (big chief) from Li Lamni (one of the indian territories in BOSAWAS visiting me at Hotel Papatara. The INTUR specialist told me that he is planning a fishing trip to Wiwilí in the near future. I´ll ask them if they can provide some help. The wihta tara and I have been planning a possible expedition in the jungles near Asang.