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Nicaragua: Central America’s Best-Kept Luxury Secret
While luxury travelers have long defaulted to Costa Rica, Nicaragua is emerging as the region’s most authentic, undiscovered luxury frontier, and Nekupe’s private 1,800-acre reserve is at the center of it
Riding the Reserve: Seeing Nekupe on Horseback
Some parts of Nekupe are best seen from the saddle. This piece follows the reserve’s horseback riding program — from first-timer loops to longer rides through dry tropical forest, and makes the case for why horseback remains one of the most direct ways to experience the land.
More Than a Retreat: Why Nekupe Calls Itself a Reserve
Nekupe isn’t built around guests first and land second, it’s the reverse. This piece looks at what it actually means to call a property a “private reserve,” from active land stewardship to the ranger team that keeps its wildlife sightings reliable rather than lucky.
How Nekupe Rebuilt a Damaged Nicaraguan Landscape
Before Nekupe existed, this land had been eroded by decades of agricultural use. Discover how the founders worked with local ecologists to rebuild it — planting over 100,000 native trees and creating a protected wildlife sanctuary that’s home to 158 plant species today.
The Spa Built the Same Way Everything Else at Nekupe Was Built
Nekupe’s spa is built into the mountaintop, not added onto it: salt room, steam room, and open-air treatment areas. But the real distinction is behind the scenes: every masseuse was trained personally by the founders, then further refined by a globally renowned wellness expert flown in for intensive training
The Kitchen That Cooks for You, Not for a Table
At Nekupe, there’s no fixed menu, the kitchen builds every meal around the guest, accommodating allergies, kosher, and Jain diets.
The Best Mango You’ll Ever Eat Is Growing at Nekupe
Most mangos have had a long journey before they reach you. At Nekupe, they haven’t gone anywhere. Grown on the property, ripened on the tree, and served the same morning — this is what a mango tastes like when it’s actually ready.
Where Every Generation Finds Their Thing
At Nekupe, three generations can arrive together and spend the day completely apart — each finding exactly what they came for. ATV trails, yoga platforms, horseback riding, shooting clays, total stillness. The reserve has room for all of it.
From Bare Land to Bloom: How Pitahaya (Dragon Fruit) Came to Grow at Nekupe
Before pitahaya could grow at Nekupe, the land had to heal. Discover the reforestation story behind our farm-to-table dragon fruit — and why it tastes like nowhere else in Nicaragua.
The People Who Make Nekupe Feel Like Home
Behind every effortless stay at Nekupe is a team who notices the details guests never have to ask for. Meet the housekeeping team that makes Nekupe feel like home