Telica

Amazing volcan to visit. Easy 45min walk from the parking area (you need a 4x4 car to arrive) Totally recommended to stay untill sunset to appreciate the lava inside the crater. The smell is pretry strong on the top, so it is useful to bring a mask or face cover to avoid the smoke.

Started hiking to this volcano at 6am. A taxi brought me from Leon to the "La Quimera" starting point, a bit behind the Telica village. Taxi was 400 cordoba. The hike was not really difficult, took about 2,5 hours. Nice views along the way, but the best is at the end. The views from the top are wonderful and the crater is enormous. Highly recommended and perfect for a solo hike. Safe and not so difficult. Start very early and the weather is still cool.

Unfortunately the weather was pretty bad when I hiked there so I didn't get to see lava but the sound of eruption is quite amazing. There is also a cave and you can see a lot of fruit bats.

I started at the hervederos and hiked up, which i cannot recommend; the trail (which appears on maps.me) peters out in fields of corn, beans, sugar cane, and wild brush. So the feasibility of that route likely depends on the growing season. When i reached the crater, a man who said he was with the cooperative asked for 100 Córdobas to view the crater. This is separate from the payment at the entrance. Though he disappeared shortly thereafter, and missed the group that arrived after. There are no facilities at the top--only a locked seismography station. The day i arrived, Telica was very gassy, and i could not see much. On clear days, one can see lava in the crater. The crater is marvellous but somewhat unpleasant; it smells like sulfur and is covered in ash, so do not plan to picnic up there. Check out the bat cave not far away and watch the sun set from the northern slope.

We saw lava and a beautiful sunset. The climb is easy, 45 minutes to reach the crater. Sunset is amazing and see lava was awesome. We went with the guys from Quetzaltrekkers Leon.

Amazing hike, that you do not need a tour guide for. Although, I would recommend having a map downloaded as there are a couple trails at the entrance of the hike that can be misleading (just follow the horse poop). Other than the super long dirt road at the beginning, it is a fairly easy hike if you leave early enough in the day. The heat will test you; so bring a sufficient amount of water. It has a very rewarding view that you cannot miss out on. It is a very active volcano so you can’t hang around the top for too long the sulphuric gas had me coughing in less than 10 minutes. Highly recommend this hike, but try to hitch a ride on the dirt road (you will thank me later)!!

Much more impressive in real life versus what I had expected from photos. It's a really big and frightening crater that rumbles loudly. You can hike by yourself either from La Quimera (El Jicarito) or from San Jacinto. Both either reachable by chicken bus or taxi (400 NIO one-way). The hike took us 6-7 hours starting in La Quimera and ending in San Jacinto.

Incredible experience, with a beautiful sunset and sunrise too, the camping area was very beautiful.