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1 changeabout 2 h 45 minSomoto
Sébaco
Change in Sébaco: the bus to Matagalpa is passing through. Wait for it at the roadside stop.
Matagalpa
There is no direct bus: you change in Sébaco. The whole trip takes about 2 h 45 min.
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Journey time
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Somoto
Sébaco
Change in Sébaco: the bus to Matagalpa is passing through. Wait for it at the roadside stop.
Matagalpa
Somoto
Estelí
Change in Estelí: ask at the terminal for the bus to Matagalpa.
Matagalpa
Worked out from each leg's timetable plus time to change buses. Confirm at the terminal.
Places worth seeing when you arrive.
A cloud-forest reserve you can hike up from downtown, with views over the whole city.
A coffee farm and cloud-forest reserve on the Jinotega road, with trails and cabins.
Tells how coffee built the region, and a good place to taste local coffee.
A waterfall about 15 metres high at km 147 of the La Dalia road; a short trail leads behind the water to a cave.
Do you run a restaurant, guesthouse or tour in Matagalpa?
Show up here, right where travellers plan their arrival.
We don't have a confirmed fare yet. Ask at the terminal or the conductor on the bus.
About 2 h 45 min, depending on the type of bus and traffic.
It leaves from Terminal de Buses de Somoto.
The first leaves at 4:00 AM and the last at 2:30 PM.
No. Take the bus to Sébaco and change there. Each leg and its times are on this page.