Monkey Hut lodge, as viewed from below, coming up from the water. It has rooms on both levels, and the balcony on the 2nd floor over looks the lake, and has hammocks, tables, and is a big hangout area in the evenings.
Laguna de Apoyo is the result of a volcanic eruption that happened over 21 thousand years ago, and is considered the largest one to occur in Nicaragua over the last one hundred thousand years. It has a diameter of 6 kilometers and a depth estimated at 200 meters.
The name of the Laguna of Apoyo comes from the Dirian word for the flavor of its water, Alt- poyec, or salt water. The Spanish colonist Oviedo visited the lake in 1529 and indicated the salinity of its water, and according to his writings, there existed an "abundant fishing advantage in flavor and number compared to the fish of all the other lagoons".
The forest that surrounds Laguna de Apoyo is comprised of many precious trees that provide accommodations for the abundant natural fauna: howler monkeys, white-faced monkeys, armadillos, guatusas, raccoons, pizotes, deer, jaguars, magpies, zanates, golden orioles, saltapiñuelas, güises, chichiltotes, sensontles, guardabarrancos, among many others. The water of Laguna de Apoyo contains guapotes and the mojarra flecha, whose scientific name is cichlasoma zaliosum, a unique species in the world.
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