About Lake Apoyo and Norome

A Nicaraguan natural reserve and proposed World Heritage site, Laguna de Apoyo is a wonder of nature. Over 21,000 years ago a large volcanic eruption created this magnificent body of water with a diameter of 6 kilometers and an estimated depth of more than 280 meters (900 feet). The lake's bottom is the deepest geological point in Central America, and it’s pristine water has therapeutic qualities due to abundant quantities of sulfur and minerals.

NOROME PRIVATE RESERVE is situated within a rare and precious tropical dry forest; the most endangered ecosystem in western Central America. In this ecological reserve you will find trees more than one hundred years old that serve as home to howler and white-faced monkeys, porcupines, armadillos, squirrels, sloth, blue jays, toucans, cuckoo birds, guardabarrancos or motmot birds, trogons, iguanas and many others. Norome's aquatic biodiversity is equally impressive with guapotes (a Central American freshwater sea bass) and four endemic species of mojarras (Cichlosoma zaliosum), not found anywhere else in the world. This Reserve has a significant representation of tree diversity with up to 130 species; 161 varieties of butterflies and 140 types of exotic birds.

Norome Resort & Villas officially opened to the public on March 22nd, 2006. Norome blends in magically with this wonder of nature with an architecture that cleverly combines interior comfort with tropical natural exterior. Norome is a gigantic sample of “chameleon architecture” where its 142 bedrooms cannot be seen from the distance due to its complete visual fusion with the canopy. “Norome’s respect for the forest is exemplified by the fact that from most of the bedrooms you can see the lake waters, but magically, from the lake you cannot see the bedrooms!…”. Norome is proud to maintain the most effective and costly environmental program in the region where all waste is duly processed and removed from the entire Lake Apoyo region.

Norome is also proud to be a uniquely Nicaraguan destination. Our handcrafts, garden plants and furniture come from charming towns located a few minutes away from the lake, defining a uniquely Nicaraguan style in all private and public areas of the resort.