"I hate guided tours, those sheepish outings on which you trail through streets following a barking man or woman waving a flag. A tour with a guide is a different thing altogether

I’ve just returned from 10 days in Nicaragua, where I spent most of my waking hours in the company of a man named Juan Carlos Mendoza. He was the perfect ambassador for his country: sharp-eyed, informed, entertaining, and with that knack of knowing when to sketch in background and when to let the place speak for itself"

Michael Kerr - Deputy Travel Editor
The Daily Telegraph UK - May 16, 2007
Mentioned in his personal blog about his experience with
Juan Carlos Mendeza during his research trip to Nicaragua in 2007

Careli Tour guides will take the hassle out of your travel. They will provide educational information, insight into the Nicaragua history and culture. Tourism is new in Nicaragua however our guides receive every year training sessions; 2007 for example was focus on good practices. We are also helping them to develop on different areas of specialization such as birds, botany, herpetology, etc..

Juan Carlos Mendoza - Senior Tour guide

With Nicaragua's  Tour  Guide  License # 1,  is well known among the new generations of tour guides as the father and mentor. He is a born birdwatcher and spiritual  hiker of Nicaraguan Volcanoes. He is constantly looking for new information on birds & nature. His eager of information, keeps the rest of team  busy! He is a  key person when developing products and  together  with Lourdes, they are pure dynamite checking out new places…Juan Carlos started with Careli Tours in 1993 and along with Bismark (senior driver) are the original dream team in tourism.
He is  a very disciplined and Knowledgeable person. When his daughter Carlita was born he spoke to her only in English and now that she is high school student, she already speaks fluent English and her goals in life are to follow her father's steps or maybe be a general manager in a company.

Henry Sequeira - History & Culture Expert

Henry is a 6’3 feet walking encyclopedia for the history and cultural facts of Nicaragua. He is a good resource of worldwide latest news. He also speaks English & French. Therefore our Nicaraguan ambassador for the French speaking clients as well. Henry entered Careli as a young single man, we saw him dating, getting married (the entire office went to the wedding). Now is so nice to see him in his new role of father.  His son is only 2 years old but he is already familiar with the office.
Henry  is a big fan of New York Yankees. On his future plans, he definitely want to see Rome (guess why? History!) And to watch a game of his favorite baseball team

Guillerno Rocha well known as Rocha

He studied computer science. In 1994 started working for Foster Parents Plan International Nicaragua by 2000 with ORMAT (Geothermal Power Plant in Momotombo Volcano) activity that created him an interest in volcano activities. When ORMAT project ended in 2002 Rocha heard about Careli Tours training process for tour guides and applied for it. The rest is history…

As of now, he takes care of our clients from all over the world and enjoy very  much visiting the volcanoes, doing the canopy, been in contact with the nature. His hobbies are going to cinema with his wife, keeping up today with software. He is passionate about Nicaragua and hopes to keep sharing his knowledge and the beauties of Nicaragua with many more travelers.

Edgard Balladares

Edgar has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2000 he attended a written announcement placed by the Nicaragua Tourist Board in a major local News paper looking for future talents in tourism. He attended and later qualified and became a certified tour guide. Since that time he has been involved in the activity full time. He is passionate about History, Politics and wildlife. He is always eager for information about natural history, so if you are a biologist we are sure, he will appreciated your feedback. He speaks English & Portuguese. Although he never talks about marriage as a good single man, we think is already having thoughts about it. His hobbies are: reading, web surfing, going to see the latest movies, pool and loves to see the Discovery Channel

Aura Mungia