The Mosquito Coast is Nicaragua's eastern coast, plus a little bit of Honduras' coastline as well. It's named after the Miskito Indians, native to that area. It includes over two hundred miles of Caribbean Sea coastline. There are still Miskito Indians living there, and the total population of the strip of land is over one hundred thousand. Just over half of these are Miskito Indians. There are also indigenous Rama people living on the Mosquito Coast, but the popultion is very low, with fewer than one thousand members of the Rama society. To get to the interior of the Mosquito Coast, you'll need a sense of adventure and lots of bug spray. Take a canoe trip to navigate the waterways that wind throughout the dense jungle. Here's where you'll find the Rama people, living on small islands on the waterways of the interior coastline.
Mosquito Coast has much area under protection and preservation. There are a total of five protected areas alone in the Mosquito Coast, including the large and diverse Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. The area is so green and diverse it's often called "Little Amazon". There are over two hundred species of trees alone within this one reserve.
