Useful Honduras Travel Websites
December 9th, 2007 Posted in Cheap Latin America Travel, Destination reports, International living/working
Honduras is one of The World’s Cheapest Destinations, with cheap travel awaiting budget backpackers, adventure seekers, and divers looking for the most scuba time for their dollar.
Roatan may be on its way to becoming another lame cruise ship port, but for now it’s still a Caribbean diving deal and Utila is even better for the bargains. The interior of Honduras is pretty much off the radar completely when it comes to the glossy travel mags, so you can still feel like an explorer there. In researching the upcoming book, Traveler’s Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America (Feb. ‘08), I found a few standout websites that will make your trip planning easier.
The English-language newspaper Honduras This Week maintains a good Web site that will keep you up on local happenings.
Honduras Tips has extensive information on all areas of the country, with thorough hotel listings, including prices, in English and Spanish. It also has the best bus route guide.
If you don’t need glasses now, you probably will after viewing Honduras.com, but it contains plenty of solid information on travel options, some current news, and the weather in Tegucigalpa, Santa Rosa de Copán, Roatán, and La Ceiba.
The Honduras Travel Guide is one traveler’s ad-free labor of love about Honduras, available as a downloadable PDF file as well. The official tourism site is Let’s Go Honduras.
About Utila, an official tourism site, tells you everything you need to know about the island, including all lodging options and registered dive shops.
Roatan OnLine overwhelms you with text, but it offers comprehensive links to hotels and dive shops and has good info on what to do in the area. Travel Roatan is an opinionated homespun site that also has good general information. Roantanet.com is a very commercial site that seems to be trying to break the record for the most keywords per page, but it does have some useful links. For somewhat timely news, see the site for the monthly newspaper Bay Islands Voice.
In the Copan area, a local restaurant owner maintains the useful Santa Rosa de Copán site, with plenty of tips and useful links.
Been to Honduras lately (or live there) and have more suggestions? Put them in the comments below.
[photo from Roatan Sailing Charters]
4 Responses to “Useful Honduras Travel Websites”
By Ron Mader on Dec 10, 2007
Very useful!
I had tried to keep up with Honduras years ago, but getting timely information was a hassle. These are helpful websites and I look forward to reading your book.
By Charlie Meador on Dec 11, 2007
Great list of web sites. If its not on your list consider adding the Bay Islands Diver (http://www.bayislandsdiver.com/) to your list of very informative sites for Roatan.
By Jeff Carruth on Dec 15, 2007
The mainland of Honduras is REALLY coming of age!!
La Ceiba has always been considered the “jewel” of Honduras, and real estate here is being “gobbled-up” at unbelievable prices by Americans!
I got a home right on the beach here for under $75,000! The Caribbean ocean is gorgeous, and the people here are the friendliest I’ve seen in all of central America!
By Sandy on Dec 16, 2007
If you’ve got some money to spend on a short vacation, this site has some detailed hotel reviews of the best places to stay there:
Luxury Honduras Hotels