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West Bay is one of the most beautiful beaches in the Bay Islands and the best one for snorkeling. There is good reef really close to the shore here. The area near to the rocky headland at the end of the beach is best. Sun beds and snorkeling equipment are for hire on the beach.You can reach West Bay by water taxi from West End.
Tegucigalpa has been the capital of Honduras since 1880. It stands at an altitude of 975m giving it a pleasant micro-climate. The downtown area around Plaza Morazan, with its colonial buildings, is quite pleasant to stroll around, but the city as a whole does have a rough edge to it.
Copán Ruinas is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a real highlight of any visit to Honduras. The Mayan ruins here are stunning and, in my opinion, second only to Tikal as the best Mayan site in all of Central America. The 63 steps of the Hieroglyphic Staircase contain the longest hieroglyphic text in the world, which details the history of the Mayan kings of Copán. Another highlight is the ball court, with its stone Macaw heads.Admission: $15
The museum at Copán Ruinas is the most interesting I saw in the whole of Central America. It is not until you have visited this museum that you realize just how sophisticated Mayan civilization and culture was. The quality of the stone carvings on display here is superb.The museum opened in 1996 and the exhibits are very clearly organized, labelled and displayed. The centrepiece is a replica of the whole Rosalila Temple, painted in its original colours.Admission: $7
Copán Ruinas is a charming little town, with a population of just 6,600. Men in cowboy hats gather in the main square, Parque Central, giving it the appearance of a Wild West town. There are some nice hotels and restaurants here.
With an area of 4,151 acres (1,680 hectares) the Lancetilla Botanical Gardens is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. It has more than 1,200 species of tropical plants from four continents, all labeled and divided according to their principal characteristics: ornamental, medicinal, fruit-bearing, timber, and poisonous. (Lancetilla is a species of spiny palm tree that is endemic to the area).The Lancetilla Botanical Gardens was established in 1924 by tropical botanist Wilson Popenoe. He was hired by the United Fruit Company (an American company formerly with vast banana holdings in Central America) to research diseases of the banana. Popenoe's wife Dorothy, also a botanist, helped establish the botanical gardens, but ironically she died after eating the poisonous fruit of one of the trees.In 1974, the Lancetilla Botanical Gardens was turned over to the Honduran government....
Located just to the northeast of Tegucigalpa, La Tigra National Park is the closest wilderness area to the capital. It comprises 92 square miles (238 square kilometers) of rugged mountains and steep valleys in the Central Highlands of Honduras. The highest peaks in the park attain an elevation of about 7,218 feet (2,200 meters) and are covered with lush cloud forest. The lower elevations in the park consist of dry pine forest. Because of intensive logging in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most of today's forests are secondary growth. There are also many rivers and spectacular waterfalls within the park's boundaries.The area that now makes up La Tigra National Park was heavily mined between 1880 and 1954. The area produced more than $100,000,000 in gold, silver, copper and zinc. In 1954, the American-owned mining company abandoned its operations when the government...
At 414 square miles (1,073 square kilometers), Pico Bonito National Park is the second-largest national park in Honduras. It is dominated by the towering east-west Cordillera Nombre de Dios, which parallels the Caribbean coast. Its highest mountain, Pico Bonito, is the third-highest mountain in the country at 8,000 feet (2,438 meters).Most of the area covered by the national park is unexplored due to its exceptionally rugged terrain and thick, impenetrable jungle. The lower elevations of the park consist of tropical rain forest and broadleaf forest. Above the 3,937-foot (1,200-meter) level, the habitat changes to cloud forest. There are many rivers in the park which cascade down the steep slopes, as well as several waterfalls. The untouched forests are home to many animals that are becoming rare elsewhere, such as jaguar, mountain lion, wild pigs, and several species of monkeys.Visitors...
Cerro-Azul Meámbar National Park is one of the most scenic national parks in Honduras. It covers 120 square miles (312 square kilometers) of rugged forested mountains to the east of Lake Yojoa. The lower elevations consist of humid and semi-deciduous forest, the higher elevations are characterized by cloud forest, and elfin forest dominates at the highest points in the park. The high mountains, the tallest of which is 6,824 feet (2,080 meters), trap rain clouds coming in from the Caribbean Sea, and the clouds release their water onto the mountains. This means the national park is very wet, with many rivers and spectacular waterfalls. In fact, it is the source of about 70 percent of Lake Yojoa's water.Visitors can hike on three main trails totaling nine miles (15 kilometers) through the various forest habitats. Although well-maintained, many of the trails are steep and narrow, and are...
Lake Yojoa is the largest natural lake in Honduras, with an area of 34 square miles (89 square kilometers). The lake is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places in the country as well. It is almost completely surrounded by rugged mountains that rise almost straight up from its shores. To the west rises the 9,003-foot (2,744-meter) Cerro Santa Bárbara, the second-highest peak in Honduras (pictured here). To the east is Cerro-Azul Meámbar National Park, with peaks reaching 6,824 feet (2,080 meters).Traditionally, Lake Yojoa was internationally known for its world-class bass fishing. The bass bite every 45 seconds on average, and the average fish caught weighs 13 pounds (six kilograms). The road along the east side of the lake is lined for several miles by dozens of open-air roadside restaurants specializing in bass. However, in recent years Lake Yojoa has become popular as a tourist...
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