Roatan Island Honduras Tourist Guide

Roatan Island Honduras is an adventure traveler's vacation paradise in the Caribbean. Roatan has blue skies, sun drenched clear turquoise water, and year round temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s.  Imagine stepping back in time to the 1950s.  Roatan Island lies 30 miles off the coast of Honduras and is 33 miles long and 4 miles wide.  You won't find four star high-rise hotels, golf courses, shopping malls, or fancy stores but development is inevitable.  You will find Roatan struggling with tourism, real estate development, and infrastructure support such as transportation, water, sewer, power, and trash removal.  Don't be surprised to find pristine areas next to trash everywhere!   Roatan Island offers first class scuba diving, scuba certification and outstanding snorkeling.  Roatan water activities include deep sea fishing, fly-fishing on the flats and mangroves, swimming with the dolphins, and ocean kayaking.  Land activities include riding horses, exploring lush tropical scenery, shopping for island crafts, eating at some of the best restaurants in Honduras, and viewing the butterfly and floral gardens. The island has full service resorts and small, personal low-key resorts or you can rent a private home.  Below you will find many useful links for more Roatan tourist information. 

Maps of Honduras Roatan Locator Maps West End to Coxen Hole Airport to French Harbour French Harbour Oak Ridge to Port Royal Port Royal to Barbareta	Villas and cabin vacation rentals   Fully furnished 2, and 3 bedroom houses in Sandy Bay Crystal Beach Cabins in West End			Tourist Activities Tourist activities on Roatan
				Tourist Tips What every traveler should know including taxi fares
	Scuba and Snorkel Guide to Roatan 78+ dive sites and photos			Independent Roatan Dive Operators
Beaches	Bay Island Airways Create your own flying adventure		Air Transportation Ferry Schedules How to get to Roatan Airline arrival tips	Popular Restaurants -- or -- If you are looking for small local restaurants, check the link below: Off The Beaten Path Nothing fancy about these restaurants!  Just good food.
Different Types of Tours on Roatan Sail Boat Tours Power Boat Island Tours Bus and Island Land Tours Air Tours Taxi Tours	Butterfly Garden		Gumbalimba Park Birds, animals, "snuba", and canopy zip lines	Deep Sea and Flats Fishing with "Capt Sam" and Early Bird Fishing Charters and many others
Casi Todo	Arch Sherman's Iguana Farm		"Yubu Garifuna Experience"	Shopping Yaba Ding Ding Halu-Kiliki Souvenirs New Souvenir's Gifts
	Car Rentals Caribbean Rent A Car There are a lot of choices of rental car companies
Real Estate for Sale			Macro Photo Marine  Life Gallery Roatan's sea life	Grocery Stores   Plaza Mar, Eldon's,  Mini Mart, Woody's, and Pulperias (tiendas) around the island
			Canopy Slide Zip Lines Tabyana Beach, Palmetto Bay,  Jungle River, and others
Carambola Garden "A Walk in the Woods"	The temperature on Roatan is		Weather Details	Walking Tour of West End in 2009
Stop and Smell the Flowers At the same time you will find butterflies doing the same	Hummingbirds on Honduras and Roatan	Critters and other stuff Bringing children to Roatan? Bringing a pet to Roatan?		Must Have Publications Honduras Tips The Bay Islands Voice Honduras This Week and others
Vital Statistics Honduran governmental and geographical information	Star Charts for Roatan	Blue Harbor Plantation Hydroponic Garden The best vegetables on Roatan		¿ Habla Español ? Want to learn Spanish while on Roatan?
What are the real taxi rates?	The Roatan Bruce show on 101.1 FM is back on the air. 9 AM to 1 PM M - F		History of Roatan Pirates and Garifuna	Tourist Phone, Website, and Email Directory February 2009  update