The Lodge at Pico Bonito
This world class hotel and jungle lodge is located on 200 acres inside the reserve adjacent to the Pico Bonito National Park. Enjoy fine accommodations in a cloud forest setting: 22 secluded cabins connected by raised wooden walkways, restaurant, bar and swimming pool are nestled among cacao and coffee trees on the slopes of the towering mountain. Trails are well marked, professionally maintained, and wooden platform towers allow spectacular views at canopy level. The lodge even has a staff naturalist to lead the way. Pack a bottle of wine and a swimsuit. There are several irresistible waterfalls and crystal pools to cool off in. Besides the on premise attractions, the folks at the Lodge are happy to set up a whole menu of side tours ranging from canopy tours to white water rafting.
Chattering parrots, crashing waterfalls, and impossibly green canyon walls meet you at every bend. This half day trip down the Rio Cangrejal is by far the most popular river trip in the country and can even be done affordably in a single day with round trip flights from Roatán. It includes all equipment, professional guides, a tropical picnic, and one night double accommodations in La Ceiba, 5 hour raft trip, class II - IV rapids, and a picnic lunch.
If you're lucky the old burra will be running (a locomotive relic from plantation days,) you'll chug across a lowland plantation toward the river where you board your boat. Drifting downstream, you observe wildlife (monkeys, manatees, and exotic birds such as the boat billed heron) enjoying lunch enroute. There's a stop and time for a swim where the river empties into the salty Caribbean, before the return trip and transfer to your hotel for the evening. This is a fun and interesting trip for all ages.
Climb the mountain trail on horseback then harness up for an exciting zip line ride through the jungle canopy. We end up at a pristine mountain pool fed by a waterfall and natural hot spring. Allow 3 hours for this day tour including transfers from La Ceiba.. but if you cannot pull yourself away, there's an ocean front resort nearby.
Punta Sal Marine Park and Lancetilla Botanical
Gardens
From San Pedro Sula or La Ceiba, we head overland to
Tela and its famous Lancetilla Botanical Gardens where we see rare and
exotic tropical plants from around the world as well as a huge variety
of bird species. In the afternoon we reach Triunfo de la Cruz, a little
Garifuna village outside of Tela with sandy beaches and coconut trees
where we stay overnight. The next morning our open boat explores the
wildlife and mangrove forests of Laguna de los Micos in the Punta Sal
Marine Park, a refuge created to protect the habitat of local species
like white faced monkeys, manatees, and ocelots. After a walking tour,
sightseeing and shopping, in the lively port town of Tela in the
afternoon, we head back to our hotel for the evening.
Trujillo Area
Glorious beaches, lively Garifuna culture and a breezy view from your hillside hotel are just a few good reasons to visit this coastal port, which incidentally was the first capital of Honduras and hideaway to a number of famous, or infamous, North Americans before the turn of the century. Writer William Sydney Porter, apparantly a rather poor banker, wrote his popular novel Of Cabbages and Kings here while avoiding U.S. embezzlement charges. You know him by his pen name, O' Henry. Thanks to a British firing squad, the less fortunate William Walker, a notorious Tennessean and self proclaimed Emperor of Nicaragua is still hanging out in the local cemetery. Regardless of your personal reasons for visiting, you are sure to enjoy interesting architecture, a coastal fortress, and a colorful history.
Trujillo
Escape
This escape
includes a walking tour of the city, a trip to the
Garifuna community of Santa Fe, and on your last morning, a 4
wheel drive jeep tour high into the Capiro-Calentura mountains
overlooking the sea. Includes 2 nights hotel and transfers
from La Ceiba.
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