Things to do in Roatán

Get picked up from the cruise terminal or your hotel and start a sightseeing tour of the island. Explore the local communities for about 1.5 hours and then have free time to shop, take photos, or wander around. Learn about the area's culture and history, meet local people, and see the real Roatán. To maximize your day at the island, you can choose up to 3 additional activities. The following activities can be added on at the checkout: Zipline (45 minutes) - Feel the thrill while zipping, gliding, and doing different flips over stunning 360-degree views of the forest canopy. The zip-line route is composed of 16 lines, 24 platforms, and 3 suspended bridges. Monkey and Sloth Sanctuary (30 minutes) - Visit Daniel Johnson’s Monkey and Sloth Hangout, a family-run animal sanctuary and a safe and loving environment for many animals. Learn all about sloths, capuchin monkeys and parrots, with a guided tour through the park. Horseback Riding (1 hour) - The ride consists of going up the hilltop to admire spectacular views and to take pictures. Then, ride through the jungle taking in the local fauna, before riding along the beach. You will be given a horse based on your experience and activity level. Glass-bottom Boat (50 minutes) - Sit 6 feet (1.83 m) below the surface with windows on either side of you, so you can admire the marine life of the Caribbean Sea.  Beach Break at West End or West Bay (1 hour) - Have fun in a private beach club for some relaxation and fun on a pristine sandy beach. Beach chairs, bathrooms, a changing room, WI-FI, and a freshwater shower are all included. Snorkeling (1 hour) - board a 15-passenger speed boat for a relaxing cruise around the bay and West End. After enjoying the coastline views, stop for a refreshing swim and take advantage of the snorkeling gear provided. Explore the beauty of Roatán's coral reefs. Swim among sea turtles, squids, schools of fish, and other marine wildlife. Parasailing (1 hour) - Parasail high above the Bay of Honduras and fill your senses with awe from 800 feet (0.24 km), looking down upon magnificent living reefs and flying eye level with jungle-covered mountains. Roatán Botanical Garden (1hour 30 minutes) -  Stroll through a diverse collection of flowering plants, ferns, spices, fruit trees, hardwood trees and orchids. Trails lead up the valley through arid tropical forest to the top of Carambola Mountain, where you can admire the colors of the coral reefs below and see all the way out to the island of Utila. Also, interact with hundreds of domesticated iguanas roaming freely in their protected environment. This haven is also home to monkeys, parrots, lobsters, sea turtles and other marine animals.  Butterfly & Monkey Park (45 minutes): See and learn about some of Honduras' most colorful butterflies, including varieties such as the common owl, zebra, helicopter, firecracker, Julia's, sunset longwing, monarch, and queen. Join the guided tour or explore the park on your own. There is a chance to see sloths and monkeys too.

Start your half-day tour with pickup from your cruise ship terminal or your accommodation in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Then, make your way to the first of two animal sanctuaries with your professional, bilingual guide. Visit Daniel Johnson’s Monkey and Sloth Hangout, a small, family-run animal sanctuary and a safe and loving environment for many animals. You will get to interact with and learn all about sloths, capuchin monkeys, scarlet macaws, and parrots, with a guided tour through the park. Then, head to The Arch’s Iguana & Marine Park, one of the oldest animal sanctuaries on the island of Roatan. Established back in 1980 to protect iguanas, it is now home to over 4,000 iguanas, including the black spiny-tailed iguana that is native to Central America. After all the animal love, finish off with a beach break. Rest or make use of the facilities such as beach chairs, freshwater, WiFi, and showers before returning to your cruise ship or hotel, lunch, snacks and drinks also available for purchase.

Start this family-friendly tour by land and sea with a pickup in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Talk to your professional, bilingual, English, and Spanish-speaking guide on the way to your first stop. Visit Daniel Johnson’s Monkey and Sloth Hangout, a small, family-run animal sanctuary and a safe and loving environment for many animals. Interact with and learn all about sloths, capuchin monkeys, scarlet macaws, and parrots, with a guided tour through the park. After the land-based part of your tour, head to West Bay Beach. Board a 15-passenger speed boat for a relaxing cruise out to the reef for an underwater adventure. Enjoy the coastline views and stop for a refreshing swim and take advantage of the snorkeling gear provided. Explore the beauty of Roatán's coral reefs. Swim among sea turtles, squids, schools of fish, and everthing else that swim by.

Feel the adrenaline of ziplining through the jungles and visit a monkey and sloth sanctuary on a guided tour that includes a relaxing stop at one West Bay Beach beach club. After your cruise ship terminal or your hotel pickup, travel in an air-conditioned bus to begin your ziplining adventure. Feel the thrill while zipping, gliding, and doing different flips whilst admiring panoramic 360-degree views of the forest canopy. The zip line route is composed of 16 lines, 24 platforms, and 3 suspended bridges. Next, visit to the Monkey and Sloth Hangout, a small, family-run animal sanctuary that provides a safe and loving environment for many animals. Learn all about sloths, capuchin monkeys, scarlet macaws, and parrots, with a guided tour through the park. Finish your day with a break in the West Bay Beach, a private beach club where you can relax and enjoy the pristine sandy beach.

This is one of the most interesting sites on the island monkeys, birds, sloths after the interaction with the animals we will take you to one of Roatan's most exquisite beaches in the entire Caribbean. The Beach Club offers fresh water showers, restrooms, a restaurant, a bar, and live music. If you like to snorkel, bring your snorkeling gear or you can rent it on-site. Only a short swim away you will discover amazing coral formations and simply outstanding snorkeling, where you can find huge parrot fish, clouds of blue tangs and vivid queen angels. Our beach break offers transportation from the Cruise Terminal and from there, it is a beautiful drive, approx 30 minutes, across the mountainous jungle with stunning panoramic views to the rest of the island. Your driver will stop at the highest point for photographs and sightseeing before the winding descent to the beach  Lunch is available at the restaurant/bar for an additional cost. Lunch items include a delicious variety of salad, shrimp, and burger combinations.

Start this family-friendly tour across land and water with pickup in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. Get chatting to your professional, bilingual, English and Spanish-speaking guide en route to your first stop. Explore the local community and have free time to shop, learn about area's culture and history, meet local people, and see the real Roatán. You will also visit some must-see touristic hotspots on the Island. Climb to a hilltop for spectacular views and photos opportunities. After the land-based part of your tour, head to West Bay Beach and board a 15-passenger speed boat for a relaxing cruise around the bay and West End. After enjoying the coastline views, stop for a refreshing swim and take advantage of the snorkeling gear provided. Explore the beauty of Roatán's coral reefs. Swim among sea turtles, squids, schools of fish, and other marine wildlife.

At the Eco park, you will get to interact with a variety of animals, take a picture with the monkey sitting on your head our shoulder, and wacth them running around in their natural inhabitants, also you get to cuddle the sloths and take along your camera to make sure you get your photo cuddling a sloth, we also have macaws, tucan and much more, at the eco-park this tour is designed especially for the animal's lovers and for those that like to enjoy nature, it's a tour for the hold family to enjoy. Along the way, you will make various stops such as the Highest point for shopping and sightseeing, take pictures with the city of Coxen Hole in the background, this also includes a trip to the chocolate & rum factory (I mean who doesn’t love chocolate and rum right?), where you will receive a briefing on the products and free samples of the different types of chocolates, various rum & rum cake that are all made here on the island, oh hold up! just a quick 411 that “BANANA RUMCAKE” is one of the best you’ll ever taste and let us not forget to mention the “MANGO FLAVORED RUM” it’s simply amazing. (Rum company is closed on Sunday) ONCE YOU BOOK YOUR TOUR CONTACT US AND WE'LL SET UP THE TIMING.

Snorkel 3 of the best snorkel sites the island has to offer. All locations are within minutes of each other which makes it more enjoyable. From Shallow water Marine Park to beautiful rich barrier reef with tons of tropical fishes, conch, lobsters and much more all the way to amazing drop off/walls. Each stop range from 30 to 45 minutes on the water. After that great experience, kick back and relax in beautiful white sand beach and crystal clear water to end the day. With full bar and restaurant available on site. (your own tab)

Visit a monkey and sloth sanctuary to interact with Roatán’s native wildlife and taste delicious chocolate samples during a tour through a Mayan chocolate factory. After being picked up at the cruise ship terminal or at your hotel, head to your first stop which is AJ's Monkeys & Sloth Hangout. Enjoy a day of wildlife interaction with monkeys, sloths, parrots, also will learn about the sloths. This eco-park and animal sanctuary is located in the picturesque community of French Key.  Continue onward to discover the natural beauty of Roatán as you stop on hilltops for photos opportunities. Listen as your guide tells you about Roatán’s history and the local culture.  Next, enjoy a delicious tasting experience at the "Mayak" chocolate factory.  Learn about the Mayan culture and the cacao processing that produces chocolate. Taste different chocolate samples and buy some tasteful souvenirs to bring back home.  Afterward, pay a visit to the local craft market where you will learn about recycling methods on the island. At the end of the tour, you will have free time to walk around the town for shopping, to meet the locals, and for more photo-taking.

This is where the fun starts, sanctuary has a little bit of everything, guinea pigs, yellow neck parrots, scarlet macaws, white faced capuchin monkeys & three toed sloths! After the park you will enjoy a wonderful snorkeling on a beautiful sandbar which is striving with marine life a short 2 minute from shore and water from 4 to 5 ft makes this snorkeling extremely relaxed and enjoyable for beginners. Roatan being part of the second largest barrier reef in the world has many snorkel locations to enjoy from shallow water marine parks to breathtaking drop offs.