Honduras Travel

At luxury hotels, there’s something of a formula: the latest electronic gadgets, check. Personalized service, check. Luxurious linens, lovely room design, delicious food, check, check check. Maybe I’m jaded, but doesn’t it get a little same-old, same-old after a while?

What’s really rare is a place that provides true luxury outside this conventional mold — a feat which I think is only accomplished by having a person of impeccable taste paying attention to every last detail of a guest experience. And to my mind, the exemplar is Hacienda San Lucas, in Copán Ruinas, Honduras.

Exploring Mayan ruins. Day-long hikes through ancient rainforests. If you love activity-based, cultural travel, the country of Honduras is for you.

Even with the current state of the economy, Honduras is a quick and affordable get-away– one that feeds your soul and eases your mind…

Budget Traveler (4-6 Days)

You fly into San Pedro Sula and transfer to the town of Copán Ruinas by bus (Hedman Alas, approximately 2.5 hours of beautiful rolling hills and lush tropical landscape – and check into the Luna Jaguar Resort for two nights. Rooms start at $60 per night. Eat dinner in town. Try Momo’s for a delicious dinner of “pinchos” (meat and veggie kabobs) served with beans, fresh pico de gallo and tortillas. Dinner should run you no more than $12 per person.

Sitting down at a local restaurant on the Island of Roatan, I shift my gaze past the waiter over the railing to the seashore. I see the moonlight reflecting over water leading my eye past the horizon up into the starry cosmos as it looks so relaxing. I sip my monkey la-la (a delicious island concoction named after a local lizard) and think, “That is my ‘to do’ list for the next few weeks: relax.”

Roatan, along with Utila and Guanaja, form the Bay Islands of Honduras. Roatan lies 65 kilometres off the northern coast of mainland Honduras.