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Bay Islands
Fly straight to Roatán, sleep at West End or West Bay, and dive or snorkel in the mornings; add Utila by ferry only if you want a cheaper dive course.
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- Honduras ↗Check entry rules for your passport with Honduras's migration authority or a Honduran consulate; the CA-4 agreement with Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua can make your permitted stay count across all four.
- Honduras ↗Transit San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa by day and with pre-arranged transport; do not use public buses between cities.
The Bay Islands are a reef and beach trip off Honduras's north coast. Roatán has an international airport with direct flights from North America, so you can skip the mainland cities entirely. Keep one beach base on Roatán, book taxis, and treat hurricane season as the main planning risk.
Where to sleep
Roatánsleep base
West End and West Bay beach villages, reef diving, airport.
Utilaovernight
Dive-course island by ferry from La Ceiba; seas can be rough.
Night sequences
- 4 nights
- Roatán 4, reef mornings
- 7 nights
- Roatán 4 + Utila 3, or Copán first
- Roatán + Utila + Copán in 5 days is mostly ferries and transfers.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utila | Roatán | 300 min | unknown | Via La Ceiba by ferry; check the ferry times and the weather. |
Bags between cities
Keep the big bag at the Roatán hotel if you hop to another island for a night.