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Located on the northern Caribbean coast of Honduras, La Ceiba is the third largest city of the country. With a reputation as a party town, La Ceiba holds an annual carnival on the third Saturday of May and nearly doubles its size for the event, as it attracts over 200,000 tourists from all over the world. Fishing, as well as exports of bananas, pineapple, and grapefruit, are essential to the economy of the area. The mountain Pico Bonito provides an impressive backdrop to the city. |
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| ESSENCE OF THE AREA |
| Chances are that the first thing you notice when you fly into La Ceiba is a massive emerald green spike of a mountain looming beyond the airport. This is the 2,435 meter Pico Bonito, located in the national park of the same name, the largest protected area in Honduras after the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve. Rugged and little explored, the Parque Nacional Pico Bonito harbors an amazing primary tropical rain forest, and 22 rivers run through the park.
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| RECOMMENDED STAY |
| Two or three nights. Please note that that the holiday season is subject to minimum stay requirements. It is possible to combine Pico Bonito with the Bay Islands for a perfect vacation.
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| RECOMMENDED SIGHTSEEING & ACTIVITIES |
| English-speaking biologists will guide you in tours; bird-watching; hiking; water-rafting; kayaking; and swimming.
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| MUST SEE |
| The Lodge has a Tropical Butterfly Farm; 275 species of birds; trails lead to numerous nearby waterfalls where you can swim in the crystal mountain waters, home to wild river otters and tayras.
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| RECOMMENDED ACCOMMODATIONS |
| Pico Bonito Lodge: Set between two mountain-fed rivers, this breathtaking resort brings you unrivaled luxury and verdant tropical forest. Less than 30 minutes by plane from Roatan in the Bay Islands, San Pedro Sula, and Tegucigalpa, you will be picked up at La Ceiba International Airport and taken to the lodge. The trip usually takes 30 minutes. The cabins are trimmed in rich mahogany, with a private balconies with a hammock. There is a swimming pool. Manicured tropical gardens.
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