Things to Do in Honduras

Lancetilla Botanical Garden

Lancetilla Botanical Garden is a botanical garden and significant tourist attraction located on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, in the north of the Republic of Honduras, about 7 km southeast of the city of Tela.

Taburete

Taburete is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just west of Usulután volcano.

Fuerte San Cristóbal

Cuscatlán Bridge

The Cuscatlán Bridge (Spanish: Puente Cuscatlán) was a suspension bridge which spanned across the Lempa River in El Salvador.

Usulután

Usulután is a stratovolcano in central El Salvador, rising above the coastal plain between the San Vicente and San Miguel volcanoes, and just east of Taburete volcano.

Tecapa

Tecapa is a complex stratovolcano in central El Salvador.List of volcanoes in El Salvador List of stratovolcanoes"Tecapa". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

Isla del Tigre

El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department.

Gulf of Fonseca mangroves

The Gulf of Fonseca mangroves ecoregion (WWF ID:NT1412) covers the brackish mangrove forests around the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific Ocean. The Gulf is the meeting point El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Holy Spirit Grotto

The Holy Spirit Grotto (La Gruta del Espíritu Santo in Spanish), also known as Corinto Cave, in Corinto, Morazán, El Salvador, is a registered national monument of petroglyphs. The cave is largely associated with the Xibalba legend.

Joya de Cerén

Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village.

Battle of Ocotal

The Battle of Ocotal occurred in July 1927, during the American occupation of Nicaragua. A large force of rebels loyal to Augusto César Sandino attacked the garrison of Ocotal, which was held by a small group of US Marines and Nicaraguan National Guards.

Somoto Canyon

Somoto Canyon National Monument (Spanish: Monumento Nacional Cañón de Somoto) is a canyon located in the Madriz Department of Nicaragua.

San Cristóbal Volcano

Volcán San Cristóbal is the highest volcano in Nicaragua at 1,745 m (5,725 ft). Near the northwest corner of the country, it forms a backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, Chinandega.

Chaparrastique

San Miguel (also known as Volcán Chaparrastique) is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador, approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the city of San Miguel.

Conchagüita

Conchagüita is a volcanic island in Gulf of Fonseca, eastern El Salvador.In October 1892, an earthquake triggered a large landslide at the volcano, and the resulting dust cloud was first thought to be new volcanic ash.

Central American pine-oak forests

The Central American pine–oak forests ecoregion, in the tropical and subtropical coniferous forests biome, is found in Central America and Chiapas state of southern Mexico.The Central American pine–oak forests occupy an area of 111,400 square kilometres (43,000 sq mi), extending along the mounta…

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción) also called Comayagua Cathedral It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is located in the Central Square of the city of Comayagua in Honduras, it is one of the oldest cathedrals in Central America, built from 1634 an…

Iglesia La Merced

The Merced church also known as "Iglesia de la Merced" is a Catholic church in Comayagua, Honduras built in 1550 during the colonial era of New Spain. It is the oldest church in Honduras, being built in 1550 by Fray Gaspar de Quintanilla with the name of Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción.

Montaña de Comayagua National Park

Montaña de Comayagua National Park is a national park in Honduras. It was established on 1 January 1987 and covers an area of 184.8 square kilometres. The park is known locally by the name Parque Nacional Montaña de Comayagua and the acronym PANACOMA.

La Tigra National Park

La Tigra National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional La Tigra) was the first national park in Honduras, by decree No. 976-80 whose principal objective is "The Conservation, Ecologic Preservation and Maintenance of The Hydrologic Potential of this Reserve".

Chalchuapa

Chalchuapa is a town and a municipality located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. The city of Chalchuapa is in a wide valley at 650 meters above sea level, and watered by the Pampe River.

Castillo de San Felipe de Lara

The Castle of San Felipe de Lara (Castillo de San Felipe de Lara) (often referred to simply as the Castillo de San Felipe) is a Spanish colonial fort at the entrance to Lake Izabal in eastern Guatemala. Lake Izabal is connected with the Caribbean Sea via the Dulce River and El Golfete lake.

Sapodilla Cayes

The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos) are an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras. They are in the Toledo District of Belize.The Sapodilla Cayes are a system of cayes, or low sandy islands, that are part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.They are generally considered to be withi…

Punta de Manabique

Punta de Manabique is a small peninsula that separates Amatique Bay from the Gulf of Honduras. It is located on Guatemala's east coast, some 20 km north of Puerto Barrios ( 15.933039°N 88.569088°W / 15.933039; -88.569088 (Punta de Manabique)).The peninsula was declared a wildlife reserve in…

Lake Güija

Lake Güija is a lake in Central America. The lake is situated on the border between Guatemala and El Salvador and has an area of 45 km2, of which approximately 32 km2 lies in El Salvador.

Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve in the northern part of state Jinotega (border with Honduras), Nicaragua is a hilly tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. At approximately 20,000 km² (2 million hectares) in size, the reserve (i.e.

Quiriguá

Quiriguá (Spanish pronunciation: [kiɾiˈɣwa]) is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala.

Parque Nacional Punta Izopo

Punta Izopo National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Punta Izopo) is a national park located in the municipality of Tela, on the northern Caribbean coast of the Atlántida department of Honduras. It has an altitude of 118 metres.Punta Izopo National Park

Laguna de Olomega

Lake Olomega is a large lake in the southeastern part of El Salvador.In the past few years Lake Olomega has suffered from an infestation of Water hyacinth which has caused problems for wildlife, fishing, and tourism.Lake Olomega is located next to the town of Olomega (population 4000).

Catedral de San Miguel

The Cathedral Basilica of Queen of Peace (Spanish: Catedral-Basílica Reina de la Paz), also called San Miguel Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in the city of San Miguel, El Salvador.In 1740 the mayor of San Salvador, Manuel Gálvez del Corral, reported that in San Miguel there was a parish c…

Teatro de San Miguel

The Diocese of San Miguel (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaelis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Salvador.

Chinameca

Chinameca (also known as El Pacayal) is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It lies north of San Miguel volcano and rises over the town of Chinameca.

Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum of modern art in Guatemala City, named after Carlos Mérida.The current museum was established in 1975.

Lake Amatitlán

Lake Amatitlán (Lago Amatitlán, Spanish pronunciation: [laɣo amatiˈtlan]) is a lake located within the Amatitlán caldera in south-central Guatemala, fairly close to Guatemala City. It lies in the central highlands, 1,186 m (3890 feet) above sea level.

Reserva de la biosfera Sierra de las Minas

Sierra de las Minas is a mountain range in eastern Guatemala, extending 130 km west of the Lake Izabal. It is 15–30 km wide and bordered by the valleys of the rivers Polochic in the north and the Motagua in the south.

Los Volcanes National Park

Parque Nacional Los Volcanes, also known as Cerro Verde National Park, is a large national park in El Salvador.The park includes three volcanoes: Cerro Verde, Izalco, and Santa Ana.Parque Nacional Los Volcanes, El Salvador tourism Parque Nacional Los Volcanes, Official park site (in Spanish) Parque…

Cuevas de Talgua

Talgua Cave, (“The Cave of the Glowing Skulls”; “Cueva del Rio Talgua”), is a cave located in the Olancho Valley in the municipality of Catacamas in northeastern Honduras.

Parque Nacional Pico Bonito

Pico Bonito National Park is a national park in Honduras. It was established on January 1, 1987 and covers an area of 564.30 km2 (217.88 sq mi).

Celaque National Park

Celaque National Park (formally in Spanish, Parque Nacional Montaña de Celaque) is a national park in Lempira Ocotepeque and Copán, western Honduras. It was established on 5 August 1987 and covers an area of 266.31 square kilometres.

Cerro Las Minas

Cerro Las Minas is the highest mountain in Honduras. Cerro Las Minas is located in the rugged and relatively isolated Lempira Department in the western part of the country.

St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Tegucigalpa

The St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de San Míguel Arcángel) It is a Catholic church in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.In 1746, a fire consumed the temple dedicated to the town of Tegucigalpa, which is destroyed.

Cerrón Grande Dam

The Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam (Spanish: Central Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande) spans the Lempa River 78 km north of San Salvador in the municipalities of Potonico, (Chalatenango) and Jutiapa (Cabañas) in El Salvador.The concrete gravity dam has a height of 90 m and a length of 800 m.

Sarstoon-Temash National Park

Sarstoon-Temash is the southernmost national park in Belize, established in 1994. It is managed by the Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM), in partnership with the Forest Department.

Ciudad Vieja

The archaeological site of Ciudad Vieja is located roughly 10 km south of Suchitoto, in the Cuscatlán Department of central El Salvador.

Jiquilisco Bay

The Jiquilisco Bay Biosphere Reserve is located on the southeast Pacific coast of El Salvador, in the department of Usulután. Jiquilisco Bay's mangrove-lined inlets and bay host the largest abundance of coastal-marine birds in the El Salvador, many of which are threatened or endangered.

Chacocente Wildlife Refuge

Chacocente Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Nicaragua. It is one of the 78 reserves which are officially under protection in the country. It is a site for nesting sea turtles.Wildlife Reserve Río Escalante - Chacocente - Explore Nicaragua

Tisey Estanzuela Natural Reserve

Tisey Estanzuela Natural Reserve is a nature reserve in Nicaragua. It is one of the 78 reserves that are under official protection in the country.Natural Reserve Tisey Estanzuela - Explore Nicaragua

Volcán Yali Natural Reserve

Volcán Yali Natural Reserve is a nature reserve in Nicaragua. It is one of the 78 reserves that are under official protection in the country.

Estero Padre Ramos Natural Reserve

The Padre Ramos Estuary Natural Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Natural Estero Padre Ramos) is located on the northwest Pacific coast of Nicaragua, in the municipality El Viejo in the department of Chinandega.

Caxa Real (Honduras)

The Caxa Real, also known as the "Casa de la Moneda", is an old warehouse in Comayagua, Honduras that served to store all the tributes of the Hibueras (present-day Honduras) for the Spanish crown during the time of New Spain.In 2013 it was restored with funds from the Spanish Cooperation and was ina…