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Guanaja. To the ancient Payan Indians, it was a sacred island paradise free from the mainland's conflicts. To the adventurer Christopher Columbus, it was a pristine new world untouched by the civilization he'd left behind. Today, the lush Bay Island of Guanaja on the Caribbean coast of Honduras remains hidden from popular view, beckoning only to a discriminating few seekers of paradise, adventure and escape. Enlightened divers, anglers and adventure travelers are lured to Guanaja's tropical jungles, pure white sand and teeming reef
But everywhere man's handiwork is overshadowed by nature's fragrant hibiscus, wild orchids, native Gumbo Limbo trees and the hummingbirds who hover for their own sip of nectar at the bar.
Utila Island, is an excellent place to relax and catch up on your reading. Good places to snorkel and provides outstanding diving. The beach of blue bayou has hammocks under the coconut trees and a small restaurant.
Offering the best attractive for the tourist of adventurous spirit, existing in the area hotel facilities, fishing equipment for hire and aquatic sports. Very near the Bay Island lay Cay Cochinos, considered as one of the best preserved places in the Carribean are, there are nowdays limited facilities to an ecological type of tourism.
Good fishing and swimming and an opportunity to meet some of the locals. From there there is a canal that runs through the middle of the island to the north shore. Take a day off from diving and rent a canoe to enjoy the beautiful mangroves.
Pumpkin Hill is the highest point of the island and makes an interesting walk with a good view of the whole island. Here you find the black spiny iguana, unique to Utila and now classified as an endangered species.
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