Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras Port Reviews

We love this port. We did an island excursion with beach, pool, lunch, and an animal sanctuary.

Roatan is much better, lots of ongoing construction.

Took the "Roatan by Land and Sea" excursion. First, it was appreciated that our guide spoke clear English. Second, however, the 'land' experience was too long; the 'sea' experience should be expanded. Third, the snorkeling ship personnel were excellent with regards to their attention to those snorkeling. Fourth, Not good - EVERY tour provider (bus driver, land guide, boat guides) expected individual tips.

The beach by the port was nice and we had a good time swimming there.

Did our own excursion. Rented a cab for $18 for two. Edwin, our driver took around the island telling us of history and points of interest. He was with us as long as we cared to explore. Bought him lunch

port Ok guide good got to stop places. good tour.

Do not take the horseback riding excursion. It was an old wooded trail filled with horse dung and trash. There was no walk along, just a 10 sec walk through what resembled a lake/pond and there was dung floating in the water. Luckily it wasn’t high enough to touch anyone’s feet. The horses did not appear well taken care of either. The guides were super nice but that’s about it.

Mahogany Bay was one of my favorite places to visit. The beach view from the ship was breathtaking. The mountains surrounding the beach were lovely. That port layout was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! We Enjoyed every minute there.

The tour was disorganized and the bus was so tight and uncomfortable.

This is where things get interesting. Overall, I enjoyed this stop. Been to Roatan Honduras once before many years ago. This time with this group, I wanted to do something a little different. So we booked an ATV, Monkey and Sloths tour with a third party tour group. I did a LITTLE research on the company and saw that they were recommended by a few cruise vloggers. So I felt pretty good about my choice. The Monkey and Sloths part of the tour was good. So I WOULD recommend that part of the tour, HOWEVER the ATV part I would not recommend. Now with that said, after the cruise, I did look up reviews on the company and for this particular tour. The majority of the reviews were very good, but 1, now 2 (mine) are not so good. I think that any tour group that is doing any kind of vehicle tour where you are the driver, then the first thing that should be asked is how comfortable are you with driving this vehicle. Or have you driven one of these before. And the tour should be adapted for the situation. Now mind you, it was only the 6 of us that was in the group. NONE of us had ever ridden an ATV before. First off they did have helmets, but they said that we didn't have to ware them because we were not going fast. The ATVs, in my opinion, were not kept up. Tires didn't have enough tread for the conditions. Two of the ATVs, the chains kept coming off. And just before we got back, one of the ATVs completely broke down and had to be left on the road. For people that are not proficient in driving ATVs, I don't think we should have been driving on steep muddy narrow roads. Twice I had to get off of my ATV and walk up the steep road, and have the tour guide drive it up the road. The tour driver said that I was sitting to far up on the ATV and the tires were unable to grip the road properly. So I guess I should sit far back on the ATV going up a steep slop, and let gravity cause the ATV to flip backwards. Needless to say the next time I book an excursion like this I will do A LOT MORE research.