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Diving in Honduras

  • 10-01-2011 9:12am
    #1
    serco
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Hey Guys

    Thinking of going to Honduras for a week or two of diving in September this year. Just wondering if anyone has ever been over to dive and how you found it? Was the diving itself good and was it pricey etc, also interested to hear what the place was like in general and was it priced well or ott.

    Specifically we're going to dive in the bay islands somewhere and maybe do some backpacking for a few days to a week.

    thanks


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  • #2
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Hi serco,

    I havent been myself but last year i had planned on going to do an internship there but never got to go in the end.

    From what i found out while researching, the diving is great and its one of the cheapest places to dive in the world. Whale sharks pass through too.

    Look at Roatan and the cheapest place is called Utila as far as i can remember.

    With regard to backpacking, the islands themselves are pretty small from what i gather so you may want to head to the mainland to travel a bit but i also hear its not a place without its troubles so be careful.


  • #3
    captainjack
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭captainjack


    Diving and backpacking are cheap in Honduras.

    The main spots are the islands Roatan and Utila.

    Word of warning: these places are some of the main drug-trafficking islands in the Caribbean. As a result drugs are cheap and abundant.
    I have met many people there who have found themselves stuck on the islands with a serious debt/habit...

    If you are that way inclined, be warned.

    Off-topic but I hope relevent


  • #4
    banjopaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 931 ✭✭✭banjopaul


    I did my OW on Cayos Cochinos last summer, lovely place! Met a few people out there who worked in Utila as divemasters too.


  • #5
    Collinr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Collinr


    I spent two weeks diving on Utila, it was cheap enough, maybe working out at about $25 a dive i think, but it was two years ago so im not sure what the prices would be like now. Great visibilty, saw some stingrays, and i think Sept would be a good time to see whale sharks aswell. At most shops you get free accomodation while you are diving. I was diving with Altons but there are loads of diveshops to choose from. Apart from the diving there really isnt anything else to do, and the island isnt cheap for food etc, so if you want to travel a bit then you would have to head back to the mainland. Hope this helps :)


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