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Omoa Fortress & Beach Tour | PCT-04 Request Tour Info

Take a step back into Honduran history with a visit to the San Fernando de Omoa Spanish Fortress. Revisit a time when the buccaneers roamed the Caribbean Sea and attacked the Spanish center in the New World. Visit the old fortress, built by the Spaniards during the Colonial period as defense from the British pirates.

Today it stands as a silent testimony to an important, if difficult, period in Honduran history. After touring this local Landmark, enjoy snacks and beverages at a local resort before enjoying time to relax or swim at one of the areas best beaches.

Tela Beaches & Lancetilla Gardens Tour | PCT-05 Request Tour Info
This twelve hour excursion is perhaps the most rewarding of all in Honduras. It will take you deep into the heart of the country and will give you a glimpse of the varied landscapes and the opportunity to view one of the most significant Maya sites in Central America. The ancient Maya City of Copán enthralled travelers ever since adventure travelers Stephen and Catherwood “Discovered” it during the mid nineteenth century. Copán has been the focus of the most continuous sustained investigation in all the Maya World.

The results are easy to see. More mystery of the ancient Mayan culture has been unravel here than anywhere else.

Departing Puerto Cortes in your air-conditioned coach, the first 45 minutes is the main road to San Pedro Sula. This heavily traveled industrial area has many manufacturing plants and factories and is virtual forest of billboards and signposts. As the countryside opens up beyond San Pedro Sula, you will begin to see the more typical lowland scenery until you reach La Entrada. This town marks the change from the lowlands to the highlands. As you climb into the highlands, the landscape changes and becomes more breathtaking. The winds its way to the hills, passing tobacco plantations, rustic villages until you reach the plateau where Copán is located.

Humuya River Rafting Tour | PCT-06 Request Tour Info

Humuya River begins at General Francisco Morazan Dam better known as “El Cajon”. It is an excellent river for beginner tourists of all ages. Along the river we will go into 14 rapids, class II and III available and accessible all the time.

This river is 01-meter deep surrounded by tropical dry forest, where you easily see cactus, white frangipani, agaves, gumbo limbo, Ceibas and panama trees. Some relevant birds are motmots, cormorants, king fishers, brown jays, ospreys, swallow tail kites, orioles and much more. Iguanas and basilisks are also seemed along the river frequently.

Nature Hike & The Omoa Fortress Tour | PCT-07 Request Tour Info

Lovely forested mountains along the seashores of Omoa are part of the spectacular landscapes that creates lush tropical rain forest, surrounded by many wildlife habitats. In this Tour we will make a short hike along a small river up to a beautiful waterfall, which drops into a natural pool that is perfect for swimming.

Following this nature experience you will be taken back into Honduran history with a visit to the San Fernando de Omoa Spanish Fortress. Revisit a time when the buccaneers roamed the Caribbean Sea and attacked the Spanish center in the New World. Visit the old fortress, built by the Spaniards during the Colonial period as defense from the British pirates. Today it stands as a silent testimony to an important, if difficult, period in Honduran history.

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