Guanaja

Guanaja is the most remote Bay Islands located 43 miles off the north coast of Honduras and 8 miles from Roatan. It is know as the “Green Island” of Honduras, the most mountainous and lush of all the Bay Islands with unlimited natural spring water. Tourism is not only embraced, it’s their only hope. Nearly all of the sites offer lively shallow terraces that are perfect for snorkeling as well as scuba diving. Separate snorkel tours are offered to ensure you are taken to a site that is guaranteed for good snorkeling. When joining the scuba divers, you also know accommodate sites that work well for divers and snorkelers.

Guanaja’s fringing reef is a protected marine reserve making it an ideal spot for scuba diving and snorkeling nearly anywhere offshore the mainland. Part of a volcanic and coral mountain range called The Bonacca Ridge, Guanaja marks the beginning of the second largest barrier reef in the world – the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. It offers a mixture of pinnacles, vertical walls, lava tunnels and wrecks including the nearby Jado Trader, one of the most sought-after wrecks in the Caribbean. It also boasts nearly every species of coral growing in the Caribbean Sea, including several species of rare black coral, and sponges of all colors, shapes and sizes.

Location: Bay Islands, Honduras

Area: 50 km2