Roatán

Roatán is the Caribbean's best value destination — an island of extraordinary natural beauty with world-class diving, beautiful beaches and a laid-back Caribbean atmosphere, all at prices significantly lower than comparable islands to the north. It sits on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest barrier reef on earth, which gives it a marine environment of spectacular quality.

The island is 77 kilometers long and never more than 8 kilometers wide — a strip of lush green jungle ridge with Caribbean beach communities strung along the southern shore. West Bay Beach, consistently ranked among Central America's finest, offers the combination of white sand, turquoise water and easy reef access that makes Roatán a destination of genuine excellence. West End, just around the headland, is the social heart — a street of dive shops, restaurants and bars where the Caribbean pace is fully in evidence.

Beyond the beaches, Roatán offers a Garifuna culture of extraordinary depth — the Garifuna people of the Caribbean coast of Central America maintain one of the region's most distinctive musical and culinary traditions. The interior jungle hides monkeys, tropical birds and the Carambola Botanical Gardens. The reef offers encounters with whale sharks, dolphins and extraordinary coral formations.