Port of Call - Roatan, Honduras

Roatan, the most sophisticated and developed of the three off shore islands, is the home of the Garifuna, world class scuba diving, small fishing villages and intimate resorts and hotels. Thirty-three miles long by 2.5 miles wide (at the broadest), the 49 square mile island, with 23 cays, sports a richly jungled low lying mountain range down its center, and is fringed by over 34 miles of reef -- the many beaches range from purest white, to honey, to golden fawn. If you want to see and be seen, choose gorgeous Tabayana Beach in West Bay -- if peace and quiet is more your style, head for Paya and Camp Bays, or any of the many other beaches in between. Explore dense mangrove forests in the east, stark iron shore in the west, and deserted, gently sloping bights (coves) in between. Visit the iguana farm, experience a dolphin encounter, hike mountain trails, take a canopy tour, descend to the depths in a submarine, pound the beach on horse back -- the opportunities are endless. Roatan is home to the 2nd largest barrier reef after the Great Barrier Reef in Austraila. So don't forget your snorkel gear ...