The Lenca Trail, is one of the most beautiful tours in Honduras. Is is a 76-mile route spanning from Santa Rosa de Copán to La Esperanza in the western highlands. Throughout this trail you will visit the most charming towns, you will be able to see a many colonial style architecture, churches, historical forts, a Lenca museum and Farmers Markets where the Lenca people sell their vegetables and pottery. Please read our post about the Lenca and their pottery for more information.

Also, the route provides a wonderful scenery with green hills and mountains. On the trail you have the opportunity to visit the National Park “Celaque”, which means “Box of Water” in the lenca language. Celaque is a rain forest where you will find over 230 plant species, 45 species of mammals, and 269 species of birds. The national park is located 9km from downtown Gracias, in the Celaque Mountain. After arriving to the visitor center, the walk in the park is rather pleasant where you will ascend an extra 1,400 to 2,500 meters, where all the flora and fauna typical from a rain forest can be found.

This is an excelent touristic route where you can find living culture, natural scenery, and colonial architecture. Please visit Colosuca for more information about this wonderful trip.

Sorry for being abscent so long, but we are back now and have a lot of interesting articles in mind so that you can learn more about Honduras. Since our last post a lot of things have happened, sadly enough the world cup has ended, after a very exciting month, also summer has begun and a lot of people are planning to take their vacations. With this in mind we parepared a list of the top 10 places you can visit in Honduras.

Below we have gathered a list of places you can visit divided into different categories:

Beaches

Tropical Rain Forests and Nature Resorts

Ancient Ruins and Culture

With this list you have a wide variety of places to choose from, each offering different activities, such as snorkeling, diving, white water rafting, hiking, relaxing on beatiful beaches, sightseeing, birdwatching, etc.

If you have have visited another place you would like to add to the list please leave your suggestion in our comment box.