Utila Island
Utila is one of the three main islands of the insular department of Bay Islands of the republic of Honduras.
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| Map of Utila |
Utila is the smallest of the islands that make up the department of the Bay Islands in Honduras Caribbean. Despite it´s small size (it measures just seven miles long by three wide), most of the island is uninhabited. It is in the Southeast corner, where your main town, Harbor Easter(or simply Utila), and most of the tourist facilities.
World Famous
Utila is world famous for being some of the cheapest and safest destinations in the world to learn to dive into the deep sea and get the basic diving certificate open water to diving instructor.
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| Utila diving |
Attracted by this, thousands of visitors come each year to go into the second largest coral reef worldwide, making diving, snorkeling and fishing in the main attractions of the island. But not alone.
Whale sharks in Utila Island.
Whale shark are spotted on utila year around, they are deep divers up to thousands of feet and come to the surface to feed. Utila´s geological make up is perfect for this. The Northside borders the Cayman trench dropping into the abyss and the fringing reef, inland lagoons and mangrove are host to many different types of snapper and grouper that spawn dureing the full moon and las quarter moon. If you want to see this show please check out the lunar calendar for the best dates to visit Utila.
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| Diving with whale shark in Utila |
Tourist attractions
The second string of the world´s largest reef extends through the islands of the Bay, where maine life is rich and abundant, this, combined with crystal clear waters and visibility of up to 500 meters, makes one of the Utila best places to dive; Well, It´s considered one of the cheapest places in the world to study and get diving certification. There are about 12 dive shops and diving schools in Utila for certification, ranging from beginner to the most professional, and even the master.
As is common in the Caribbean, there are only two seasons: the dry season from November to May and the rainy season, the rest of the year, ranging from June to October.
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| Beach in Utila Island |
To the west of the island there are many cays some of which are inhabited and they are part of the community of "Los Cayos", with a small population. To the east of the island, only 30 Km, is the island of Roatan.
How to get to Utila island?
There are two ways to get Utila, can be reached by land to La Ceiba and take the ferry to travel from the islands to the Honduran mainland or yo can arrive by air.
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| Route of ferry to Utila |
Ferry "Utila Princess"
The Utila Princess is a catamaran ferry.
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| Utila Princess |
That ferry travels twice a day between the port of La Ceiba and the Utila dock which has indoor air aconditioned seating. seating consist of long benches that run the length of the boat.
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| notice of Ferry Utila Princess |
The trip, depending on the weather, takes approximately on hour.
For more information enter to the official page of Utila Princess here.
By air to Utila Island
Only domestic fligthts
You have two options:
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| Airplane of Sosa Airlines |
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| Airport to Utila island |
More information about Utila
In Utila island exist a part unfamiliar to many, where ancient English possesion a true fantasy island becomes. The territories of northern, central and western all Utila are composed of intricate mangrove forests, wetlands and savannas virtually unexplored.
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| Mangrove Channel Kayak to the North Side |
These green spaces have allowed the island retains a unique flora and fauna; characteristics that have a placed in the eyes of the international scientific community as a "hot spot" for biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean.
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| Pumpkin Hill, a small pyroclastic cone at the NE end of Utila Island |
Here lives the "swamper" or "iguana of swampo" or "iguana black" (Ctenosaura bakeri); endemic reptile belonging to the family of iguanas. Such is the importance of this species, about 60 international volunteers come each year to serve on the study and conservation of Iguana Station, a research station sponsored largely by Frankfurt Research Society along with other national institucions and international.
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| Swamper |
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