Coxen Hole (Town Center) cruise port guide

Roatán, Honduras · from RoatanThings, the offline iPhone guide

Where ships dock

All-aboard is in ship time. Check the daily programme and be back at the gangway 30 minutes early.

Top places near the pier

Walking times come from the app: straight-line distance plus 30% for streets, at an easy 4.5 km/h. Places further than an hour on foot show the distance instead.

1. Jungle Top Adventures Zipline

   7 min walk · Ziplines, Trails & Tours

   Zip-line canopy tour in the hills just outside Coxen Hole, close to the Town Center pier.

2. 

   Coxen Hole

   14 min walk · Landmarks & Nature

   Roatán's main town and seat of government: banks, pharmacies, supermarkets, the public hospital and a busy little central park, right outside the Town Center pier.

3. 

   Maya Key

   17 min walk · Wildlife Parks & Family Fun

   A small private island off Coxen Hole run as a day park: beach, pool, reef snorkelling, a Maya-themed cultural area and an animal rescue centre.

4. Mayan Eden

   34 min walk · Wildlife Parks & Family Fun

   A wildlife park near Coxen Hole, a short taxi ride from the Town Center pier.

5. Carambola Botanical Gardens

   53 min walk · Parks & Gardens

   Botanical gardens on the hillside in Sandy Bay: orchids, spice trees and tropical plants along a trail that climbs Carambola Mountain to a view over the north-coast reef.

6. Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences

   60 min walk · Wildlife Parks & Family Fun

   The marine-science institute at Anthony's Key Resort in Sandy Bay, which keeps Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in a seawater lagoon at Bailey's Key.

7. Roatan Butterfly Gardens

   4 mi / 6 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Wildlife Parks & Family Fun

   A small butterfly garden on the edge of West End.

8. 

   West End Village

   4 mi / 7 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Landmarks & Nature

   The laid-back village on the island's west coast: a sandy main road, dive shops, bars, restaurants and small hotels along a string of little bays.

9. 

   Roatan Marine Park eco store

   4 mi / 7 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Snorkel & Dive

   The shop and information point of the Roatán Marine Park, the island's reef-conservation charity, in West End.

10. 

    Half Moon Bay Beach

    4 mi / 7 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Beaches

    The curved little bay at the north end of West End, with calm water and good snorkelling along the reef at its mouth.

11. 

    Gumbalimba Park

    5 mi / 8 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Wildlife Parks & Family Fun

    A private nature park in the hills near West Bay: tropical gardens, free-roaming white-faced monkeys and scarlet macaws, a pirate-history cave, a 13-cable zip line, and a private beach and pool.

12. 

    West Bay Beach

    6 mi / 9 km from the pier — taxi or shuttle · Beaches

    Roatán's famous beach: about a mile of fine white sand on the island's western tip, with the reef a short swim offshore.

Ready-made port days in RoatanThings

Each is a timed plan in the app, starting and ending at the ship (8 in all for this port).

• West Bay & West End
  From the Town Center pier in Coxen Hole: snorkel West Bay, water taxi to West End, Half Moon Bay, back in good time
• Gumbalimba & West Bay
  From the Mahogany Bay pier, the long run west: monkeys and macaws, then the island's famous beach
• Carambola & Sandy Bay
  Carambola's garden trail, the marine institute at Anthony's Key, lunch in West End
• Half Moon Bay Snorkel
  From the Town Center pier: the reef at West End's little bay, in 4 hours
• Barrier Reef by Boat
  A morning snorkel or dive with a West End operator, back by lunchtime
• Zip Line by the Pier
  A canopy tour in the hills above Coxen Hole — the shortest adventure

Getting around: what the app tells you

Settle the fare first — all of it

Before you get in: the price, per person or per car, one way or round trip, dollars or lempiras, and — if the driver waits — the pickup time and place. Write it down or take a photo of the driver's car number. Pay at the end, not at the start.

Set an alarm on ship time

Honduras is on Central Standard Time all year. Ships often keep a different time. Before you go ashore, check the ship's clock and set your phone alarm by that — the ship will not wait, and West Bay is 35–45 minutes from Mahogany Bay.

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