Laguna Beach Resort

Utila - Bay Islands

Honduras

The Resort

Laguna Beach Resort is the newest and most luxurious dive resort on Utila. Perched at the water's edge, the bungalows provide private decks, a spacious bath, hot water, ceiling fans and air conditioning. Laguna Beach Resort is self-sufficient with its own 110 volt current and sea recovery system (reverse osmosis unit), providing potable water throughout the resort. There is no phone at the resort, however there is radio contact with the in town office, only a 5 minute boat ride away. The rustically, elegant by design, natural wooden bungalows are nestled along the edge of a palm-fringed peninsula, dividing a tranquil mangrove lagoon and the warm Caribbean Sea.

The Accommodation

The resort accommodation consits of:
5 duplex bungalows with 8 rooms with 2 double beds and 2 rooms with 1 king size bed
8 individual bungalows with 1 king size bed per unit.

All rooms have airconditioning, ceiling fans, hot water shower, private bathroom, porch and pier.

Activities

* sun-bathing (the beach has chairs and hammocks under the many palm trees)
* fishing
* volleyball
* hiking
* swimming
* snorkelling
Unlimited use of:
* kayaks
* canoes
* wind surfers

The diver rates include:
* 3 boat dives daily (see description of diving sites)
* 1 night boat dive on Monday and Thursday
* unlimited shore dives

Dive instruction, sport fishing charters and island excursions are also available. Local game fish include marlin, wahoo, tuna, barracuda, king mackerel tarpon, and bonefish.

General Information

8 days/7 nights package King Room
	Diver		Vacationer
	Double Room	Single Room	Double Room	Single Room
USD	$ 970	$ 1180	$ 840	$ 1050
EUR	€ 805	€ 979	€ 697	€ 871
GBP	£ 543	£ 660	£ 470	£ 588
Domestic Flights: USD 130 / GBP 72 / EUR 107

(*) Price last updated on 27 February 2004. Current price may vary due to elements out of our control, so please always check by sending us a quotation request .
(**) Flight prices are susceptible to change at any time without prior notice
Price does not include the 16% Honduran tax .
Please enquire for daily rate.

8 days/7 nights package Duplex Room
	Diver		Vacationer
	Double Room	Single Room	Double Room	Single Room
USD	$ 940	$ 1150	$ 810	$ 1020
EUR	€ 780	€ 954	€ 672	€ 846
GBP	£ 526	£ 644	£ 453	£ 571
Domestic Flights: USD 130 / GBP 72 / EUR 107

(*) Price last updated on 27 February 2004. Current price may vary due to elements out of our control, so please always check by sending us a quotation request .
(**) Flight prices are susceptible to change at any time without prior notice
Price does not include the 16% Honduran tax .
Please enquire for daily rate.

Included:
Transfer to/from Utila's airport, accommodation, 3 mails daily, unlimited use of kayaks. The dive package includes also 3 boat dives daily, 2 night boat dives and unlimited shore dives.

Not included:
Rental equipment, personal expenses, tips, beverages, flight to/from Utila. Price does not include the 16% Honduran tax .

Diving Sites

Laguna Beach Resort diving offers approximately 100 dive sites (40 buoy sites), some of the highlights are as follows:

South side: Diving Utila's South side offers platform fringing reefs. Depths of 15-25 ft. are excellent for long shallow dives exploring the tongue and groove coral formations. Most walls slope gradually to 70 or 80 ft. The hard corals are abundant and varied due to the southern exposure. Young black coral is found throughout this area along with a wide variety of colourful tropical. Westward from Jack Neal Point expect occasional hawksbill and green turtle sightings. All along the South side keep an eye on the deep blue for the resident spotted eagle rays cruising parallel to the wall.

Sea Mounts: Reaching up to within 30-45 ft. of the surface and sloping down to as deep as 200 ft., sea mounts are dotted around within a few miles of Utila's coast. Most of the seamounts we visit can be circumnavigated 2 or 3 times during an excellent multilevel dive. The most lush soft coral diving found in the Bay Islands is found here. Expect the unexpected with a variety of pelagics. It is not uncommon to see schools of jacks, snappers, spade fish, and every species of grouper found in the Bay Islands at just one dive site. Look for resident hawksbill or green turtles; spotted, green, and goldentail moray eels; and balloon, porcupine, and webbed urrfish puffers.

North side (Turtle Harbour): On the lip of the Continental Shelf a plateau at 25 ft., edged by pillar and mountainous star coral, hosts an active fish nursery. This platform gives way dramatically to a sheer, deep wall extending well below l000 ft. in many places. On the wall sparse hard corals, due to the northern exposure, are crowded by profuse sponge formations. Expect dog snapper, mackerel, permot, grouper, and ray at depth. Occasional hawksbill and green turtles are seen nesting and feeding on the shelves. Turtle Harbour, as the name suggests, is a turtle nesting ground. Also look for midnight parrotfish between Turtle and Rock Harbour.

Ironshore: Along Utila's eastern shore, the volcanic coastline makes for unusually beautiful shallow diving with the waves gently breaking right overhead.

Whale sharks: The largest fish in our oceans, whale sharks feed year-round off the coast of Utila. Growing as long as 60 ft., an opportunity to swim with this animal is awe-inspiring.

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