Roatan Excursions

You're in Roatan, which has drawn explorers to its shores for over 500 years. Think beaches, swimming, snorkeling, diving, sailing and watersports. It's a beautiful place with lots to do and explore.

Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and NCL ships will dock at the Coxen Hole Cruise ship dock complex, which is on the west side of Coxen Hole. Carnival, Princess, Costa, Holland America and Regent ships will dock at the new Mahogany Bay Cruise Center, which is located east of Coxen Hole in Dixons Cove. Shore excursions depart from each of the two cruise ship terminals.

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Coxen Hole Cruise Ship Dock

Beach, Snorkel & Sailing

Tabyana Beach Day/ Tabyana Beach Break/ Tabyana Beach Day with Lunch/ Tabyana Beach Party
4 to 5 hours

Enjoy a day at Roatan's most beautiful and popular beach. Your day pass includes round-trip transportation to Tabyana Beach, beach access, use of changing and shower facilities and a BBQ lunch.

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Afternoon Beach Break at Tabyana
4 hours

Enjoy an afternoon at one of Roatan's most popular beaches. Your day pass includes round-trip transportation to Tabyana Beach, beach access and use of changing and shower facilities.

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Coral Cay Beach Break/ Coral Cay Private Island and Drinks/ Coral Cay Beach Party
4 to 5½ hours

Explore the white sand beaches and crystal clear waters of Roatan at Coral Cay. Here you can snorkel in the reefs, play some volleyball, kayak, swim or just bask in the sun and relax.

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Fantasy Island Beach Break
4 hours

Spend a day at the Fantasy Island Beach Resort, where relaxing on the private island is the order of the day. You can swim or kayak in the lagoon, take a walk on the nature trail, or just work on your tan.

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Magical Island Beach Day with Lobster Lunch
5½ hours

Roatan's West End has some of the best beaches on the island, so dive in on this tour! You'll spend the day at the Lost Paradise Inn, where you can explore Roatan's reefs on a boat snorkel.

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Coral Cay Private Island & Shrimp Fest
5 hours

With white sand beaches, swimming, snorkeling and watersports, Coral Cay is also a marine park, where you can interact with marine species such as eagle rays, turtles, and nurse sharks.

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Gumbalimba Preservation Park & Tabyana Beach Day with Lunch/ Tabyana Beach & Gumbalimba Park
6 hours

Visit Gumbalimba Park and explore the botanical garden, the monkey refuge and the bird sanctuary. Then make your way to Tabyana Beach, Roatan's most popular beach, where a BBQ lunch awaits.

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Coral Cay Snorkel Adventure/ Coral Cay Private Island, Shark Experience & Snorkeling/ Coral Cay Snorkel
4 to 5½ hours

Explore the undersea world of Roatan at Coral Cay. And you can also visit the marine and nature park, where you can interact with marine species such as eagle rays, turtles and nurse sharks.

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Shipwreck Snorkel & Beach
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Enjoy a fun snorkel adventure as you take a guided tour of a shipwreck off of the Fantasy Island Beach Resort. After your snorkel, you can enjoy all of the amenities that the resort has to offer.

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Tabyana Beach Snorkel & Lunch
4 hours

Snorkel in some of Roatan's most amazing reefs during your day at Tabyana Beach. After taking in one of nature's greatest wonders, relax on the beach and enjoy a barbeque lunch.

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Underwater Sightseeing and Tabyana Beach
6 hours

Enjoy an underwater adventure in air conditioned comfort aboard the Coral Reef Explorer, a semi-submersible boat. Then snorkel in one of Roatan's most amazing reefs at Tabyana Beach, and a BBQ lunch.

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Semi-Submarine & West End Village/ Glassbottom Boat & Village Tour/ Semi-Sub, Cameos & West End Village/ Semi-Submarine Boat Ride & West End Village/ Underwater Sightseeing & Tabyana Beach Day
3 to 4 hours

Take a ride aboard the Coral Reef Explorer, a semi-submersible boat that was custom built to show off Roatan's underwater eco-system in total air-conditioned comfort. Then enjoy a visit to Tabyana Beach.

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Catamaran Sail & Snorkel/ Deluxe Catamaran Sail & Snorkel
4 to 5 hours

Take a leisurely sail on the Graziafelice, a luxury catamaran, through the pristine waters of Roatan. Then it's time for snorkeling in the island's reefs--an adventure you'll remember for a long time.

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Margaritaville Catamaran Snorkel & Party
3½ hours

If you want to snorkel in two of the world's best reefs is your thing, then don't miss this adventure. You'll sail through Roatan's beguiling waters aboard the Margaritaville catamaran.

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Jolly Roger Sailing Catamaran & Gumbalimba Park/ Jolly Roger Catamaran
4 to 4½ hours

Combine a visit to Roatan's verdant Gumbalimba Park with a snorkel sail on a catamaran to the Roatan National Marine Reserve, and you've got a recipe for a great day in Roatan.

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Jolly Roger Catamaran & Gumbalimba Park
5½ hours

Combine a visit to Roatan's verdant Gumbalimba Park with a snorkel sail on a catamaran to the Roatan National Marine Reserve, and you've got a recipe for a great day in Roatan.

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West Bay Kayak & Snorkel
5½ hours

Transfer to Half Moon Bay, where you will paddle down the coastline in your ocean kayak. Then you'll head to West Bay for a snorkel in some of Roatan's most spectacular reefs.

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Clear Kayak, Snorkeling & Gumbalimba Park/ Clear Kayaking & Snorkeling/ Mayan Reef Clear Kayak
3 to 4 hours

Combine a kayak, a snorkel and a visit to beautiful Gumbalimba Park and you've got a day to remember!

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Coral Cay Marine & Nature Park Kayak Explorer/ Coral Cay Private Island & Shark Experience & Shipwreck Kayak/ Coral Cay Marine & Nature Park Kayak
4 to 5½ hours

Coral Cay is the perfect place to do some exploring by kayak. And at Coral Cay you can also visit the marine and nature park, where you can interact with marine species such as nurse sharks and turtles.

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Kayak & Snorkel Adventure/ Kayak & Snorkeling Adventure
4 hours

Begin you day's adventures at Half Moon Bay, where you will paddle down the coastline in your ocean kayak. Then head to beautiful West End for a snorkel in some of Roatan's most spectacular reefs.

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Snuba/ Roatan Snuba Diving/ Snuba Diving
2½ to 3 hours

Take in the bounty of the undersea world of Roatan with Snuba--a cross between snorkeling and scuba diving. You'll enjoy a 45 to 60-minute underwater Snuba experience on this fun excursion.

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Sea Spi Shipwreck Adventure
2 to 4 hours

Sea Spi boats allow you to explore the undersea world of Roatan's reefs without actually swimming. A Sun Sea tour guide will escort you as you visit shipwrecks, coral reefs and much more.

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Canopy

Canopy Adventure & Tabyana Beach
1½ hours

Get your adrenaline rushing as you swoop through the trees in this zipline adventure. Then cool off at Tabyana beach.

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City/Island Tours

Discover Roatan/ Best of Roatan/ Best of Roatan Island Tour
3½ hours

Enjoy a boat ride in Dixon Cove's harbor, then drive to Marble Hill Farm to sample some exotic local jams and jellies. Then visit Punta Gorda, where you'll take in "Yuba: the Garifuna Experience."

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Island Trolley Tour
2¾ hours

Begins with a scenic tour of Roatan aboard a local trolley. Then you'll spend a couple of hours exploring West End, where you can shop, swim or relax and work on your tan.

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Roatan Highlights & Beach
4 hours

Experience the beauty of Roatan on this scenic tour. Traveling to Panorama Hill, Las Palmas Village, an iguana farm and Parrot Tree Hill, you'll visit parts of the island that most tourists never see.

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Roatan Island Tour and Highlights/ Island Sightseeing & Highlights
3 to 3½ hours

Experience the beauty of Roatan on this scenic tour. Traveling to Panorama Hill, Las Palmas Village, an iguana farm and Parrot Tree Hill, you'll visit parts of the island that most tourists never see.

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Cultural Tours

Garifuna & Mangrove Tunnel/ Island Nature and Culture Tour
3½ to 4 hours

Immerse yourself in the life of the Garifuna, descendants of African slaves brought to Roatan in 1797 by the British. You'll take in "Yubu: the Garifuna Experience," visit Punta Gorda and picturesque Jonesville, plus explore the mangrove canopy by boat.

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Roatan West Side Island & Culture
3 hours

Explore Roatan's west side, visiting the scenic Lawson Rock area and the West End for some shopping. Next it's the Flowers Bay enclave to visit Roatan's oldest landmark; the tour ends in Gravel Bay.

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Diving

Beginner's Scuba/ Discover Scuba Diving/ Roatan Discover Scuba Diving/ Discover Scuba at Anthony's Key Resort
3½ to 4½ hours

If you've ever had an interest in scuba diving, this excursion gives you the introduction to the sport. Your first dive will be in an area rated in the top five in the world. It's brilliant planning on your part!

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Certified 2 Tank Boat
4¼ hours

Roatan is one of the top diving spots in the world. The deep-water canyons are teeming with marine life. You'll take two dives in the waters located just a short ride away.

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Roatan Certified Scuba/ Wall & Reef Certified Dive
4 to 4½ hours

Roatan is one of the top diving spots in the world. The deep-water canyons are teeming with marine life. You'll take a reef dive and a wall dive in the waters located just a short ride away.

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Certified Two Tank Dive at Anthony's Key
4 to 4¼ hours

Roatan is one of the top diving spots in the world. The deep-water canyons are teeming with marine life. This dive includes both reef and wreck sites that are located just a short ride away.

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Certified Dolphin Dive/ Certified Dive with the Dolphins
2 to 4 hours

This diving experience is like no other. You'll spend 45 minutes observing, photographing and playing with two dolphins at depths of up to 60 feet.

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Reef Shark Diving Experience (Full Equipment)
3¾ hours

Experience an intense and dramatic dive with sharks in this unusual and thrilling diving adventure. This will surely be a day you'll remember for a long time!

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Dolphins

Dolphin Encounter
2¼ to 3 hours

This exciting adventure at Anthony's Key Resort gives you and the other members of your group an approximate 30-minute in-water experience interacting with dolphins.

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Dolphin Encounter & Tabyana Beach Day/ Dolphin Encounter & Tabyana Beach Day with Lunch
4 to 6 hours

This fun two-part adventure begins at Anthony's Key Resort, giving you and the other members of your group an approximate 30-minute in-water experience interacting with dolphins. Then you'll head for Tabyana Beach for some snorkeling or just relaxing.

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Eco Tours

Gumbalimba Preservation Park/ Gumbalimba Park & Pirate Cave
3½ to 5 hours

Witness the beauty of Roatan's flora and fauna on your visit to Gumbalimba Park. You'll also visit Coxen's Cave, erstwhile home to pirate Captain John Coxen.

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Pirates, Birds, & Monkeys of the Caribbean
3 hours

Start your day's adventure with a visit to Gumbalimba Park, where you will explore Roatan's beautiful flora and fauna. Then relax or take a swim at the Gumbalimba Beach.

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Roatan West Side Island Tour/ Island Tour
4 hours

Begin with a guided tour of Carambola Botanical Gardens to learn about the flora and fauna of the island. And after visiting the Butterfly and Parrot Garden, you'll finish your tour in the West End.

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Roatan West End Tour
4½ to 5 hours

Begin with a guided tour of Carambola Botanical Gardens; then you're off to the Butterfly and Parrot Garden. Next you'll enjoy a tour and shopping in the West End, and end up with a visit to the cameo factory.

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Hiking

Eco Hike & Private Island Tour/ Roatan Eco-Hike & West End Village
4½ hours

Begin your excursion with a visit to Carambola Gardens in Sandy Bay, where you'll hike to the summit of Carambola Mountain. Then you're off to Las Palmas Village for a picnic lunch and the beautiful beach.

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Hiker's Ridge & Forest Adventure/ Hiker's Ridge & Tropical Forest Adventure
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Experience the beautiful flora and fauna of Roatan on this hike to Mount Mariah, one of the highest points on the island. The views are spectacular, and you'll burn off last night's cheesecake in no time!

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Motorsports

Off-road Unimog Adventure
1¾ hours

Go off the beaten path on this adventure. You'll experience Roatan's rural beauty, then visit the town of Crawfish in a 1960s vintage Mercedes Benz Unimog truck.

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Important Information

Notes on the above cruise excursions:

• The information on the cruise excursions listed above was developed from publicly available sources.
• The cruise lines may elect to add to, change, delete or otherwise alter the itineraries of the excursions above;
• The cruise lines may restrict the number of passengers allowed to go on any particular excursion.
• The cruise lines may impose other restrictions on any particular excursion, including height, weight, minimum age, etc.; make sure to check with them to determine if there are such restrictions.
• There may be seasonal limitations on certain excursions or tours, such as whale watching. Be sure to check with your cruise line to determine if the tour in which you're interested is available when you're on your cruise.

Why buy a tour through the cruise lines?

• They have selected tour operator partners who are safe, reliable, licensed and insured.
• They offer a wide selection of tours, purchasing convenience and can provide expert advice on the most appropriate tour for you.
• They offer a one price, no surprises policy, with no hidden fees.
• They will be happy to credit your onboard account if you've already booked an excursion and there is a change in itinerary of the ship.
• They will wait for you if your tour is late.

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