Beaches & islands

Tela and Lancetilla

Quiet Caribbean beaches and Garífuna culture, close to your school.

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Travel time: ≈ 1.5 h from San Pedro Sula
Best for: Weekend
Best time to go: March to September

Why go

Tela is one of the easiest beaches to reach from the Sula Valley. A few kilometers away are the Garífuna villages of Tornabé, La Ensenada and Triunfo de la Cruz, and the Lancetilla Botanical Garden, a huge tropical garden with trails among fruit trees and bamboo.

Don’t miss

Lancetilla and its trails.
The Garífuna villages, their food and their music.
Jeannette Kawas National Park (Punta Sal), with beaches and jungle.

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