Activities in Copán Ruinas
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Cabañas
Just a few minutes east of Copán is the cheerful little farming community of Cabañas. Peace Corps volunteers have helped community members organize a day-long rural tour; highlights include hiking or horseback riding through coffee fields and tiny farming communities, visiting traditional houses 'painted' with colored mud, a 25m waterfall, and lunch at a campesino home. Visitors can also stay overnight with a family in Cabañas. There's even a website with hotels and descriptions.
It is vital that you call in advance, so the trip can be organized. Come the afternoon before, stay the night and start the tour early. Doña Magaly Alvarado, who operates the Comedor Calle Re…
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Ixbalanque Spanish Language School
Probably the best school in town, Ixbalanque offers one-on-one Spanish classes 20 hours per week (L$3990), including a homestay (private room with bathroom, three meals per day and laundry). Volunteer opportunities in elementary schools, medical centers and municipal offices also can be arranged in conjunction with language study.
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Basecamp
Inside the ViaVia Café, Basecamp is easily one of the best operations in Honduras. It offers a variety of excursions, from a two-hour walking tour of the ‘real’ Copán village to an all-day hike through the hills and rural communities around Copán.
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Go Native Tours
The longtime and locally owned Go Native Tours offers hiking, caving and horsebackriding trips around Copán, as well as to Lago de Yojoa and Gracias. Some of the local trips involve and benefit local villagers. The office is in Tun Club Restaurant & Bar.
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Yaragua Tours
Just east of Parque Central, the reliable Yaragua Tours offers various excursions, including tubing and horseback trips along the Copán River, bird-watching, waterfall hikes and coffee plantation tours. Ask for Samuel Miranda.
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Recreational Center Camino Maya
This well-maintained recreational area with lush grounds and a pool is just off the road to the Hedman Alas bus terminal. At night, Las Piscinas – the center’s bar and discotheque – keeps the place hopping.
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Guacamaya Spanish Academy
Private Spanish classes 20 hours per week plus homestays, extracurricular activities and volunteer opps. It's a little cheaper here than other schools, extra per week for the homestay package.
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Seed of Light Yoga
If hauling your pack around Honduras has left you aching for a good stretch, drop in on a class at this Krípalu yoga studio.
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La Finca Castejo
Known locally as Finca El Cisne, La Finca Castejo is the tourism arm of this century-old family farm; trips to the finca combine beautiful scenery with an inside-look at a working finca (farm) including horseback riding through coffee and cardamom fields, swimming in the Río Blanco, soaking at Agua Caliente hot springs and a stop at the coffee-processing plants (February to October).
Most tours are led by Carlos Castejón, a friendly US- and Zamorano-trained agronomist whose family owns the finca. Lodging is in a homey solar-powered cabin and includes transportation to/from Copán Ruínas and meals. The finca shares an office with Basecamp tours, opposite ViaVia Café in C…
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