West End Tour: Explore Island Life, Factories, Art Gallery, Souvenirs and Half Moon Bay Beach
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West End
Experience the vibrant west end of Roatan on this popular tour. Discover local life, visit factories, explore art galleries, and relax on the stunning Half Moon Bay Beach.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Coxen Hole - Check out the city center, architecture and local culture! Here we’ll visit the biggest souvenir shop with the best prices and most original stuff on the island.
  • The Roatan Chocolate Factory - Learn about chocolate, chocolate making, the history of chocolate, benefits and positive effects of cacao in La Moskitia Rainforest Corridor in Honduras.
  • Waves of Art - Opportunity to see and buy amazing local art, crafts, photography and much more.
  • West End - We’re going to visit Roatan Rock Shop, the perfect place to find precious stones and jewelry. We’re also going to walk around Main Street and if you want, we can go inside the souvenir and gift shops, bars and restaurants! It’s up to you!
  • Rusty Fish - Check out the amazing art created from recycled products and support local families with low resources!
  • Roatan Rum Company - Learn about rum, make your own rum, try the rum, buy rum cake and other goodies! Take in the amazing view of the entire West End of the island from their deck.
  • El Faro - This is the perfect photo opportunity between West End and West Bay! You can see both sides of the island from one of the highest peaks in Roatan. The view is simply amazing.
  • Flowers Bay - This is an area where you can see how the locals live and check the beautiful neighborhood of Flowers Bay. A lot of the houses here are right on the water on stilts. Here, we’ll get a chance for another photo opportunity or two!
  • Stone Castle Cameo Factory - Check out their cameo classic collection with art selection from 1851 as well as a variety of precious island stones and jewelry and other masterpieces carved with mixed techniques form the antique carving art school of Italy.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Book this tour to check out the west end of our beautiful island. This is one of the most popular tours as you get to see how the locals live and at the same time visit one of the most beautiful beaches in Roatan, Half Moon Bay Beach. In this tour, you’ll visit The Roatan Chocolate Factory, The Rum Factory, The Lighthouse (El Faro), Waves of Art Gallery, Roatan Rock Shop, Rusty Fish, Souvenir and Gift Shops and much more. On the way to Half Moon Bay Beach, your tour guide will drive you through the city center, local communities and amazing spots for some great photo opportunities. On the way back, your tour guide will bring you through the mountains and into the beach by Flower’s Bay and get more chances to flash a photo.

Location
West End Village, Roatan, Honduras
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sam_v
Dec 31, 2023
Beautiful, fun, informative, personable, custom curated and relaxing - We had an absolute amazing time. PABLO wasa fantastic tour guide. His recommendations were spot on. He advocated for us to get access to menus not usually given to cruise tourist. The art gallery gorgeious. The shell art academy was breathtaking and the boat ride was relaxing with a stunning view. I highly recommend RTGA
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Marcus_h
Mar 6, 2023
Best Valentine’s Day Gift - I had booked a cruise and noticed that they offered a tour to the Roatan Chocolate Factory. My husband teaches a Chocolatier Class so I was super excited to book this only to discover it was fully booked up and we could not get into the tour group…win/win for us. I found the same tour on Viator so I booked it through them instead. I mentioned that I really didn’t care if we did any other part of this tour as I wanted the Chocolate Factory portion of it for us. Because it was just my husband and I, we were able to spend more than the 15 minutes allowed with the cruise line tour. We had a wonderful day with Guilermo as our guide and Daniel (Dani) talked with my husband and answered his questions. My husband told me this day was the highlight of his trip. Thanks Guilermo and Dani for the wonderful memories. It was the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. Hopefully we will be able to return to Roatan again one day.
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Oceanb2015
Feb 16, 2023
Absolutely Wonderful! - I had a wonderful time with Dani! I booked the West End on Viator on a Sunday evening and on Monday morning Dani texted me about doing the tour that afternoon. I was blown away by how quick he responded. I had a blast on the West End tour seeing the Chocolate Factory, Rum Factor, the Roatan sign and the shopping. Dani also took me to a local food shop for pupusas---so yummy! Dani is an interesting person to talk to and made me feel very welcomed. His communication is wonderful, texting me when he was running late (he picked me up at my hotel). I enjoyed the West End tour so much I then booked the snorkeling tour, also at the last minute. I was snorkeling in the east end and wanted to snorkel in the west end so I texted Dani and he immediately responded that he was available that afternoon. He arranged a taxi to pick me up and off we went. The snorkeling was fabulous and Dani even took pictures that he shared with me. I loved my time with Dani and can't say enough good things about him. I will definitely recommend him as a tour guide in Roatan.
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Jeremyfh219cg
Dec 30, 2022
Highly Recommend Roatan Tour Guide Association - Daniel was amazing and saved our day! A day filled with rain had us in a bad mood but Daniel’s Roatan Tour Guide Association came through for us. He was friendly, knowledgeable, and most importantly trustworthy. We toured, visited a chocolate factory, a rum company and got introduced to some new cuisine for lunch that was amazing! We highly recommend using Roatan Tour Guide Association if you are ever in Honduras.
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Melissaquig
Sep 22, 2022
Just do it, you wont regret, and enjoy! - It was great to be with Daniel for this tour, any, and all tours with him would be fine with us! My son and I visited and had the best time! Chocolate factory was awesome, everything was! I bought a hammock, and another Souvenir, and Daniel just draped it over his arm, and off to the next place we went!! I didn't ask him, he just did it. The small things sure mean a lot! We had no idea it would be a private tour, even better! He's very knowledgeable of everything, and had several really good stories too. This tour is well worth the money. Taking another cruise in 3 weeks, not to Honduras, but still, going to see whats up, cuz tours is his specialty, obviously. And, btw, you can tell Daniel what you like, and he can adjust the tour, where its really, really the stuff you like! It was already great. Perfect day.
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Amy_d
Jul 31, 2022
Roatan Tour our way! - We really enjoyed Roatan. Our guide Dani was very helpful and gave us the option to do our own thing. We snorkeled, had a relaxing day at the west end beach then finished the tour with chocolate! This is a must do if your visiting.
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Sean_e
Jul 14, 2022
Book this 5 Star Tour! - First off the communication was wonderful, I was emailed by Dani about the trip before and during my cruise and that made things way more comfortable. Once we exited the terminal we saw the big sign with the red flower and Dani introduced himself and our guide Nahomi. This was a private tour and it was awesome! Nahomi had so much knowledge to impart to us about the Island and she was very personable. We heard stories from her which had us laughing, it really was like a trip to an island with your friend showing you around. There was no rushing we went at our own pace so things we loved we stayed longer. I feel like she knew everyone in West End. If you have the chance take this tour with either Dani or Nahomi you won't be disappointed.
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Christina
Mar 27, 2022
Amazing and safe tour of West End - We had the BEST time with Dani. We were trying to make the most of our rainy day in Roatan and Dani helped us do just that. He picked us up from our hotel right on time with a very clean car to travel around the island. He has extensive knowledge on the the chocolate factory, the entire process from growing cacao to the packaging of the chocolate. He also adds in very interesting information on the history of Honduras. We had a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant, visited local businesses, and really enjoyed experiencing Honduran culture. We had a great tour of West End and some other great spots in Roatan. A few of the usual attractions were closed and Dani found other amazing substitutes for our adventure. We can’t recommend this tour enough. If you’re looking for an authentic guide, a fun and safe tour and a very genuine local perspective, please look no further. Thanks Dani!
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Curious323386
Feb 17, 2020
A picture perfect day in Roatan with Daniel - A picture perfect day in Roatan with Daniel. Daniel was a delight. He took my husband and I on a private tour to the man groves, Lunch on the water and to see real estate on the beautiful island. We loved it !!! He was very friendly, professional and very informative about the island. He made our trip. We will definitely tour with him again.
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