Roatan Honduras
 
We're now organizing a trip to Fantasy Insland Beach Resort in Roatan, Honduras for October 23 - 30, 2004.

Hotel

Fantasy Island offers the ultimate in guest comfort and luxury with tastefully decorated air conditioned rooms, satellite TV, refrigerator, telephone. Amenities including a fresh water swimming pool and Roatan’s only lighted tennis courts. Guests can unwind in intimate indoor and outdoor lounges, and the restaurant is one of the finest in all of the Bay Islands, served by courteous staff, and offers an outstanding culinary selection, including sumptuous seafood, steaks, native specialties, and delicious desserts.

Hotel Amenities

  • 1 Freshwater pool
  • Complete dive facility
  • Snorkeling
  • 2 Tennis courts
  • 2 Restaurants
  • 2 Bars (happy hours daily)
  • Activities desk
  • Water Sports Center:
    - Canoes & Kayaks (free)
    - Sunfish sailboats (hourly rental)
    - Waverunners (hourly rental)
   

Diving

Dive Package

  • Dive package includes 3 boat dives (1-tank) each day, The dive boats depart at 9:00am, 11:00am, and 2:30pm.
  • 1 boat night dive – we will schedule the night for this dive on arrival. If you’ve never done a night dive before, come give it a try!
  • Unlimited shore diving - Shore diving is done right from the beach at the resort. The dive shop will drop-off/pick-up all tanks/weights/gear from the beach. You can also choose to do a night dive from shore; again the dive shop will take care of all tanks and gear.
  • Gear lockers are available at the dive center.
  • You are welcome to dive as much or as little as you like.

 

 

Dive Sites

Roatan offers some of the best diving in the Caribbean. There are about 132 dive sites on Roatan, and include wall, reck and reef dives. Roatan is famous for its wall diving sites and excellent variety of marine life. It has been estimated that you can see 90% of all the marine life in the Caribbean in Roatan. There is something for everyone no matter what your skill level. Some of the most popular include:

  • The Odessey (wreck)
  • Mary’s Place
  • Prince Albert (wreck)
  • Half Moon Bay Wall

Water temperatures are typically in the low 80Fs. Visibility can reach 100 feet and beyond on good days at some sites, but the norm is usually 50 to 80 feet.
   

Roatan

Where is Roatan, and why go there?

Roatan, like the rest of the Bay Islands, provides visitors with an unspoiled vacation alternative and is said to be much like the eastern Caribbean was before commercialization took place.

The island has an incredible amount to offer guests; superb diving and snorkeling, tours of the island, hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, exploring vast mangrove alleys, pirate history tours, water sports and stunning beaches.

Roatan is a true tropical island with steeply sloping jungle covered hills, long stretches of sandy beaches and beautiful fringing coral reefs. The island is 35 miles long and an average of three miles wide, it lies 40 miles off the north coast of Honduras. Studded with deep water inlets called 'Bights' it has been a safe haven for sailors for centuries, and offers excellent scuba diving.

Roatan's main attraction for the longest time has been the treasures found below the surface of the clear blue Caribbean Sea. Caves and crevices, thousand-foot walls, wrecks, abundant sea life, dolphins, sharks, whale sharks and the largest number of sponges in the Caribbean, makes Roatan, and the Bay Islands, one of the most desirable diving destinations in the world.
   

What's it Cost?

Rates are per person based on double occupancy*
Diver or Non-Diver $1,395
This rate includes:

  • 7 nights stay at the Fantasy Island Beach Resort and Dive Center
  • 3 meals daily – buffet style at the hotel restaurants during normal operating hours.
  • Roundtrip airfare from BWI directly to Roatan.
  • Ground transfers to and from the hotel.
  • 3 1-tank boat dives daily
  • 1 night boat dive
  • Unlimited shore diving
  • Weekly resort activities
  • 16% tax

*If you do not have a roommate we will attempt to pair you with another single. If no roommate is found a single occupancy room can be purchased for an additional $200.

*Children under 10 stay at the hotel for half price; children rate = $1,046
Rates do not include alcoholic beverages, chamber fees, dive tips, or $27 departure tax.

Specialty dives such as shark dives or dolphin encounters are not included, but can be arranged at an additional fee (approx $65-$75)

Valid U.S. Passport is required to enter Honduras

 

Payment Schedule & Terms


$200 to reserve your spot (spots are limited)
Full payment due by August 18, 2004
$100 cancellation fee prior to August 18, 2004
No refunds after August 18, 2004.
Payment by cash or check only.

Make checks payable to:
Diver’s Descent Scuba, Inc.
817 Fishburn Rd
Hershey, PA 17033
(717) 520-8268
Email: sales@diversdescent.com

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