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Sea kayaking and cloud forest hiking on Roatan, Honduras
Explore the reef and the rainforest on this weeklong multi-sport vacation while staying in comfortable island style casitas
About the seller:
Life is short. We want to help you make the most of it. We depend on the wild places of this planet for water, air, and a good dose of sanity. Positive wilderness experiences lead to a personal investment in their survival. Uncommon Adventures wants to help you realize your dreams while cultivating the preservation of that big, beautiful world out there. We arrange activities that are fun, self-propelled, and offer various degrees of physical challenge, from mild to wild. All experience levels are encouraged to join these trips — we enjoy sharing skills taught by the very best instructors available.Uncommon Adventures specializes in kayak tours, certified kayak instruction, corporate retreats and backcountry fly fishing in fresh and saltwater environments. Since 1984, expert guides and professional workshop leaders have made Uncommon Adventures a good find for individuals, small groups and corporations.
We do not strive to be a large tour company offering "cookie cutter" experience to all corners of the world. Our focus is to offer excellence in a few very special locations that we know well, or we partner with local guides for the best local knowledge couple with our own high standards. Uncommon Adventures does not offer "seen that done that" kinds of experiences, but rather programs that are instructional in nature. You'll walk away with new skills, feeling more of an intimacy with the waterscapes traveled within.
"We live in a highly developed nation, with very specialized jobs, packed schedules and to-do lists that rival the roll in the bathroom. It is the beginning of the 21st century and we have never been more divorced from the planet that gives us life. I've developed these programs to address a screaming need for us all to get our hands dirty, our feet wet and breathe the musky aroma of earth back into our lungs. Put down that cell phone, go off-line, get out of the race...come outside and play."
- Michael Gray, Director
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This must be the perfect combo: paddling on the reef and hiking through the rainforest while watching the beautiful scenery. The photos are amazing too!
The Ooh team ,
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Jan '10
Detailed description:
Can't decide whether to spend a week paddling on the reef or do an overland trip? You can do both! Spend a week splitting your time between our tropical garden island base and a remote cloud forest lodge nestled in the buffer zone around Pico Bonito National Park. You'll get a taste of paddling the magnificent coral reef around the mountainous Bay Islands of Honduras and visit a little known cloud-forest preserve on the mainland to experience the warmth of its people.
Your trip begins and ends on the beautiful island of Roatan that receives direct flights from Houston, Miami and Atlanta every weekend. From our ocean front garden base we'll do day trips to small cayes, mangroves, white sand beaches and numerous reefs to learn to snorkel right out of your kayak. You can enjoy hiking jungle trails, paddle all day and return at night to clean sheets and a comfortable bed.
Our tropical fruit farm base has comfortable island style casitas with shared screen porches and hot water showers. Meals are served with an ocean view on the deck from the central kitchen. The second half of your week takes us by propjet 20 minutes to La Ceiba and then up to the base of Pico Bonito, rising nearly 8000 ft. straight up from sea level. This is excellent habitat for nearly 200 species of birds, many feline species including Ocelots and Margays and the magnificent butterfly, the Blue Morpho. Enjoy hikes to incredible cascading waterfalls to swim in the pools beneath, whitewater rafting the beautiful Rio Congrejal and perhaps even take a night hike…when the jungle changes shifts and an entirely new world opens up. We promise that between the incredible hikes, the comfortable accommodations, the tasty meals and the magical environment, you'll never want to leave.
Itinerary:
• Day 1, Arrival — Fly to Roatan where we pick you up and take you to our base at Marble Hill Farms.
• Days 2-4 — Each day will bring us something new, with flexible plans being made to fit the weather conditions and our desires. Our day trips may take us to mangrove channels, out to the Pigeon Cayes, snorkeling on coral reefs, fishing, exploring Payan ruins, learning to brace, roll and surf in 80 degree water, visiting with the locals in Helene village or just hang in the hammock and watch the hummingbirds. Enjoy terrific seafood feasts each night and sleep in the comfort of simple bedrooms in our seaside house. Hey, how bad can that be?
• Day 5 — Transfer to the airport to catch the plane for the short hop to La Ceiba and the minibus to our friend Udo’s lodge next to Pico Bonito National Park. Once settled-in we'll head down the Rio Congrejal for an afternoon of Class III and IV whitewater rafting. After, we'll enjoy at great BBQ dinner at Udo and Sylvia's garden thatch Champa.
• Day 6 — Enjoy an early morning stroll to watch the jungle wake up, breakfast and then we'll get set to hike the waterfall trails and swim the waterfall pools. Our naturalist guide will interpret the tropical flora and fauna as we go. Back at the lodge, we'll clean up for an evening out for dinner in La Ceiba at Expatriatos or we'll head to our favorite Garifuna restaurant (La Kabasa) for their famous ceviche.
• Day 7 — Enjoy a lay-in morning, and after a leisurely breakfast, you'll have a choice of taking friendly river kayaks down to Cacao Lagoon’s brackish ecosystem or going on a horse trek along the beach with Sylvia. Tough choice….jungle mangrove paddling, incredible birds, tropical butterflies or Spanish horses with gentle passifino gaits, crossing streams and riding along Caribbean beaches….hmmmm.
• Day 8 — After breakfast, taxi to the airport for connecting flight to Roatan or continue on your own for other trip extensions.
Price: $2095/person based on dbl. occupancy. It includes all land costs (rooms, meals, guides, kayaks, local transport), except airport tax and gratuities. Deposit of $500 for reservation required, fully refundable until 45 days of departure. Balance is due at 45 days prior to departure.
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