Private tours in Roatan Honduras put your group, and nobody else from the ship, in one vehicle with a driver who is also your guide. You set the pace, and on some days the stops too.
The most-reviewed private day: sanctuary animals, a chocolate and a rum tasting, the highest viewpoint and time in West End, with an English and Spanish-speaking guide. Pickup one hour after arrival, on ship time.
From $56 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The long day: up to nine and a half hours with a guide and a car, fuel and water, and the stops you pick. It starts whenever you are ready, but every entry fee and the beach chair are paid as you go.
From $45 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The cheapest private car: a driver for three to four hours, with stops at rum, chocolate, a beach and an eco-park. Only the vehicle is in the fare; the park and the beach cost US$15 each, and it collects from the Port of Roatan side.
From $45 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours of island culture in your own vehicle: a fishing village, the first town, West End, a viewpoint, and the chocolate and rum tastings with their entry paid. Meals are an optional stop at your cost.
From $50 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A driver to a West Bay resort and back, with three to six hours on the sand. The day pass covers chairs, pool, showers, changing rooms and wifi. It is a beach day with a private car, not a tour of stops.
From $55 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours in your own vehicle: an eco-park with sloths, monkeys and scarlet macaws, then chocolate and rum tastings and West End shopping. Ask whether the park entry is in your fare.
From $58 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Sloths and macaws at an eco-park, the chocolate and rum stops, then three hours on a West Bay resort day pass with chairs, a pool and showers. Your driver is your guide; towels are not supplied.
From $74 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three to eight hours with a bilingual local guide and live commentary, built from the stops you choose when you book. Check in at the port kiosk one hour after arrival. Add-ons you did not preselect are paid on the day.
From $75 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A local driver-guide, a sloth and monkey sanctuary, then West Bay with loungers in the fare. The listing writes an on-time return to your port or hotel into what it includes. Food and drinks are sold at the beach club.
From $79 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private car to a drift snorkel, an animal sanctuary and about three hours at a beach club. It meets you one hour after the ship docks, and the fees and taxes are covered; lunch and drinks are not.
From $85 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private day with time in the water: an eco-park, a guided snorkel at Blue Rock by boat from the beach, and a resort day pass on West Bay. Gear, vest and chairs are in; tips and towels are not.
From $88 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own boat and captain for two hours off West End, three snorkel spots a few minutes apart, gear included and fins on request. Meet at the chocolate shop in town, or pay extra for a pickup further east.
From $100 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own air-conditioned vehicle to an hour on an ATV, then 45 minutes each at the chocolate and rum tastings and an hour with the sloths and monkeys. Every fee and tax is in the fare.
From $130 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Sloths and monkeys, a chocolate and a rum tasting, the highest viewpoint and West End, in your own air-conditioned vehicle, rated 4.9. Pickup one hour after arrival.
See this tourA private tour here is a car, a driver and your group, and nobody else from the ship. Your driver is usually your guide as well. You meet outside the port gate, and the day runs on your pace rather than a bus timetable.
What you see is the island's usual list: a sloth and monkey park, a chocolate and a rum tasting, a viewpoint, West End and West Bay. Some private days fix the stops. The customizable ones let you choose them when you book, and some let you choose the length too.
Two things surprise people. The fare is per person, not per car, on every listing here. And most private listings need at least two travellers to book at all.
The most-reviewed private day costs $56 a person. The most-booked shared sanctuary day costs $65, with two hours at West Bay in it. Private fares start at $45, below every shared sanctuary day, though the cheapest leave the entry fees to you.
Nobody waits for the slowest of thirty. Stay an extra half hour with the sloths, skip the souvenir stop, or head back early. On a shared day of up to 30, the timetable decides.
Most private listings meet you one hour after the ship docks. One runs its pickup on ship time, since ship time and island time can differ. Another starts whenever you are ready.
The customizable days turn the island into a menu: beaches, a monkey park, butterfly and botanical gardens, an iguana farm. One runs to nine and a half hours. Another lets you pick three to eight hours and the stops in advance.
The stops are often the same. The difference is who else is in the vehicle, and what that does to the day.
| A private tour | A shared tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is in the vehicle | Only your group | Up to 30 to 50 guests |
| Stops | Fixed, or chosen by you | Fixed |
| Pace | Yours | The timetable's |
| Pickup | Outside the port gate, one hour after docking on most | A meeting point, 20 minutes to an hour after arrival |
| Minimum to book | Two travellers on most | One |
| Fare, per person | $45 to $130 | $55 to $65 |
For a couple, the shared day is often the better price once a beach is in it. For a family or a group that wants its own pace, a private day costs about the same, and the car waits for you.
Your own driver-guide, the sloths and monkeys, then loungers on West Bay in the fare. The listing writes an on-time return into what it includes.
Check availabilityWhether to book the ship's own excursion or one of these is weighed in our guide to booking with the ship or independently. Snorkel boats with a captain of your own are on Roatan snorkeling tours.
Not sure what to pick at all? Our guide to choosing a tour compares every kind of tour here.
Would a snorkel boat or a shared beach day suit you better? Every tour is compared on Roatan Honduras Tours.