Top Roatan Shore Excursions

The tour started outside the port, and we were greeted by the tour guide (Alanis) which was very friendly. She explained the details of the tour and the timeframe expectation. There was no rush at any of the stops, and we were able to enjoy each experience thoroughly. She even arranged for a snorkeling added “sub-tour”, which really was the “cherry-on-top”. It is highly recommended and we will repeat if we visit again.

This was a day very well spent. Only a short drive to/from the port. Christian was our driver. We enjoyed having the van to ourselves. It felt like Christian was our personal concierge for the day. The snorkeling was so beautiful. It was just windy and the current was hard to swim against. Take the life jacket if you’re not a strong open water swimmer.

Absolutely incredible snorkeling adventure in Roatan, Honduras! Vanessa was amazing — so knowledgeable, friendly, and attentive throughout the entire excursion. She made sure we felt comfortable, informed, and excited every step of the way. Our snorkel guide, Valentin, was fantastic as well! He made sure we saw the beautiful reef, pointed out amazing marine life, and kept the whole experience fun and enjoyable. This was easily a 100/100 experience for us. The staff, the reef, and the overall atmosphere were unforgettable. We will definitely be booking again the next time we’re in Roatan!

I booked the tour to start at 10am, but I didn't know the ship time and the local time was different for MSC. So the tour company called me at 10:15am ship time as I thought I still had time for the local 10am tour. Local time was 1 hour before the ship's time, that was very confusing for me. As I didn't get internet on the ship I had to take the phone call which cost me another $18. I guess that's just travel expense. Anyone taking MSC Seascape should watch out for the time difference, need to go with the ship's time. Roatan is not a big place so we were lucky to have a private tour just me and my mom. Our first stop was to see the animals. I can't remember the name of the place, I think it's either Vincent or Victor something. Our guide Irwin I believe took us to see the monkeys first. They really loved to eat the coconut bits, climbed all over my shoulders. My mom enjoyed less as one money got some red thing on her shirt which couldn't wash out after. :D Then we got personal with some parrots. They sat on our heads. At least my mom had her hat on. When the parrot tried to get off my head, it hurt a little bit because of the claws, so I suggest anyone joining the tour should wear hat. The animal place is not too big, we saw a bunch of sloths just chilling, it's easier to take pictures with the sloths as they don't really move. LOL. I saw peacocks, turkey, deer, more monkeys and parrots. Irwin was informative about the animals in the sanctuary. Afterwards the driver took us to the chocolate making place. The chocolate was pretty good. Then we went to the rum cake shop and bought a rum cake for souvenir. The driver explained a lot about the island and we pretty much chatted the entire trip. It's a shorter tour compared to other cruise ports but I still enjoyed a lot with the private experience.

We had an amazing excursion. Denisa was waiting on us at the cruise port and drove us to each destination. She made sure we got to see and do everything we wanted and was super friendly! It was so nice having a private experience versus the tour bus. The best snorkeling experience we’ve ever had….EVER! Smaller groups are the way to go! Highly recommend!!

Great experience! ROA was ready when we got there and it was a small group. Just us and another small family. Loved the monkeys jumping on and around us. It was great to see the sloths as even though you can't hold them anymore because of a law. But you can see them up close. We also spent a couple of hours at a private beach. Our tour guide Norma was great! Would recomend ROA and this adventure to anyone visiting Roatan

The directions given to find our driver were excellent and easy to follow. Our driver Fred made our day!!! He was easy going and indulged our curiosities about life on Roatan. We headed straight to the beach club where we had lounge chairs under the palm trees. That area is quite touristy but we were still able to relax and enjoy. The water was beautiful and the resort’s swim area was quite large. We decided to eat lunch on the way back to the port. The food, service and view at Mutton Pepper were amazing!!! Then we did a quick stop at the rum store for tastes and the view, followed by a stop at the gas station for 2 six packs of local beer. Thanks to Fred for taking such good care of us!

We were a group of 4 & arrived at the meeting point about 30 minutes early and found our guide Jerry was already there waiting for us. We had a basic itinerary planned out and after a few minor tweaks (based on Jerry’s advise) headed off. Jerry was awesome! Very knowledgeable and answered any/all questions we had as we drove around the island to the spots we wanted to see. We did a complete loop of the island. Went snorkelling and did rum/rum cake tasting on the west side, shopping & chocolate tasting on north side and hilight of the day was definitely visiting the sloths & interacting with the monkeys at AJ’s Sanctuary on the south side. Our day started around 8:30 and got back to the ship around 2:30. Terrific day with our awesome guide Jerry!