Roatan - High Flying Canopy Fun!

Roatan was certainly one of the most remote locations we visited. Unfortunately, Scott came down with a case of Tonsillitis and was too sick to join my Dad and I on this wicked excursion - Good news...this give Scott and I a really good excuse to go back!

The Iguana Farm
This excursion started with a short drive to a local iguana farm (if you have read our Grand Cayman post you won't be surprised to hear the locals in Honduras eat iguanas - our guide said they taste like chicken, go figure!) I have never seen so many iguanas in my life...they were everywhere!!! You actually had to shuffle your feet through them in order to get along the path. In addition to the iguanas they also had a few spider monkeys and a fenced off area in the ocean which held wild tarpon, barracudas, and turtles. Did you know that Tarpon can grow to 300lbs - yikes!!!

Jungle Canopy Zipline
This is where the fun really began!!! After the Iguana Farm we were driven to a small hut to have a quick drink, get our equipment (a harnesses and a helmet), and hear our safety talk - "keep your hands out of the pulley wheels!". While waiting to head up into the canopy we were entertained by their pet Bandicoot and Monkey. We also got some great footage of humming birds feeding nearby (we tried to take photos, but their wings just move too fast!

There is only one way to describe the canopy ziplines - AWESOME! In all there were 20 stops with various lengths and heights of ziplines, ladders and rope bridges. I can't even begin to explain how cool this adventure was!