Here, local environmental issues and present conservation efforts will be considered. While in the area, you will visit one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in Honduras and a rural school. Your group will also take part in a reforestation project within the Lindo River watershed and visit the magnificent Pulhapanz k Waterfalls. After visiting the Yojoa Lake area, you will then travel to Lancetilla Botanical Gardens on the north coast of Honduras. Founded in 1926 by the United Fruit Company and spread over more than 1700 acres, Lancetilla has served as a research center for the cultivation of a variety of tropical plants.
Some plants first grown here are now important crops found throughout Central America.
While in the area, your group will also explore Punta Sal National Marine Park. Punta Sal protects a wide variety of habitats, including mangrove forests, swamps, small tropical forests and coral reefs .it is one of the most ecologically diverse regions in all of Honduras. From there the course heads east to Cuero and Salado Wildlife Refuge. The estuary and coastal mangrove forest found here protect a wide variety of bird, reptile, fish and mammal species. Your group will explore Cuero and Salado on foot and by boat, hoping to see black howler monkeys, a wide variety of birds and possibly manatees.