Roatan is the largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, a narrow coral island about 59 km long, some 65 km off the mainland's north coast. More about Roatan →
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47% quieter than a typical day in Roatan. Busiest 08:00 – 16:00, when 1 ship is alongside.
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Roatan day.
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Roatan has two separate cruise ports on its south coast, and you re-board only where your ship docked.
The Port of Roatan Town Center is in Coxen Hole: you walk off the pier through a shopping plaza into town, and ships beyond berth capacity tender ashore. Carnival Corporation ships use Isla Tropicale (formerly Mahogany Bay) at Dixon Cove, about 20 minutes east by road, a self-contained complex with its own beach.
West Bay and West End need a taxi: about 20 minutes from Coxen Hole and 35 minutes from Isla Tropicale.
10 km · ~20 min by car
Most independent passengers take a zone-fare taxi from the stand outside the Town Center gate via Flowers Bay Road and West Bay Road. Drivers often offer round trips where they wait and return you to the pier.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
The two ports are separate, so re-board where your ship docked. One main road links both ports to the west end; allow buffers on multi-ship days. Taxis are unmetered and there is no Uber or Lyft.
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Cruise pier and shopping plaza in Coxen Hole, used by Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Norwegian, MSC, Virgin and others. Walk straight into town; taxis wait outside the gate. Ships beyond berth capacity tender ashore, so allow for the last tender.
Carnival Corporation's two-berth port at Dixon Cove, used by Carnival, Princess and Holland America. It has shops, restaurants and a chairlift or footpath to its private beach; taxis leave from the stand at the exit.
Roatan is a port of call only; passengers do not arrive by car and there is no cruise parking. Car rental desks operate at Isla Tropicale.
Both ports are walk-off piers. The West End–West Bay water taxis are not wheelchair accessible.
US dollars are widely accepted near the ports and in West End/West Bay; change may come in lempiras. Numbeo's USD equivalents: cappuccino USD 3–5, inexpensive meal USD 5–12, soft drink about USD 1. Always confirm whether a price is in USD or HNL.
Carnival's port complex has three restaurants, four bars and a 17,000 sq ft food and beverage centre, convenient for passengers who stay at the port.
The Town Center plaza at the Coxen Hole pier has restaurants and cafes, and the town's local comedores and bakeries are a few minutes' walk from the gate.
The island's main dining strip, with casual seafood, Honduran baleadas (e.g. Calelu's) and international restaurants along the waterfront road.
Beach clubs and resort restaurants line West Bay, letting passengers combine lunch with beach and snorkelling time.
Roatan is the largest of Honduras's Bay Islands, a narrow coral island about 59 km long, some 65 km off the mainland's north coast.
It sits on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the world's second-largest, making snorkelling and diving the main draw, especially off West Bay and West End. Coxen Hole is the main town, and the Garifuna community at Punta Gorda adds Afro-Caribbean culture and cuisine.
It is one of the Western Caribbean's busiest cruise destinations, with two separate cruise ports.
A long white-sand beach on the island's western tip with calm, clear water and reef close to shore, about 20 minutes by taxi from Coxen Hole and 35 minutes from Isla Tropicale; a short water taxi links it with West End village.
Roatan sits on the world's second-largest barrier reef; snorkellers can wade in from West Bay or take short boat trips from West End to sites with coral, turtles and rays.
Nature park near West Bay with a guided walk among capuchin monkeys and macaws, plus an optional zipline. The 2026 Park Experience is USD 45 for adults (about 1.5 hours).
Passengers docked at Isla Tropicale can ride the chairlift to Tropicale Beach (all-day pass USD 18 adults, USD 11 children) or walk the shaded path for free. Not open to passengers docked at Coxen Hole.