Packing list for Honduras, travel insurance for Honduras, and taking your belongings

To take or not to take to Honduras, leave at home or arrange locally?

Sufficiently insured or not for your activities in Honduras?

Sufficiently insured or not for your trip to Honduras?

What to take with you to Honduras: spotlighted

Featured items:

• Documents: passport valid for at least 6 months upon arrival. An online and/or offline copy of your passport is also useful.
• Money: cash dollars or lempira - especially if you are travelling outside the tourist areas.
• Care: coral-friendly, water-resistant sunscreen with a high factor.
• Outdoor and conveniences: hat or cap and sunglasses.
• Protection: light raincoat, backpack cover and possibly dry bags. Mosquito net or impregnated mosquito net.
• Clothing: it is tropically warm to moderate, depending on where you are going. Choose light and breathable fabrics, such as cotton or linen, and layers. Another option is quick-drying synthetic clothing. Swimwear and a sarong for when you go swimming.
• Shoes: comfortable walking shoes that are easy to bump along the not-so-modern roads. Flip-flops for casual days.
• Medicines and travel kit: a small first aid kit with plasters, painkillers, anti-diarrhea and ORS. Good mosquito repellent.
• Safety: money belt for your money and passport.
• Technology and equipment: world plug with type A & B. Power bank for when the power goes out.

What are some other options for packing as well

• Reusable water bottle with filter, because tap water is technically drinkable, but often tastes strange.
• Quick-drying travel towel
• Snorkeling set and snorkel shirt.
• Your best basic Spanish sentences.

What should you keep in mind when traveling to Honduras with your belongings?

• The weather and the season.

Are there mosquitoes in Honduras?

• There are a lot of mosquitoes in Honduras, and they can carry nasty diseases such as malaria and dengue.
• Outbreaks also occur regularly. Not fun!
• Mosquitoes are most active around sunrise and sunset. Be sure to set your smear alarm then. Fortunately, you can protect yourself well with covering clothing and mosquito repellent.
• More about protection against mosquitoes and insects.

Are there sandflies in Honduras?

• Sand flies are mainly found along the coast, islands and mangroves and form a problem in Honduras.
• Unfortunately, they can also transmit leishmaniasis. But if you protect yourself well against mosquitoes, you also get protection against sand flies!
• Sand flies are most active at dusk.
• More about sand flies and sand fleas.

Can you buy DEET, or other mosquito repellents, in Honduras?

• Expect limited choice, lower concentration and higher price.
• So it is more convenient if you can bring your favorite product from home.

Can you buy a joint or weed in Honduras, or take it with you to Honduras?

• Short answer: no. Long answer: no, really.
• Weed is super illegal in Honduras and even having a small amount on you can lead to arrest and serious prison sentences. Also, leave your stash at home, because you probably don't want to know what happens to you if you get caught at the airport.
• The alternative: enjoy the natural high on the Cayos Cochinos with a coconut in your hand.