Buena Onda

Top choice in Roatán


Run by a welcoming, worldly Spanish traveler, this excellent place is perfectly set up, with stylish dorms that have lovely bamboo beds, good mattresses, lockers and giant art canvases. The heart of the operation is a very social, open-plan kitchen and living room. Otherwise swing in a hammock on the rooftop terrace and expect to meet plenty of other travelers.

It's in a decent location a short walk to everything in West End.


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1. Carambola Botanical Gardens

1.74 MILES

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2. Arch’s Iguana Farm

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3. Iguana Research & Breeding Station

24.88 MILES

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4. Whale Shark & Oceanic Research Center

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5. Bando Beach

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