Geography

Honduras features hundreds of miles of white sand beaches along its Caribbean coastline and just off shore, it has the magnificent Bay Islands Coral Reef. Honduras’s mountainous interior includes one of Central America's largest unspoiled tropical rain forest in the Moskitia region (eastern Honduras). 

In the western region is Copan, site of the Copan Ruins—one of the most impressive displays of ancient Mayan culture. While Honduras is little affected by the earthquakes that plague other Central American nations, the country's biggest natural threat comes from hurricanes and frequent flooding caused by heavy rains.