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Utila · Whale Shark Conservation Tourism

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Utila · Whale Shark Conservation Tourism

Utila offers Caribbean whale shark sightings combined with a research station and is budget-friendly with backpacker infrastructure. Visitors can participate in dive encounters, research, and dive training, with best sightings from March-April and September-December.

Destination Overview

Utila offers Caribbean whale shark sightings combined with a research station and is budget-friendly with backpacker infrastructure. Visitors can participate in dive encounters, research, and dive training, with best sightings from March-April and September-December.

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Best season
Spring
Difficulty
4
Region
Honduras, Bay Islands

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Picturesque street featuring a blue house and parked motorbikes in Utila, Honduras.

Photo by Carlos Horacio Barahona C.

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A blue bicycle parked in front of a house

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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Utila's beach from above

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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A row of three wheelers parked next to each other on a pier

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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resting hummingbird

Photo by Ana Lanza

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A sailboat floating in the middle of the ocean

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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A tree that is sitting in the sand

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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Atardecer en Utila

Photo by Héctor Emilio Gonzalez

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a body of water with trees and a dock

Photo by Ana Lanza

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Sunset from the lighthouse

Photo by Ana Lanza

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Let´s go for a swim

Photo by Ana Lanza

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Green moray eel

Photo by Wouter Naert

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