Honduras has 20 national parks conserving a wide range of plant and animal species across several types of ecosystems including Caribbean beaches, coastal wetlands, mountainous rainforests, and rugged volcanic peaks.

Wikivoyage

Culture & history

Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was one of the great Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian civilizations. The Maya were renowned for having the most sophisticated and developed writing system in the Western Hemisphere as well as their…

Wikivoyage

Itineraries

Gringo Trail

The Gringo trail is a term for places in Latin America visited by gringos, that is, people from North America or Europe. It is the Western Hemisphere's equivalent of tropical Asia's Banana Pancake Trail.

Wikivoyage

Itineraries

North America itineraries

Itineraries in North America

Wikivoyage

Full travel guide

Every section of the guide. Open one to read it in full.

UnderstandThe park is known for a curious phenomenon called the fish rain (luvia de pescados) which is associated with thurnderstorms between May and July, causing fish to rain down on local villages.

Get inYou can either rent a car (or taxi) to get to the park, or take a local bus (Chicken buses). The park is 14 kilometers south of the town of Yoro.

SleepThe town of Yoro has several hotels and restaurants.

Go next

Sources and licences

Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Montaña de Yoro National Park" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "Montaña de Yoro National Park", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
Photo: Derivative work by john2690. Other authors listed on source image page., CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Improve this guide on Wikivoyage