Banana Coast Trujillo

I am a long time cruiser and typically do most excursions on our own. I have never been to Trujillo and notice most posts on here are ancient. I am hoping someone has some updated information with private excursion suggestions.

Thank you all! Traveling with a 17 year old boy and 19 year old girl.

I am a long time cruiser and typically do most excursions on our own. I have never been to Trujillo and notice most posts on here are ancient. I am hoping someone has some updated information with private excursion suggestions.

Thank you all! Traveling with a 17 year old boy and 19 year old girl.

Trujillo is on the mainland of Honduras. Your thread landed in the Roatan forum, Roatan is an island off the coast of Honduras.

I went looking or a Trujillo forum and was not able to find it, I did find this http://www.cruisecritic.com/ports/newport.cfm?ID=8201

My apologies, I know nothing about Trujillo.

Correct. There is no other forum sadly, so I figured this was close enough.

While I know nothing about Trujillo excursions, we saw the most beautiful scenery there in 2016. I will never forget eating breakfast on the deck with those unbelievably gorgeous views - perhaps the most beautiful we have seen on any cruise. My TripAdvisor profile photo is a Trujillo photo---DH and I would love to return.

DH and I walked around the port area....no excursions. Folks were so friendly. It was a cloudy/rainy day. We headed back to the ship once the rain got semi-serious. The ship (NCL) left a bit late because heavy storms developed/tendering issues.

I would assume NCL would list excursions for the port.

But you might get some ideas here.

https://www.visitacity.com/en/trujillo/activities/all-activities?activitiesSearchByName=tour&sbn_sec=tour&campaginid=141667492&adgroupid=4031053988&targetid=kwd-29477783792:loc-190&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Peru%20Auto%20Activities%20G3&utm_term=trujillo%20tour&utm_content=Trujillo%20Tours%20-%20AI:5243BRUJO

I am a long time cruiser and typically do most excursions on our own. I have never been to Trujillo and notice most posts on here are ancient. I am hoping someone has some updated information with private excursion suggestions.

Thank you all! Traveling with a 17 year old boy and 19 year old girl.

What ship/date has a port call here?

I kept track of the port development a few years ago. HAL and others had port calls listed but little to no detailed information.

This is the first mention that I have seen for a long time.

What ship/date has a port call here?

 

I kept track of the port development a few years ago. HAL and others had port calls listed but little to no detailed information.

 

This is the first mention that I have seen for a long time.

This is the HAL Rotterdam New Years sailing. I really want to do a private excursion but that may not be possible.

We are booked for this new years eve cruise also. Traveling with kids in a the same age group. I have tried to find information on Trujillo to prepare for excursion and have found very little in regards to reviews. Hoping someone who has already been here can add insight..

I know you said you were looking for recent info but I thought I would pass along what our experience was in November of 2014. We were aboard NCL and it was, I think, their second cruise that stopped there. Trujillo was a very third-world town at that time and I’ll bet it hasn’t changed much. I had run across some information about Banana Beach Resort and it looked promising. The expat owner was from Dallas and his daughter had recently graduated fro UT and was marketing the resort. She is also a published author of, as I recall, children’s books. Anyway I contacted them via email and arranged to meet up with someone for a bus trip to the resort for the day. When we arrived we were tendered on the lifeboats, a first for us. There wasn’t much in the port area and they had just been hit with a tropical depression that dumped a bunch of rain so the place was a mud hole. We walked out the gate of the port area and found the little building with a big Banana Beach sign. Once everyone else got there (maybe 20 of us) we loaded into an old yellow school bus and drove a pretty good distance to the resort, maybe 30 minutes. At that time it was very isolated and likely still is. There was a small pool as well as a beach area. Service was awesome and the food was terrific, very authentic to the area. I remember there being a little bar out on the beach but we don’t drink alcohol so I can’t comment about the drinks. The owner was around the bar area but he was hammered. There was another guy there, a really nice German man that was running the show. We stayed for like 5 hours and I remember the bus driver being asleep under a tree when it was time to go back to Trujillo. Once we got all the drunk people back on the bus we headed back.

Trujillo was very primitive. Sheep and goats wandering around in the streets. We made 9, yes nine, water crossings in the bus on our way to and from the resort. At each one there were people washing their clothes and bathing. We were told that after days and days of downpours everyone was trying to catch up on laundry. It was truly an amazing day and we would do it again in a heartbeat. Just don’t expect Roatan. This is probably what Roatan used to be like.

Banana Beach Resort has lots of reviews out there for you to check out. In 2014 it was about all there was there. Good luck.

This was really helpful, thank you so much. Even though it sounds a little rough it is exactly what I was hoping for. Something still untouched by commercialism. I will contact the resort as I would like to take things that might be helpful to the locals. did they happen to mention specific needs.

No at that time. The port was so new I don’t think much thought was given to charitable donations yet. Perhaps now someone may know more. There were locals there selling things but the only one I remember being interesting to me was a guy hand making cigars. I don’t smoke but it looked fascinating. There were some musicians and everyone was very happy to see us there. I remember reading that the very first ship to call there was greeted by a parade that included the mayor and other local elected officials (if there are such in Honduras). We left with the hope that the area would see some monetary benefit without being ruined with the usual Diamonds International, etc. crap.

Thank you. If all else fails, Banana Beach Resort may be where it's at for us.