The Mango Inn
The Mango Inn is a hotel and dive operation that is located in a quiet residential neighborhood in Utila. The hotel offers rooms and cabins that face a lush tropical garden and come with air conditioning, private bathrooms and hot water. There is a restaurant and bar, called the Mango Cafe, that sits in the center of the garden and is a popular place for travelers to gather after a long day of diving so they can swap stories and tips. The dive operation offers full PADI certified courses and there are accommodation plus dive packages available for all levels of divers.
Utila Dive Center/Mango-Inn
Utila Island, The Bay Island of Honduras
(504) 425-3305
mango-inn.com
Margaritaville Beach Hotel
The Margaritaville Beach Hotel is located right on the white sand beach of Sandy Bay, an area that is popular with boaters. The hotel offers private rooms and cabins with air conditioning, private bathrooms and hot water. There is a on-site bar and grill and the hotel is right next to a kayak and jet ski rental agency and a sailboat charter company that books trips to the nearby cays. The Margaritaville Beach Hotel also partners with a dive shop next door that organizes trips into the surrounding coral reefs.
Margaritaville Beach Hotel
Sandy Bay, Utila, Honduras
(504) 425 3366
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Cross Creek Hotel
Cross Creek Hotel and Dive Center is ground zero for longer term visitors to Utila who are studying diving and attempting to earn advanced certifications. The hotel offers private and shared accommodations that can meet any budget and a shared kitchen that can help you significantly cut down on food expenses. The dive center offers full PADI training courses as well as many fun dive trips and many specialty courses like underwater photography and wreck diving.
Cross Creek Hotel and Dive Center
(504) 425 333
crosscreekutila.com
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