1West End village
CultureOpen
Towns
and Garifuna culture
In the west is West End, beside Half Moon Bay, and on the south coast, Coxen Hole, the department's capital. In the east are Punta Gorda, the Garifuna community where hundreds of Garifuna arrived from Saint Vincent on 12 April 1797, according to La Prensa, and Oak Ridge, facing its cay. The Roatán Museum, at RIMS, publishes no hours or prices and its status is unconfirmed
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- See the full card: West End village1
- See the full card: Coxen Hole
2Coxen Hole
CultureOpen
- See the full card: Punta Gorda, Garifuna community
Punta Gorda, Garifuna community
CultureOpen
- See the full card: Oak Ridge and its cay
Oak Ridge and its cay
CultureOpen
- See the full card: Roatán Museum
5Roatán Museum
CultureStatus unconfirmed
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Western Roatán
West Bay beach has unconfirmed status. Gumbalimba Park, in West Bay, and Carambola Botanical Gardens, in Sandy Bay, are private places that publish their hours and prices.
Diving and wrecks
Of the four dive sites, the El Águila wreck, off Sandy Bay, and the Odyssey, off the north coast, are freighters sunk as artificial reefs, and Mary's Place and Cara a Cara, the shark dive, are off the south coast. Their pins are the positions published by Reef Smart Guides and PADI. The Idabel submarine, docked at Half Moon Bay, descends into the Cayman Trench, according to its operator. All five have unconfirmed status.
Nature and wildlife
In French Cay is Arch's iguana farm, and between Coxen Hole and French Harbour, Manawakie Eco Park, a private park that publishes its hours but not its prices. In the east are Port Royal National Park, co-managed by the NGO BICA, and the mangroves of José Santos Guardiola, toured by boat from Oak Ridge and Jonesville Point. All four have unconfirmed status, and BICA publishes no visiting conditions for the general public.