The Very First Mainland Cruise Ship Location Throughout Central America

Infused with a $20 million investment, the brand new Banana Coast Landing will include a dock capable of handling 2 post-Panamax sized vessels (essentially ships which might be too big to transit the Panama Canal). The venture is also going to include a 50,000 square-foot themed retail shopping destination, a marina and also a transportation center.



In the past, explorer Christopher Columbus came ashore at Trujillo in 1502. The town itself was created by Spanish conquistadors back in 1525. This amazing location offers a distinctive mix of white soft sand beaches, a colonial Spanish town, eco-sites, cultural diversions in addition to brand-new tourism attractions to tempt cruisers.



Trujillo's Colonial City



The beach happens to be close to where cruise passengers will get off the cruise ship. Trujillo’s walkable down-town is only a short distance away. This city’s main tourist draws include the Santa Barbara Fort along with its cannons looking over the Bay of Trujillo; historical church buildings; as well as the former embassy consulates of France, the Unite Kingdom and also the U.S.

Cruisers are going to have the option of interacting with the native Garifuna, Pech and Miskito cultures of the area. Eco-tourism is expected to also be a significant attraction, since the location has numerous waterfalls, rivers, a tropical rainforest, hot springs, caves, mountain ranges and also the Guaimoreto Lagoon Nature Reserve.



Another diversion for guests? The developer is likely to build a themed cultural park, very much along the lines of Discover Mexico on Cozumel. The goal is to offer cruise passengers "a taste" of everything that Honduras has to offer. Four distinct areas include a nature park, river park, heritage park and wildlife park.



Though developers recognize the town requires a little restoration work, they have said that the Honduran administration is responding to this as a priority. "Development of a new cruise destination at Trujillo has been an ambition for many years," explained Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, the president of Honduras. "The government of Honduras plans to support the project with investment to help get one of our fantastic colonial cities ready for cruise tourism."



Managing the initiative is the Grande Trujillo Authoridad, a partnership between the municipality of Trujillo, an investment group and Life Vision Developments together with Global Destinations Development from Miami; the latter is actually a strategic consultant and cruise ship destination developer.



The preparation for Banana Landing is under way, including work on the architecture of the site, tour planning and marketing and advertising programs. Although amenities should be finished for cruise line use as soon as 2012, the developers hope that smaller sized and also medium-sized cruise ships may perhaps call sooner. No cruise companies have to date expressed plans to stop at the brand new port, but it's very early in the process.



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