Packages for La Chorcha Lodge

These packages were designed to help you enjoy your stay at Copan and experience some of the activities offered in the area without having to worry about logistics.  All activities are led by a bilingual guide.  For the Natural History Tours (Packages #3 & #4) a flora and fauna checklist will be provided.  For each package the client will receive a detailed itinerary.

Package #1

This package was designed for the visitor who wants to get a taste of the variety of activities that Copan has to offer. Included in this package is a guided tour at the famous Copan Ruins archaeological site which has been likened to the “Paris of the Mayan World”.  During the arts and crafts tour you will visit a small wood carving shop that makes various products for local shops.  At the jade and rock shop you will have the chance to do some hands on carving.  An adventurous day tour to the El Gobiado Nature Reserve will give you a taste of the area’s last remaining rain forest.  Here you will have a short horse back ride, a hike into the rain forest, lunch at a real hacienda and an optional swim in a natural pool. 

3 nights
Day 1:  Arrive in Copan					La Chorcha Lodge
Welcome dinner at Lodge.
Day 2-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.-Visit Copan Ruinas archaeological site-guided tour.
p.m.- arts and crafts tour
Day 3					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour to El Gobiado Nature Reserve
p.m.- free time
Day 4-
a.m.- Depart for San Pedro Sula airport

 

Minimum 2 people    $ 600.00 ea.            
3-4 people                 $ 450.00 ea.     
5 or more                   $ 400.00 ea.
(All prices are based on double occupancy-single supplement $ 135.00)

Included in this are all described activities with guide, all room nights, airport transfers, transportation to/from scheduled activities, all breakfasts, one dinner and lunch at El Gobiado.  Not included are laundry, alcoholic beverages, meals not aforementioned and other items of a personal nature.

Package #2 -

This package includes all the activities found in Package #1, but it adds a full extra day to the visit and allows you to take in some more of the sights and sounds (and flavors!) of Copan.  With this extra day you will be able to visit a state of the art shade coffee plantation that is eco-friendly.  The site is called Miramundo and is found up in the highlands at 4,000 ft. elevation.  We can do some bird watching and nature observation along the road that heads up the mountain until we reach the estate.  There we can tour the coffee farm and get a first hand look at how the coffee is processed.  After a hilltop lunch you can savor the locally grown coffee.

Minimum 2 people   $ 780.00 ea.            
3-4 people                 $ 600.00 ea.     
5 or more                   $ 500.00 ea.
(All prices are based on double occupancy-single supplement $ 180.00)

Included in this are all described activities with guide, all room nights, airport transfers, transportation to/from scheduled activities, all breakfasts, one dinner and lunch at El Gobiado and Miramundo.  Not included are laundry, alcoholic beverages, meals not aforementioned and other items of a personal nature.

4 nights
Day 1:  Arrive in Copan					La Chorcha Lodge
Welcome dinner at Lodge.
Day 2-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.-Visit Copan Ruinas archaeological site-guided tour.
p.m.- arts and crafts tour
Day 3					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour to El Gobiado Nature Reserve
p.m.- free time
Day 4-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Visit a coffee farm
p.m.- free time
Day 5-
a.m.- Depart for San Pedro Sula airport

Package #3 – Natural History of Copan I

These tours were designed keeping the Naturalist in mind.  Copan sits on a biological divide between the Caribbean and Pacific slopes and contains a wide range of habitats and elevations.  All these factors combined make the area a haven for flora and fauna and for those who enjoy nature, whether it be birds, butterflies and flora in general.  For each day tour we have the option to focus on the fields that interest you the most. Or we can enjoy them all!  The bird watching is good nearly all year long with the breeding season occurring from Feb. to June.  The best season for wild butterflies is from June to December.  The best months for blooming orchids are Jan. to April and July to August.  

The shorter tour offers three outings into different areas.  The La Laguna route takes us through scrub, semi-deciduous woodland and into a humid pine/oak forest.  This diversity of habitats often produces 75 bird species or more.  A couple highlights include the Elegant Euphonia, Emerald Toucanet and Collared Trogon. There is also a nice variety of native orchids, both epiphytic and terrestrials.  We often find Morpho, Longwing, Swallowtail and Sulphur butterflies in abundance.  The day tour to the El Gobiado Nature Reserve focuses on the areas` last lowland rain forest where there is an abundance of north coast flora and fauna.  At times we encounter army ant swarms which attract a plethora of birds.  The site has Toucans, Woodcreepers, Trogons and even Howler Monkeys. The area is also plentiful with wild orchids and butterflies.  The Miramundo highlands route passes through a drier pine/oak forest which harbors different elements of flora and fauna.  Here we find the small, yellow passion flower that was discovered in Honduras in the 1980`s.  The tour finishes at a shaded coffee farm where we can hike through some mid-elevation rainforest. 

4 nights
Day 1:  Arrive in Copan					La Chorcha Lodge
Welcome dinner at Lodge.
Day 2-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour- La Laguna route
p.m.- Copan Ruins arch. Site
Day 3					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour to El Gobiado Nature Reserve
p.m.- free time
Day 4-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Miramundo highlands & coffee farm
p.m.- free time
Day 5-
a.m.- Depart for San Pedro Sula airport

Minimum 2 people   $ 850.00 ea.            
3-4 people                 $ 675.00 ea.     
5 or more                   $ 575.00 ea.
(All prices are based on double occupancy-single supplement $ 180.00)

Included in this are all described activities with guide, all room nights, airport transfers, transportation to/from scheduled activities, all breakfasts, one dinner and lunch at El Gobiado and Miramundo.  Not included are laundry, alcoholic beverages, meals not aforementioned and other items of a personal nature.

Package #4 – Natural History of Copan II

This package is identical to the first natural history tour, but differs in that it includes a visit to a mountain top containing cloud forest.  Cloud forests occur throughout Honduras, but are scarce in the Copan area.  This site contains floral and faunal elements typical of highlands and often has a larger variety of flowering shrubs which in turn attract some great hummingbirds.  A few special hummers here include the Emerald-chinned, Wine-throated and Stripe-tailed Hummingbird as well as the Green-throated Mountain-Gem. At times we are lucky enough to find the Highland Guan. 

5 nights
Day 1:  Arrive in Copan					La Chorcha Lodge
Welcome dinner at Lodge.
Day 2-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour- La Laguna route
p.m.- Copan Ruins arch. Site
Day 3					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Day tour to El Gobiado Nature Reserve
p.m.- free time
Day 4-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Miramundo highlands & coffee farm
p.m.- free time
Day 5-					La Chorcha Lodge
a.m.- Visit to Cerro Negro-cloud forest
p.m.- free time
Day 6-
a.m.- Depart for San Pedro Sula airport

 

Minimum 2 people   $ 970.00 ea.            
3-4 people                 $ 750.00 ea.     
5 or more                   $ 650.00 ea.
(All prices are based on double occupancy-single supplement $ 225.00)

Included in this are all described activities with guide, all room nights, airport transfers, transportation to/from scheduled activities, all breakfasts, one dinner and lunch at El Gobiado, Miramundo and Cerro Negro.  Not included are laundry, alcoholic beverages, meals not aforementioned and other items of a personal nature.