The world / Honduras
Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa
- The Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán has 62 steps and about 2,200 carved glyphs, the longest known Maya hieroglyphic text.
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO site since 1982, shelters jaguars and macaws in rainforest and mangrove lagoons.
- Divers in the Bay Islands can see whale sharks, manta rays and bottlenose dolphins in Caribbean waters.
- Roatán lies on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, described as the second-largest barrier reef in the world.