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Campamento is located just outside Trujillo, Honduras, which is about as far east as you can go in the country before entering La Mosquitia (the Miskito Coast). While charters can be arranged to the Trujillo airport, there is no regularly scheduled service at this time.
The nearest airport is La Ceiba (LCE), which is serviced by TACA Airlines. TACA offers service from many major U.S. cities, and usually connects to La Ceiba via Tegucigalpa (TGU) or San Pedro Sula (SAP) — both of which are serviced by many major carriers. So, either book your entire flight via TACA, or take another major carrier to one of those two cities and connect with TACA to La Ceiba.
Once in La Ceiba, you have several options for getting to Campamento. You can hire a taxi direct (about $100US - takes roughly 2 hours), rent a car through AVIS (airport code LCE, rates vary), or hop a short taxi to the bus station and take the very comfortable and efficient COTUC bus line (about $12US - takes roughly 3 hours) to Trujillo, where you can easily hire a cab for the short trip to Campamento. Additionally, we can arrange van pickup at the La Ceiba airport for an additional fee. All arrangements can be worked out while booking your reservation with us. If you forego a rental car, we can always arrange for a taxi to town if you’d like to take in the sights of Trujillo (only 4km away — a nice walk on the beach from Campamento).
When looking for flights, try to get an itinerary that will arrive in La Ceiba by midafternoon. As in any Central American location, driving at night is not recommended, due to livestock that tends to wander out onto the roads. If you cannot find an earlier arrival into La Ceiba, we can recommend a number of nice hotels, and you can get on the road the next morning and be sailing by the afternoon!
The Honduran currency is the lempira. Campamento accepts U.S. dollars (but no credit cards at this time). We do, however, recommend that you convert some of your U.S. dollars into lempiras (current exchange rate is $1 USD = $19.44988 lempira, or $1 lempira = $0.05141 USD, though rates vary), for use on buses, taxis, or in town at restaurants or nightclubs. I’ve found it most convenient to withdraw cash from a Honduran ATM, which automatically gives you lempiras at the best rate, but you can also exchange dollars at the bank in Trujillo. There is an ATM in the La Ceiba airport, but you might be better off using one at either the Tegucigalpa or San Pedro Sula airports. A current passport is required for travel to Honduras, and a $33 USD departure tax will be assessed upon your return.
Some last items — be sure to bring lots of sunscreen, insect repellant (though the breezes usually keep the mosquitos at bay), a flashlight, and I always recommend protein bars for those times when it might be a little wait for food. Also make sure your vaccinations are up to date (the CDC has more information than you’d ever need to know about traveling to Honduras), though I know plenty of people who’ve gone without the vaccinations and have been just fine. And, last but not least, like most of Central America, toilet paper goes in the trash, not in the toilet — somewhat inconvenient, but necessary for the delicate sewer systems!
Below are some links to various Trujillo websites, though much of the material is outdated:
www.trujillohonduras.com
www.honduras.com/hondurastips/english/trujillo.htm
