Carib Bight · Roatan, Honduras
A private micro-resort for families, divers, and those who refuse ordinary escapes.
Far from the crowds
Tucked into the Honduran jungle on a pristine bay, El Palacio Rosa is a world away from the cruise congestion of Roatan's west end — which has become what every Caribbean port eventually becomes: crowded, commercialized, and indistinguishable from the last stop on the circuit. Carib Bight is what Roatan used to be everywhere. Three reefs, the Roly Poly — a WWII naval cargo shipwreck grounded here in 1945 — and 400-year-old pirate tunnels, all a few paddle strokes from the dock. A private sandy beach, an infinity pool lit up over the bay, a skiff and kayaks waiting at the water. La Rosa Dive & Fish for everything below the surface. La Rosa restaurant for everything after — fresh catch off the grill, a cold drink, and a sunset you didn't have to book a table for. The days don't fill up here. They open up.
La Rosa Dive & Fish — a private, guest-focused dive shop with tanks and air available — plus 30+ park sites within 15 minutes of the dock. No crowded dive boats. No waiting.
Kayaks off the dock. Paddle the 400-year-old pirate tunnels. Sloths, toucans, and parrots at the jungle sanctuary. Tour pickups right from the backyard.
One Property · Three Ways to Stay
One property on Carib Bight, two homes stacked on the hillside: the Pink Palace up top, the Bay Suite tucked beneath it at the water's edge. Book either one privately — or take over the whole thing.
4 Bedroom · 3 Bath · 4,600 SF
A two-level home connected by an internal stairwell — a top-floor primary suite with the best sunset views on the property, plus three more bedrooms below.
2 Bedroom · 1 Bath · 800 SF
A walkout apartment beneath the main home. Step outside and you're steps from the dock. Direct water access at any hour.
6 Bedroom · 4 Bath · 5,400 SF
The Pink Palace and the Bay Suite together — every floor, every view, every inch. No other overnight guests on the property.
"Come as Strangers, Leave as Friends."
Open Most Days & Nights · Live Band or DJ a Couple Times a Month
Our dockside restaurant, hanging over the bay. Open most days and nights for meals and drinks, music low in the background, and a live band or DJ a couple times a month. Breakfast, dinner, a private meal for your group — just ask. La Rosa is also your front desk for the island: local tours, dory water-taxi service, and — through La Rosa Dive & Fish — diving and deep sea fishing, all booked from the same bar stool.
The numbers, plainly
#1 Blue Lagoon Road, Carib Bight, Santos Guardiola, Roatán, Honduras · 30 minutes from Roatán International (RTB) on new pavement · 4-night minimum · infinity pool, dock, sandy beach, kayaks, paddleboards and skiff shared across the property · La Rosa Tiki Bar and La Rosa Dive & Fish on site.
What to do
30+ sites. Private tanks. Secret seamounts. From beginners getting certified to experienced divers going solo — the reef is your backyard.
Wahoo, mahi, grouper, and snapper are all minutes from our dock — no long run offshore required. Add tuna, tarpon, bonefish, and permit on the right day. Troll, drop, jig, or fly with guides who grew up fishing these waters. Pickup right at the dock. La Rosa Dive & Fish books it all.
Take the skiff and go. Carib Bight to Blue Rock, Jonesville, Oak Ridge, Pandytown, Fiddlers — all the way to Calabash, running the protected inshore passage the whole way. No open-water crossing, no guide, no schedule. Tie up for lunch, poke into a creek, come back when you feel like it. It's the thing guests talk about most, and it's included after a short orientation.
Kayak, paddleboard, or take the skiff through the mangrove tunnels and channels pirates used 400 years ago to slip away from Spanish warships. One of the most unexpected highlights of the trip. See the Pirate Passage map →
Jungle sanctuaries with sloths, toucans, and monkeys. Ziplines. Tropical gardens. All arranged with pickups right from the property.
The bay faces west. Sunsets arrive on schedule almost every night. The infinity pool puts you directly in their path.
When the spring trade winds arrive, Carib Bight delivers consistent 15-knot winds across flat protected water — a combination kiteboarders specifically travel to find. Bring your gear, plan around April–June.
A hammock. A cold drink. The sound of the bay. No cruise ships, no hawkers, no itinerary. Just Roatan as it was meant to be.
Check in at 10. Check out at 3.
Most rentals hand you the keys at 4:00 PM and want you gone by 10:00 AM. That costs you the day you arrive — spent in a restaurant or an airport chair with your luggage, waiting — and it ends the day you leave before lunch.
Flights into Roatán land in the morning. Flights out leave in the afternoon. Our times are set to the flights, not to a housekeeping schedule. Land at 9:00 and you're in the pool by 10:30. On the way home, the suite is yours until 3:00, and if your flight is later than that, leave the bags with Jorge and stay at the dock until you go.
There is no late-checkout fee here to ask about, negotiate, or pay. Across a week it works out to roughly a full extra day on the property.
The island standard is 4 PM in, 10 AM out
The property
Getting here
El Palacio Rosa sits on Carib Bight — a quiet, protected bay surrounded by jungle, far from the cruise crowds of West Bay. Half a dozen restaurants are reachable by dory from the dock: the world-famous Hole in the Wall, Tiger's Bar in the Blue Lagoon mangroves, On The Rocks through the pirate tunnels (with a resident monkey), and The Salty Dog and Happy Landing in Oak Ridge. Minutes away: the famous Blue Lagoon and a turtle sanctuary with sea turtles, lobster, tarpon, and snook. Fly into Roatan International (RTB). We'll help arrange the rest.
+1 408 966-0385 · WhatsApp welcome
The property
El Palacio Rosa
That's us — Carib Bight, Roatán
Carib Bight, from the air
What's under the dock — dolphins, octopus, sharks, rays & coral
The Roly Poly — a WWII naval cargo wreck, snorkelable straight off the dock
Blue Lagoon — paddle the creek into the 400-year-old pirate tunnels · Pirate Passage map →
The Inshore Pirate Passage — Carib Bight to Calabash · See the map and all 21 stops →
Infinity pool, dock & grounds
Every evening, at no extra charge
See it for yourself
"Come and get away from your regular getaway."
Water · Jungle · Sunsets
Ready to book?
Rather talk first? Send an inquiry from any of the forms above, or WhatsApp us at +1 408 966-0385 — we answer fast and we're happy to work out meal plans, dive packages, airport transfers or group pricing before you commit to dates.
Straight answers
Here. Resort Takeover sleeps 18 across 6 bedrooms and 4 baths — 5,400 SF, the entire property on Carib Bight. Both homes, the infinity pool over the bay, the our dock and sandy beach, kayaks, paddleboards and the skiff. No other overnight house guests on site.
It books as one reservation, not a block of rooms, so the kitchens, the pool and the dock belong to your group for the week. Groups of 16 are the sweet spot — two families, a dive club, a reunion, a mission team. See Resort Takeover →
The Bay Suite — 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 800 SF, sleeps 5. Infinity pool, free parking on the property, air conditioning, full kitchen and fiber WiFi.
What separates it from the other 2-bedrooms on the island at this price: it's on the water, not on the main road. Walk out the door onto the sand. The dock, the kayaks, the paddleboards and the Roly Poly WWII shipwreck snorkel are all steps away, and you don't drive to any of it. See the Bay Suite →
The east end. Carib Bight sits in Santos Guardiola, about 30 minutes from the cruise terminals and the West Bay / West End strip. No excursion buses, no beach hawkers, no resort row.
What's here instead: a protected jungle bay, three reefs off the dock, a WWII shipwreck you can snorkel, and 400-year-old pirate tunnels you can paddle through. The island as it was everywhere thirty years ago.
Teens do well here because there is a long list of things to actually do, and none of it requires a parent driving. Kayaks and paddleboards off the dock. Snorkeling the Roly Poly wreck. The pirate tunnels. The Inshore Pirate Passage by skiff. Scuba certification taught on site by La Rosa Dive & Fish. The pool is lit at night, and fiber WiFi reaches the bedrooms for the hours they'll want it.
Two families travelling together usually take the Pink Palace — 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, sleeps 13. Island tours, ziplines and the sloth and monkey sanctuaries pick up at the property. Read the Roatan family guide →
La Rosa Dive & Fish is on the property: tanks, gear lockers, rinse and showers, air fills for a small fee, and PADI dive masters and instructors who were raised diving these waters. Over 30 sites sit within 15 minutes of the dock — Patti's Place, Calvin's Crack, Carib Wall, Media Luna, plus seamounts most operators don't run.
No crowded dive boat, no fixed morning departure, no waiting on sixteen other people to clear their ears. They also book deep sea fishing — wahoo, mahi, grouper and snapper minutes offshore, with tuna, tarpon, bonefish and permit on the right day. Read the Roatan diving guide →
Check-in 10:00 AM. Check-out 3:00 PM. The island standard is 4:00 PM in and 10:00 AM out, so this gives you back most of two days.
You don't sit in the airport or kill an afternoon in a restaurant with your bags waiting for a 4:00 PM key handover. Land at 9:00, be in the pool by 10:30. Going home, the suite is yours until 3:00, and if your flight is later, leave the bags with Jorge and stay at the dock until you go. No late-checkout fee to ask about or pay. Over a week it's close to a full extra day on the property.
About 30 minutes — and the road is brand new, freshly paved the whole way out to Carib Point.
That's a recent change and a big one. The east end used to mean a long rough drive, which is most of why people talked themselves out of staying out here. It doesn't any more. Transfers can be arranged in advance through La Rosa — tell us your flight number and someone will be there.
Direct. We appreciate guests who book direct, and you’ll find the savings in doing it — the listing sites add their own fees and commissions on top of our rate, and that part goes to them, not to us.
The calendar, the rates and the booking form on this page are our own system, so the number you see is the number you pay. You also get the owner on the other end instead of a channel inbox, which is what matters when you need a meal plan for 14, a dive package, or a flight that lands at midnight. Check live rates →
Both. La Rosa Tiki Bar is our own dockside restaurant hanging over the bay — open most days and nights for meals and drinks, music low in the background, a live band or DJ a couple times a month. Private breakfasts, group dinners and meal plans can be set up in advance.
Every unit also has its own full kitchen, and there's a propane BBQ, a flat iron grill and a pellet smoker on the property. Pizza delivers to the dock. More about La Rosa Tiki Bar →
The protected channel running east behind the barrier reef from our dock through Blue Rock, Jonesville, Oak Ridge, Pandy Town and Fiddler's Bight to Calabash Bight. Pirates used it 400 years ago to slip away from Spanish warships, which couldn't follow them into water that shallow.
There's no open-water crossing anywhere on the route. Guests run it in the property's skiff after a short orientation, stopping at dockside restaurants, mangrove tunnels and turtle pens along the way. It's the thing people talk about most when they get home. See the map and all 21 stops →
The Bay Suite — 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, 800 SF, sleeps 5.
The Pink Palace — 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 4,600 SF, sleeps 13.
Resort Takeover — the entire property, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, 5,400 SF, sleeps 18.
The Bay Suite and the Pink Palace can be booked separately at the same time by two unrelated groups, or together as the Resort Takeover. Four-night minimum, three days' notice.