The best resort in my opinion is Henry Morgan, a simple rustic resort, but it's really clean and comfortable. It's a great place at night to just chill out, have a few beers and really relax. There is no night club or anything like that on the resort or nearby, at night they have a musician tinkering away on a keyboard singing a few dodgy old covers, but it's a very social resort.
The best thing about the Henry Morgan is the dive shop, operated and run by TGI (Tropical Gangsters Inc), it's a very well organised and run company, the best by far I have dived with in the Caribbean to date. They offer 3 dives a day and a night dive once a week, shark diving, plus a good wreck dive and they also have Nitrox, if certified. (I will post some pics of the different dives below to give you an idea).The dive shop is in the middle of the resort, the DM's are really professional, knowledgable and they will ensure you enjoy your diving.
It's also worth noting that they have a really well stocked ''Mares'' dive store. Roatan is tax free so you can pick up more or less any of the Mares range at awesome prices, regs, fins, wetsuits, computers, masks, way cheaper then in Canada or the UK.
There was some serious political issues on the mainland last year which I think may of been sorted out as I havent heard of any more problems since September. I would advise you to check on your government travel advisory board to get the most up-to-date information, I don't think you will see or hear anything that suggests of any unrest on Roatan.
As for Malaria, I have never taken any precautions for any of my trips, probably my stupidity not too, but unless it's a specific condition of travel, I just pack and go!! I have never even thought about Malaria to be honest and I have never come across it or spoken to someone who has contracted it whilst out there......again, if you take the right precautions then I would think you would be safe. I guess I am foolish not to take this into consideration but I wouldn't let this put you off from going.
A couple of pics from the shark diving.
Roatan has lots of turtles, both Hawksbill and Green.
The wreck dive, the wreck lays in around 35 metres of water so they will only take the advanced divers that are happy to dive below 30m, it's a relatively easy dive though.
I hope this of some help to you, let me know if you need anything else. My advise would be to go, you will have a blast !!
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