Discover Guanaja, a Bay Island Paradise!

by Denise Clarke

Guanaja Honduras, where in the world is that, you ask? Guanaja is a small island in the Caribbean located about forty miles off the northern coast of Honduras and is in the Bay Island chain. It neighbors El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua in Central America. Less than two hours from Miami, there are several airlines that service Honduras making travel there easy and simple!

Three main islands make up the Bay Island chain in Honduras. Roatan is a familiar stop with the cruise ships. The huge tourist boats dock there several times a week. Utila, the smallest of the islands is very popular with divers and is well known for diving with the whale sharks. Guanaja is the tallest island and has hillsides covered in pines along with several fresh water streams and waterfalls. The fact that there are no roads on Guanaja may be one reason that it has remained undiscovered by the masses.

Five years ago I heard about Guanaja. At that time I couldn’t spell it, let alone pronounce it! Since then, I have done a great deal of research on inexpensive retirement in Guanaja. It might be one of the best options for Americans to live well in their retirement years!

Adventure seekers, young for their age and possibly facing a retirement with less money than they had planned on, this describes the Baby Boom generation that’s getting ready to retire now. Born after WWII and before Vietnam really got going, they are willing to take into account going south of the border for affordable retirement.

What type of lifestyle do you want to lead in your retirement? Guanaja is surrounded by the worlds second largest barrier reef. This makes for some of the best diving and snorkeling. What about kayaking or white water rafting, sure, they have it! What if you just want to laze about on the beach and enjoy the warm tropical breezes and the pristine clear Caribbean waters, they have that too. Guanaja has something for everyone.

Prices are quite reasonable for property on Guanaja, it seems that this tiny tropical gem has not yet been discovered by the masses, so much the better for us! Property taxes are so low that it is nearly humiliating. A two hundred thousand dollar home will run you less than two hundred dollars a year, YIKES! Sign me up!

Need a little help at your hacienda so you can enjoy your retirement years? Have you considered a cook or a gardener? This type of worker will only set you back about eight dollars a day US. The average American can live huge with a small pension of $1,000-1,500 a month!

Savannah Bight located on the island has a walk in clinic as well as Bonacco Town a short boat ride away if you need medical care. If you have a major medical issue, there’s a hospital in La Ceiba on the mainland, forty miles away. Many of the physicians that practice in Honduras have been trained in the United States or Cuba.

The Baby Boomers are educated enough to know that our fixed income in retirement might not allow us to live the way we have become accustomed to in the United Says. Social Security, who knows! This Bay Island Paradise, named Guanaja might be an affordable solution to our problem.

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