When the boat captain screams, “GO!” – you go. You slide from boat’s tail end, where you are breathing like Darth Vader through a snorkel and positioned precariously like a frog, waiting for the ...

In many ways Utila offers a glimpse of what Ko Tao was before the rise of the gap year: a dive island without the negative effects that come with overtourism. The island retains its cultural roots and ...

Unpack your fins at the stylish scuba-diving resort Utopia Village (from $224), located a 25-minute boat ride from town. Unlike the island’s other drab resorts, the nineteen rooms here are smartly ...

UTILA, Honduras — The Honduras we think we know is a small Spanish-speaking country wedged somewhere between North and South America, between the First World amenities of its capital and the Third ...

I normally rent a car, a moped or even a tent. But an island? After diving the blue hole in Belize I was fixated with the underwater world. I'd heard of an island called Utila off the coast of ...