The crossing at Copan Ruins (Hond - GT) is small, simple, and familiar with many foreign motorists crossing. It is quick(est) and not too expensive.

Further north, the border near Corinto (b/w Puerto Barrios, GT and Omoa, Hon) is quite different. The Aduana is not set up to accept temporary imports INTO Honduras, and you will be forced to proceed to Puerto Cortes, where they will treat you like your bike came in via the sea-port, so you will be charged accordingly (= Very Expensive).

While Omoa was a cute beach town with good Swiss hostal/camping, it would be better to enter via Copan, see the ruins, and do a little back-tracking out of Omoa.

If you are in Omoa and heading to Guatemala, it is OK to cross at Corinto. You will arrive to the Aduana near Entre Rios (about 20km from the Honduras border/check-point). There you will be given paperwork to take some 25km to Puerto Barrios where you will have to pay about 45 Quetzales(?) at the bank, then bring your receipt back to the Aduana who will return whatever collateral (passport or other papers) you left behind. We left Omoa mid-morning and arrived in Rio Dulce (on road to Tikal) by mid-afternoon.

We found that if we planned a full day for the border crossings in Central America, we were either on schedule or plesantly ahead!

Cheers!
C & E


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