Yoro Department, Honduras · North America
Olanchito sits on the route: 15 minutes from El Ocote, 35km from Pico Bonito National Park.
Olanchito is in Yoro Department, Honduras, with about 120,000 people. The nearest town is El Ocote, about 7 km away.
Olanchito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras, and a town with a population of 49,750 as of 2023. The municipality was founded in 1530 and comprises 70 villages, approximately 300 hamlets, and a population of 124,286. It is located 107 miles (172 km) northeast of Tegucigalpa, the country's capital.Read more
Olanchito operates in the Central Time Zone, with a UTC offset of -6 hours. The city is the birthplace of many popular figures of Honduran literature such as Ramón Amaya Amador, whose manuscripts, collection of books, writing table, and ashes are located in Olanchito. Known locally as the Civic City, Olanchito's main industry is agriculture.
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Within an hour or so of Olanchito: Pico Bonito National Park (35 km).
Olanchito is in Yoro Department, Honduras, about 7 km from El Ocote.
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national park
A wall of jungle rising from near sea level to 2,480 m behind La Ceiba, with cloud forest, whitewater on the Río Cangrejal and some of Honduras's densest birdlife. The Cangrejal road runs along the park edge.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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