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Hike among the spider monkeys, tapirs, and jaguars in Honduras's Pico Bonito National Park, a nature preserve 30 minutes from La Ceiba with 247,000 acres of unspoiled cloud forest and rain forest. Trails run from the park to the adjacent Lodge at Pico Bonito (011-504/440-0388; www.picobonito.com; doubles from $195), a 200-acre property with its own tropical butterfly farm.
Explore several topographies with Mountain Travel-Sobek's new 10-day Belize: Rain Forest to Reef multisport trip (888/687-6235; www.mtsobek.com; from $3,350 per person). Expect to hike ruins and sea-kayak to the remote southern barrier reef.
Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve is one of the largest tropical forests in Central America. Trek through it with the aid of packhorses, from El Zotz Biotope (known for its forest and bat caves) to Tikal (the country's most famous archaeological site), with Ecomaya (011-502/7926-4981; www.ecomaya.com; three-day trips from $149 per person). —B.T.
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