This colorful bird, found in both countries, is also the national bird of Honduras.
What is the Scarlet Macaw?
The capital city of Honduras.
What is Tegucigalpa?
This Christian holiday is celebrated with colorful parades and sawdust carpets in both countries.
What is Semana Santa (Holy Week)?
This is the name of the ancient Mayan city in Honduras known for its hieroglyphic staircase.
What is Copán?
In Ecuador, you can stand with one foot in each hemisphere at this monument.
What is the Mitad del Mundo?
This currency is used in Ecuador.
What is the U.S. dollar?
A group of islands in Ecuador famous for unique wildlife.
What are the Galápagos Islands?
In Ecuador, this fruit is often jumped over at New Year’s to bring good luck.
What are grapes?
Ecuador adopted this as its official currency in 2000.
The US Dollar
Honduras was the first country in the world to ban this type of plastic nationwide in 2021.
What are plastic bags?
This famous theory was inspired by a visit to the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador.
What is the Theory of Evolution (by Charles Darwin)?
This colonial city in Honduras is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What is Copán?
This Honduran dance tradition mixes Indigenous, African, and Spanish influences.
What is the Punta?
This biosphere reserve in Ecuador is a UNESCO World Heritage site and home to species like the blue-footed booby.
What are the Galápagos Islands?
Honduras is often called this due to its significant banana exports.
What is a banana republic?
This rare white hill in Honduras is made entirely of chalky limestone and is a popular tourist spot.
What is “La Montaña de la Flor”?
This active volcano near Quito is one of the highest in the world.
What is Cotopaxi?
In Ecuador, people burn these effigies called “Año Viejo” at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
What are “monigotes”?
This is the name of the indigenous group in Honduras known for resisting Spanish conquest.
Who are the Lenca?
Ecuador’s national dish “cuy” is made from this animal.
What is guinea pig?
This historic port city in Honduras is a gateway to the Bay Islands.
La Ceiba
This city is Ecuador's largest and most important port.
Guayaquil
This colonial city in Ecuador is famous for its well-preserved architecture and is also a UNESCO site.
What is Cuenca?
This is the island group off the coast of Honduras popular for scuba diving.
Bay Islands
The capital of Ecuador, and the second-highest capital city in the world.
Quito