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Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos by chicken bus

​October 11, 2022 | Tagged: Nicaragua, Honduras, Border Crossings

This post details my experience of how to cross the Nicaragua Honduras Border at Las Manos, in October 2022.
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos

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I used, as ever, public transportation and that means riding the chicken buses. No Gringo Shuttles, no Tica Bus, no Nica Bus.

As I hot foot my way back north to Mexico and Miss CDMX, I travelled to Honduras, one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

Honduras, my 104th country that I personally recognise and my 97th UN-listed country.

I stayed a night at the El Viajero Hostal in Ocotal thus strategically poised, to enter Honduras. The bus, the day before from Esteli had taken 2 hours and was packed and slow, so I was very glad about my decision to make 1 final stop in Ocotal:
Breakfast was a coffee just near the bus station.
Coffee in Ocotal, Nicaragua
​I rode the 7.55 am chicken bus 25 C$, for the final 25 km to the border at Las Manos
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
The last Nicaraguan Chicken bus:
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
Chicken bus to Las Manos Nicaragua
For once, the process of clearing Nicaraguan immigration was fast. I filled in the immigration form, checking the EXIT box and then presented myself to the immigration officer. Paid my 3 USD departure tax in USD ONLY! make sure you have change, as they don't!
Las Manos Nicaragua
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
I changed my remaining Cordobas into Lempiras at quite a good rate. I had already acquired 20 USD worth, back in San Miguel, El Salvador for the eventuality that I would visit Honduras at some future point but with what I got from changing my Cordobas at the border, I had 50 USD worth.

​Always good to have a comfortable amount just in case!
Honduras Border
​To enter Honduras you still need a negative Covid test or to have been fully vaccinated. I had to do an online PreCheck but the link I had doesn't work any more.

And a health form where you upload photos of your passport and your Covid Vaccination

It's processed quickly and within minutes you get confirmation.

I had the immigration form printed out but it was never asked for but you still need to do it online.

​Honduras is mostly fucked but they are pretty good at immigration. Their computer system works! And I learned you need to have one for leaving the country too. Just put destination as the next country.


I entered one office for all the Covid vaccination paperwork and was asked for a little cadeau. I gave them 50 cents just because!

And then to the immigration office. Again, all was very easy. Everyone was nice. No stern faces like in Mexico or Nicaragua. Smiles do go a long way to make everyone's life a little brighter.
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
Honduran entry stamp:
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
It was 9.40 am. The border crossing, done and dusted. I waited until 10:20 am for the chicken bus to El Paraiso to leave. 20 Lempira, it took about 40 minutes.
Border Crossing: Nicaragua to Honduras at Las Manos
I will write a little about the next part of the journey to the capital in another post but just to say, it all got a bit crazy.

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