Yojoa lake Where is Lake Yojoa located?

Lake Yojoa is a lake in Honduras, Central America, it

Attractive.
 Joya Grande Zoo
 Los Naranjos Eco-Archaeological Park
 Bogran Castle Ruins,
has a length of 16 km and a width of 6 km, 1 it is  Taulabe Caves, "El Jute" Caves
located between the departments of Comayagua,  Pulhapanzak Falls,
Cortés and Santa Bárbara. Lake Yojoa is located  the Francisco Morazan Hydroelectric Plant (also
about 184 kilometers from Tegucigalpa, the capital known as "El Cajón")
of Honduras.  Mine "El Mochito", among other attractions.

What does Lake Yojoa offer to tourists?

For tourists, the place offers multiple options to
spend several days in the area. In Lake Yojoa there
are many restaurants, also several hotels with
typical rooms of the place, recreation centers with
Lake Yojoa is a lake in Honduras, Central America, it swimming pools, aquatic entertainment and zoos.
has a length of 16 km and a width of 6 km. Gastronomy
"The Lake" is a world famous monument among bird When to visit a tourist place in Lake Yojoa? • Fried fish.
lovers. The Lake Yojoa basin is probably the basin Getting to the lake is very easy. The CA5 highway, • Corn tamales
with the greatest diversity of birds in all of Honduras. which connects San Pedro Sula with Tegucigalpa, • Shots
passes right next to the lagoon. Most of the • Cupcakes
Today, thousands of people still live directly from restaurants on Lake Yojoa are located along the • Yuca with pork rinds
the lake thanks to fishing, the gastronomic offer CA5 highway, but the hostels are scattered around • Tripe soup.
(stopping at this place to eat a fried fish is an the lake. • Pupusas
ingrained custom of almost all Hondurans), the • Nacatamales carne
cultivation of exotic flowers for export and others. asada.
traditional crops. • Sea food soup
• Pot soup
Folk dances
In Santa Cruz de Yojoa there was a cultural group GASPAR PACHECO. This story tells that the Lencas
called "Pueblo Nuestro" where dance, theater and and the Mayans entered a war and fight between
social projection were practiced, made up of young kings, this story was told by the grandparents to
professionals and peasants. Two of our colleagues Gaspar who is one of the owners of one of the lake's
were also members of the group. restaurants.
Many dances were practiced with marimba, Another of the legends is that a king lived in the area
caramba, violins, guitars, violons. Cucucú dance, la with his three daughters who were very beautiful
basurita, tropical caputo, barranquilla (merengues). and vain who every day walked to the distant well to
comb their hair in the mirror of the water.
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But in the place there lived a witch who envied the
Lic. Dinora Agurcia
beauty of the princesses until she, through
Integrantes:
deception, turned them into mermaids and the
 Jennifer Rodezno 201410010012
sediment began to overflow until forming the lake
 Jessenia Munguía 202110010568
OUTSTANDING CHARACTERS OF LAKE YOJOA of yojoa.
 Jolany Del Cid Díaz 201820120042
In reality, in history there are no main characters
 Jairo Pineda Aguilar 202010010652
within an ancient epoch, what if they arose were FRANCO RAMIREZ; He was a fisherman and says
 José Manuel Corrales 201820110122
legends of our past antecedents originating from that mermaids still swim in the lake and people who
look at them have good luck  Yeni Escoto 201820040027
various sectors
EULALIA MARQUEZ: she lives in a humble house on
The lake was formed like this: They lived the great the shore of Lake Yojoa and assures that there are
Lenca tribe that would be one of the main groups many stories that are told about the lake
that inhabited it and that is how in some sectors of VICTOR MANUEL ORTIZ: Amuprolago
the lake there are ruins that bear witness to that representative explained that scientifically the
testimony but the Lenca rulers had conflicts with the Yojoa lake was formed by the eruption of several
Mayans of They drank and began to cast their volcanoes because many studies have proven that
curses. the lake was a volcanic caldera