Tegucigalpa - Post Report Question and Answers
Are local sports classes and/or activities available for kids?
The embassy and USAID have nice gym facilities. There is AJ fitness (wildly overpriced) and another gym previously called CYBEX (not sure of the new name) offer swim lessons for kids. The country clubs mentioned previously both have nice gym facilities for members use. The children participate in a RUN-Club that was so wonderfully coordinated by one of the embassy community members that is hosted on the weekend in the fall and spring building up to a turkey trot and a 5K hosted at Juana Lainez. There are other adult running groups/biking troupes around town. - Mar 2024
Tons. My oldest as in gymnastics/soccer/t-ball/ballet. They also have swim lessons and there are school sports. - Jan 2024
Yes. The schools offer sports and lots of activities. Outside of the schools there is fútbol, baseball, horseback riding, tae kwon do, swimming team, French lessons, music lessons, and art classes...that I know of. I'm sure there is more but we're out of free time so I've quit paying attention. - Aug 2023
Yes. - Feb 2022
At Discovery School, there are some options (our kids do swimming lessons, there is also basketball, volleyball, soccer, etc.). The Villa Olimpica has lots of classes for children (gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, martial arts, racketball, etc.); it is a little disorganized and difficult to find information on the classes, but once you figure it out, it is quite convenient and very reasonably priced. Horse-back riding is available at La Herradura for about $25 per hour-long class. AJ Fitness and CIBEX offer excellent swimming classes for kids. - Oct 2019
Yes, both inside and outside of schools. Martial arts are big, in addition to more traditional team sports. There are even chess and breakdancing classes at different parks and cultural centers. - May 2018
Yes, there is horseback riding, baseball, soccer, music and Tai Kwon Do. - Jun 2016
- Our boys play on a local baseball team. It is okay, but certainly not like organized sports in the U.S. There is also swimming and futbol. - Feb 2016
Soccer, for boys (in Spanish), gymnastics. Schools have some sports for middle and high school aged kids. - Aug 2015
I don't have any experience in this area. - Jul 2015
It seems that there are. - Dec 2014
Yes. - Oct 2014
Yes, but it depends on the school. - Sep 2014
Through school and if their Spanish is good, sign them up for local soccer. - Aug 2014
NO, except through some of the private schools. - Jan 2014
Yes. - Oct 2013
Yes, AmSchool has sports, and there is or was a kids' softball game on Saturdays. - Jun 2013
There is a community baseball program. - Apr 2013
At the American school, yes. - Nov 2009
Some of the parents at the embassy have started a small baseball and soccer program for the embassy kids. Discovery School doesn't have sports teams, but the American School has soccer teams (and I think basketball for older kids). My son is only 2 1/2 and he is in swim lessons. I hear that there is a gymnastics class available for young kids. I know some of the parents have their kids in tennis lessons, too. - Oct 2009
