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Caribbean Life
Roatan on Caribbean Life.
Twenty-nine episodes over six seasons. No island got more of the show. Every Roatan Caribbean Life episode, in order, with where to watch it, from Roatan Life Real Estate, on the island since 2001.
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Twenty-Nine Searches
What the buyers on Caribbean Life came to Roatan for.
As we watched each episode, the same reasons kept coming up. They are the same ones we hear in the office every week.
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Out of the cold
Canada, Minnesota, Fargo, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oklahoma, Colorado. Winter is the show’s most reliable villain.
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The reef first
Divers and snorkelers who tried the whole Caribbean and chose the one with the reef a few fins from shore.
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Room for the kids
Families of four, six, seven and nine. One couple needed a home for seven children under eighteen.
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A business to open
A boat charter, a water ski school, a restaurant, a watersports dock, a mermaid school.
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A home that pays its way
Rental income written into the brief before the first showing.
Start Here
Three episodes that show the island the way buyers see it.
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2018Time to Relax on Roatan
A Fargo couple, the West End, a budget that has to cover rental space too. Of the twenty-nine, this is the one that looks most like a real first trip.
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2020Pulling the Trigger and Ending a Three-Year Search on Roatan
A California real estate agent buys for herself. Three years of looking, one best friend to settle it, and a yorkie named Tino with opinions.
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2020Bringing the Family Home to Roatan
A Wisconsin couple who spent their dating years on island trips comes back for a forever home. If you have visited more than twice, this one is yours.
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Twenty-nine episodes. One guide to the part they skip.
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Every Episode
All twenty-nine Roatan Caribbean Life episodes, by year.
Oldest first, with HGTV’s own episode page wherever one exists. Pick a year, or read straight through.
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Following Our Hearts to Honduras
A Texas family trades landlocked life for a boat business in Roatan and needs a bargain home to run it from.
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Living the Dream Life in Honduras
Two scuba divers from Austin give up murky Texas lakes for a reef at the end of the street.
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Goodbye, Canada. Hello, Honduras!
A Canadian couple who run dinner cruises swap office hours and cold for the water, full time.
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Treasured Time in Roatan
A North Carolina couple, one of them deployed in Afghanistan, picks Roatan for sun and snorkeling all year.
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Monkeying Around on Roatan
Parents of four leave windy Oklahoma and look for a waterfront home big enough for six.
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A New Business on Roatan
A Colorado couple with resort roots comes to open a water skiing business and needs a home to match.
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Diving Into a Simple Life on Roatan
After diving all over the Caribbean, a couple picks the reef here and ends the search.
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Diving Into Roatan
Two California real estate developers trade desert heat for the water they found on a dive trip.
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Seeking Seclusion on Roatan
One two-week vacation is enough. A couple downsizes to a simple house on at least half an acre.
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Jumping Feet First into Roatan
A California couple ends a three-year search for the right place in the Caribbean, family in tow.
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Finding Warmer Weather on Roatan
Lifelong Minnesotans trade a frozen lake view for a warm one.
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Finding Roatan by Accident
A cruise stop introduces a Texas couple to the island. The dive sites bring them back for good.
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A Healthy Plan in Roatan
A Florida couple wants less development and more nature, and finds it in the island’s green.
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Tackling a Roatan Fixer-upper
A family of seven hunts for a fixer-upper with room to grow, jungle behind and water close by.
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A Flip Flop Island for Flip Flop People
A Toronto couple needs strong internet for their online business and an ocean view for everything else.
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Time to Relax on Roatan
Careers first for years. Now a Fargo couple wants the West End, near the beach, with rental space.
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New Adventures on Roatan
Avid divers from Iowa look for one home that brings a large blended family together.
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A Place to Unwind
Kansas City high school sweethearts cut their work hours and want a pool near the beach.
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Finding Solace on Roatan, Honduras
Done with traffic and crowded beaches, a Jersey Shore couple wants beach access and a grand patio.
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Starting Fresh on Roatan
North Carolina restaurant owners relocate. He wants beachfront. She knows what beachfront costs.
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From Canada to Roatan
A family leaves a hobby farm and snow for white beaches and a smaller home. Dad wants to remodel, mom wants move-in ready.
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Classic Cocktails and New Adventures on the Beaches of Roatan
With family planning visits, a couple needs space and rental potential. He would build. She would rather not.
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Seeking Room for Nine in Roatan, Honduras
A New York couple with seven kids wants a beach property with rental income and a dock for a watersports business.
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Moving Out of Your Comfort Zone in Roatan, Honduras
Years of Caribbean vacations become a move, as long as the home can earn rental income.
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Bringing the Family Home
A Florida family returns to her Roatan roots with room for two sons, water views, and a modern versus classic debate.
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Pulling the Trigger and Ending a Three-Year Search on Roatan
A California real estate agent and her yorkie, Tino, finally choose after three years of looking.
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Bringing the Family Home to Roatan
A Wisconsin couple who dated on island trips gives up winter for a forever home here.
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Becoming a Mermaid on Roatan
An Arizona couple leaves the desert. He will work from home. She is opening a mermaid school.
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Trading Moguls for Water Skis
A professional extreme skier and his wife swap Colorado slopes for a waterfront home with room for the dog.
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Why the Show Kept Coming Back
Three houses and twenty-two minutes. The island takes longer than that, and it is better for it.
Turquoise water, a reef a few fins from shore, direct flights from Houston, Atlanta and Miami year-round, seasonally from Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Montreal and Toronto, and a community of North Americans who came for a week and stayed. What the cameras skip is the title search, the closing and the first year on island time. That is where Roatan Life Real Estate has worked since 2001, before the island kept an MLS. Our blog covers that part week by week.
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Questions People Ask
About the Roatan Caribbean Life episodes.
How many Roatan Caribbean Life episodes are there?
Twenty-nine, from “Following Our Hearts to Honduras” in January 2015 to “Trading Moguls for Water Skis” in September 2020, across six seasons of the show. The index above lists every one by year, with HGTV’s episode page where one exists.
Is Caribbean Life still on HGTV?
The show stopped making new episodes in 2020. The Roatan episodes still air in reruns on HGTV and stream on HGTV GO, Max and Discovery+, and HGTV keeps an episode page for many of them.
Where in Roatan was Caribbean Life filmed?
Across the island, most often the beach communities of the west side, West End and West Bay among them, plus Sandy Bay and the quieter east. Our Roatan Buyer’s Guide walks through each area, and the photo gallery shows them.
Were the buyers on the show working with Roatan Life Real Estate?
HGTV casts the buyers and pairs them with an agent for each episode. Our agents have appeared on multiple shows over the years, and we make no claim about any one episode. What we can tell you is what happens after the reveal, because it is what we have done on Roatan since 2001: the title search, the closing and the move.
Can a foreigner buy property in Roatan like the couples on the show?
Yes. Honduras has had a working foreign ownership framework for more than thirty years. Individuals can hold a residential property in their own name, and larger parcels are held through a Honduran corporation the buyer controls. The Roatan Buyer’s & Relocation Guide walks through both paths, and the Roatan MLS shows what is for sale today.
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