Roatan on House Hunters International.
Every Roatan House Hunters International episode, plus the HGTV specials that followed, in one place. Brought together by Roatan Life Real Estate, the island’s brokerage on Roatan since 2001.
- 12House Hunters International episodes in Roatan since 2006
- 2001On the island before it had an MLS
- 1,000+Closings, West Bay to East End
“Building Próspera in Roatán, Honduras”
Filmed on the island’s east side, in and around Próspera. Check your local HGTV listing for the time. Streams the next day on Max and Discovery+.
The House Hunters International Roatan episodes, one by one.
Roatan has been on House Hunters International since the show’s first season. Here is every Roatan episode, newest first, with where to watch it.
October 1, 2026 · House Hunters InternationalBuilding Próspera in Roatán, Honduras
The newest Roatan episode, the twelfth time House Hunters International has filmed on the island.
Episode details
August 2026 · HGTVCouple Falls in Love with Honduras
A couple weighs Roatan against everything they know, and the island wins.
Watch on YouTube
July 2026 · HGTVRisking it All to Reconnect in Roatán
A family trades the schedule at home for the one the reef keeps.
Watch on YouTube
March 2025 · House Hunters InternationalTropical Getaways and Beachside Homes
Back to back island episodes from HGTV, with the Roatan episode in the lineup.
Watch the marathon
What the buyers on House Hunters International 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.
- 5episodes
Out of the cold
Minnesota, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Vancouver Island, and a Canadian couple done with below zero. Winter is the show’s most reliable villain.
- 4episodes
A different life
A business to build at Próspera, a slower pace than Charlotte, something other than New Jersey, and Amanda, who came for six weeks and met Jonathan on the beach.
- 3episodes
The reef first
A scuba trip sold Stacy on the island. The Canadians came for the diving. Water sports sealed it for Linda. The reef is a few fins from shore.
- 3episodes
Room for the family
A family of four out of Massachusetts, a mother and her college-age son, two moms and a boy named Kaden.
- 3episodes
A vacation home first
Les and Anita, the newlyweds of 2012, Stacy and Ryan. The second home that has a way of becoming the first.
Every House Hunters International episode filmed in Roatan, 2006 to today.
Twelve episodes across twenty years, newest first, with a link to each one.
- 2026
Building Próspera in Roatán, Honduras
A young couple sets out to start a business and buy their first home on Roatan, with a hand in building the future city of Próspera on the island’s east side. The twelfth time House Hunters International has filmed on Roatan, and the first since 2020.
Episode page - 2020
Fleeing from Freezing in Roatan, Honduras
After years of daydreaming, a Massachusetts family leaves the winters behind for Roatan. She wants a private standalone house with a pool. He wants a beachfront condo with nothing to maintain. The full episode is on HGTV’s YouTube channel.
HGTV episode page - 2019
Harmony on a Honduran Island
A married couple trades a busy Charlotte life for a slower one on Roatan. They want rental potential to help with the finances, and they will not give up the wow factor. The two rarely land on the same house.
Episode page - 2016
Canadians Search for the Sun in Honduras
A Canadian couple leaves below-zero winters for Roatan’s jungle, beaches and diving. She dreams of a turnkey place on the beach. He would take a fixer-upper, as long as there is room for a workshop.
HGTV episode page - 2016
A Mom Retreats to Roatan, Honduras
Mother and daughter Linda and Brittany fly down from Wisconsin to find mom a home away from brutal winters. They share a love of volunteering and water sports. They do not share a taste in houses.
Episode page - 2016
Roatan Retreat, Honduras
A scuba trip sold Stacy and her son Ryan on the island. Now they want a vacation home the whole family can share, with Ryan living in it while he works out life after his first year of college. Beachfront comes with a price tag, so priorities get tested.
HGTV episode page - 2014
Changing Plans for Love in Roatan
Amanda planned six weeks around Honduras and Guatemala and never got past her first stop. She met Jonathan, a scientist, on a Roatan beach and moved in. Now they need a bigger place, and the hunt is the real test of the relationship.
HGTV episode page - 2014
Family Time in Roatan, Honduras
IT consultant Elizabeth and her wife Jasmine leave Petaluma, California so Elizabeth can watch their son Kaden grow up. Elizabeth wants to walk everywhere in West End and skip the car. Jasmine wants the quiet of West Bay.
Episode page - 2012
Idealism vs. Practicality in Roatan, Honduras
Lee Ann and Bill want something different from their New Jersey life and go looking for a spacious home on Roatan. She falls for the houses that inspire her. He is a master negotiator, and the two instincts collide at every showing.
Episode page - 2012
A Dream Home on Roatan
Newlyweds look for a second home on the island. One of the show’s early Roatan episodes, from the same year as Idealism vs. Practicality, and still in rotation on HGTV’s streaming collections.
Episode page - 2010
Les and Anita Are Looking for a Vacation Home on Roatan Island in Honduras
Les and Anita want a move-in-ready three-bedroom near the beach with an ocean view and room for a garden, somewhere to spend the Vancouver Island winters. The show’s second visit to Roatan, four years after the first.
Episode page - 2006
Honduras Home Hunt
Gary and Rebecca love their lakefront home on Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka, but the water is frozen half the year and crowded the other half. A friend mentioned Roatan, one visit hooked them, and they moved for good. The show’s first Roatan episode, from its first season.
HGTV episode page
Why HGTV keeps coming back to Roatan.
The island is the easy part to explain. 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 for good.
What an episode cannot show is everything after the reveal: the title search, the closing, the first year on island time. That is where Roatan Life Real Estate has lived since 2001, before the island kept an MLS, with Steve Hasz, who first came to Roatan in 1992.
Our Journal covers that part week by week, and the reef is a few fins from shore.
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About the Roatan House Hunters International episodes.
Which House Hunters International episodes were filmed in Roatan?
Twelve so far, from “Honduras Home Hunt” in the show’s first season (2006) to “Building Próspera in Roatán, Honduras” (Season 212, October 1, 2026), with episodes in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020 in between. HGTV has also released two Roatan recaps on its Tropic Like It’s Hot channel in 2026. The full index above lists every one with a link.
Where in Roatan was House Hunters International filmed?
Across the island. The episodes move through Roatan’s beach communities on the west end, West End and West Bay among them, and, in the October 2026 episode, the east side around Próspera. Our Island Life page walks through each area.
How can I watch the Roatan House Hunters International episode?
New episodes air on HGTV (check the HGTV schedule for your local time) and stream the next day on Max and Discovery+. HGTV also releases full-episode recaps on YouTube; the links above open them.
Can a foreigner buy property in Roatan like the couples on the show?
Yes. The country 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. Our Buyer’s Guide walks through both paths.
Can I be on House Hunters International in Roatan?
HGTV casts the show itself through its own casting page, and buyers apply directly. Roatan Life Real Estate is not part of the casting process. What we can do is the part that comes before and after the cameras: finding the right property on Roatan and closing it cleanly.
The show is twenty-two minutes. The life is the rest of it.
Every inquiry is answered by a member of our island team and matched to the agent who knows your shortlist best.