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Latest Hopkins hotel reviews
Pro
Very laid back, Manatees swim off-shore, Friendly
Con
Sand flies
In a nutshell
Relaxing
Just be Aware of your Surroundings
Bwana_Brown Says: It was great to sit on the beach observing the natural flow of life on this section of coastline. Most impressive were the numerous Magnificent Frigate Birds effortlessly gliding up and down the beach on their massive 6-foot (tip-to-tip) wings. With these large pointed wings...
Bwana_Brown Says: We drove and walked up and down quite a large part of Hopkins during our stay in the village. Other than a small section of two parallel streets where the spur off the Hummingbird Highway enters the village, it is basically one long street that stretches for miles along the...
mrotsmit Says: At the end of the road there's a drumming school, early evenings the kids do the real cool garifuna drum thing, you can watch and you can buy a CD of their stuff (w/bonus video of Hopkins)
Getting There is Half the Fun!
Bwana_Brown Says: After lunch in the capital city of Belmopan, we began our trip to Hopkins by pulling out onto the Hummingbird Highway for the 55 mile drive southeast, even though we still had not arranged any accommodations there. Now this is a scenic route, the lush green tropical growth...
Bwana_Brown Says: One day, we back-tracked a bit for the 20-mile drive north to the town of Dangriga, population 11,000. This predominantly Garinagu (or "Garifuna" as they are commonly known) community is home for a large population descending from intended West African slaves who were...
1 Review Hamanasi is one of the two big resorts near Hopkins. It is beautiful but very removed from the local community. It seemed like most of the people staying there were unaware that the Setlement day festival was coing on near by. The food here was excellent and at least slightly inspired by local fare...
Watering Hole Restaurant: Appearances Can be Deceptive!
Bwana_Brown Says: We were down to our final night in Hopkins, after a day enjoying swimming and watching the Manatees off-shore, as well as a day-trip to Dangriga. While on the beach, we asked one of the long-time visitors what they would recommend for an evening meal spot. The answer was...
Whistling Seas Vacation Inn: Breakfast Local-style
Bwana_Brown Says: The morning after our Pizza experience, and following a rooster crowing at 5 AM along with the persistant shrill calls of a Boat-Tailed Grackle in the palm tree outside our hut (counter-balanced by the lapping sound of the waves) we were up by 7:30 AM ready to tackle the...
Nothing Like Rental Car Freedom!
Bwana_Brown Says: About 2 months before our arrival in Belize, I checked around for rental availability at the International airport. Even then, available choices of a small-sized 4WD vehicle were few, but I managed to book a small unlimited mileage Geo Tracker-type vehicle from Thrifty Car...
paradisedreamer Says: When we got to Dangriga we decided to get a taxi to Hopkins instead of staying overnight to get the next bus. It was $20 but what the heck!
Dong Lee Supermarket: They Say 'Location' is Everything!
Bwana_Brown Says: It was not even a half-hour after we had checked into our Whistling Seas accommodations that Norm and I realized we had fallen into the lap of luxury. Located next door, was the Dong Lee Supermarket, a place that we could tell had learned their lessons well. Never mind...
Joy Jah's: Amazing Carvings in Hopkins
nemethp Says: This was a small shop on the ocean just up the beach from Jaguar Reef. The owner and his wife were very friendly and they had some amazing work for sale. Gearge (the owner) made us a small wooden gecko in a couple days and each day we would stop by and see how it progressed....
Bwana_Brown Says: After travelling just over half-way along the Hummingbird Highway toward the east coast, it became evident that this Stann Creek District part of the country was home to numerous large citrus groves. Along both sides of the highway, orange (mostly) and grapefruit trees...
Bwana_Brown Says: Someone described Hopkins as a place that is "halfway between Paradise and poverty", and it is not a bad observation. For the most part, this is still a quiet back-water with most of the infrastructure owned by the locals and, perhaps, not receiving the full amount of...
mrotsmit Says: So we're laying there in bed, waiting for the ceiling fan to come back on, and we hear this noise... what the hell is that? After a while of speculating and listening we realised it was people doing karaoke to Kenny Rogers songs!!! This happened on more than one night, I'm...
Bwana_Brown Says: Overall, I was very impressed with the highways in Belize. However, in two cases we had to travel across gravel roads that were very rough from the 'washboard' effect of the various wheels that had rolled across them. Both of these cases occurred while we were traversing...
The George Estrada Family and their art
MrRandMcnally Says: In a small house on stilts down the beach from Hopkins lives the Estrada family. Everyone in the family are amazing artists. George carves wooden sculptures that are a step or two beyond any I saw elsewhere. His most impressive works were made from driftwood mahogany that...
diver-x Says: Unfortunately, we didn't get to go, but from what I can gather, Hamanasi Resort is the biggest game in town when it comes to scuba diving. They were the only ones diving when we were there due to it being the off-season. We signed up for a dive, but they called us to cancel,...
Bwana_Brown Says: After spending some time on the off-shore islands of Caye Caulker and Ambergris Cay (at the top right part of the map), we wanted to experience what life was like along the mainland coast of Belize. Hopkins seemed to fit the bill nicely so, once we were finished with our...
Bwana_Brown Says: Since I don't bother with owning a cellular phone, I find that it is always handy to have a local phone card to avoid the hassles of having the correct change on hand should you need to make a call for some reason. Not knowing how often we would use the card, while on Caye...
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The people in Hopkins are so friendly especially the children. My daughter had no shortage of playmates here
Q: Can one swim or snorkel out of Hopkins
A: Yes I think you can , all that I have seen there is the beach, no excursions for snorkeling are available (not that i noticed anyway) Hopkins is small and a tad bit...
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Hopkins - a Quiet 'Backwater' in Belize
After finishing our first six days in Belize on the off-shore cayes ('Caye Caulker' and 'Ambergris Cay') and in the tropical forests of the 'Belmopan' area, we were keen to explore along the...
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Hopkins is a small fishing village on a lovely beach. It does not cater to tourists particularly, it is an authentic Garifuna village, rundown and dilapidated but that is half the charm. There are...
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If you REALLY want to get away from it all...
Hopkins is a one-street town about 5 miles south of Dangriga. This is a place to come to hang in a hammock and forget about the rest of the world. There are several small hotels & guest houses in town...
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A Little Out of the Way for Traditional Culture
Hopkins is a small town south of Dangriga. It has beautiful sandy white beaches and wonderful people. There are two luxerious resorts south of town with diving tours but we stayed in a lovely inn...
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Traveling aimlessly thru Central American continue
(This trip started off as a quick weekend getaway only to Belize but we ended up in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador all in 8 days). We woke up early that morning in San Ignacio, Belize...
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