Belize - Southern Belize (PDF Chapter)
This is the Southern Belize chapter from Lonely Planet’s Belize guidebook.
The beaches of villagey Hopkins and chilled-out Placencia are inviting, with their opportunities for diving, fishing and slacking, while offshore is an alluring string of cays including Tobacco Caye and Glover’s Reef.
- eat, drink, slack and snorkel at Placencia, the mainland ‘cay you can drive to’
- maps
- hike, zipline and waterfall rappel in the jungle in Mayflower Bocawina National Park
- transport
- hang out on reef with backpackers at Belize’s best budget cay, Tobacco Caye
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Stann Creek District, Dangriga, Mayflower Bocawina National Park, Central Cayes, Hopkins, Sittee Point, Sittee River, Maya Center, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Placencia, Red Bank, Toledo District (Deep South), Punta Gorda & Around, Big Falls & Indian Creek, San Miguel, San Pedro Columbia, San Antonio, Blue Creek.
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