Stann Creek hosts Belize's most hospitable mainland beaches where lying around in a hammock sipping on a cool, decorated beverage is a Belizean activity unto itself. Hopkins is a good place to catch a quiet beach vibe, and Placencia is difficult to outdo in terms of sheer quantity with 11 miles of sandy peninsula and 3 miles of white sand beach.
Out on the caye side, Southwater is thought by many to be the definitive tropical island beach experience. With sparsely occupied and unspoiled beachfront that captures the Caribbean trade winds perfectly and stately coconut palms that lean out over turquoise waters, this might be the beach just the way you dreamed it.
