Steve and I stayed with Tricia and Doug at Tipple Tree Beya in the Seahorse room for 1 week. It is truly a beautiful spot and Tricia and Doug work hard at keeping the property maintained to a very high standard. I don't know how Doug does it but the sand and beach in front of the property is always immaculate! Looking around, the cleanest part of the beach in the village for sure.
Any pictures you see online of this location will just not do it justice. It is truly breathtaking to step out of the room in the morning and take in the view.
Tricia was very quick in responding to any of my questions and had lots of information about the area, restaurants etc. We arrived and left by bus and Tricia sent me the bus schedule ahead of time, which was great. She also arranged a taxi to get us to our bus for our return trip to Belmopan.
The room we were in was very comfortable. Tricias rooms at her Tipple Tree are not large, but that is reflected in the price. We never felt cramped in the room, and always had the hammocks on the veranda to hang out in, which we did a lot. Tricia has thought of many details in the room to make your stay wonderful. And the wifi is pretty good, which we needed to make travel arrangements. The coffee maker and small fridge were perfect so we could have supplies for breakfast and somewhere to keep a beer cold :) Tricia supplies some plates, cups, glasses and cutlery too. There are a few grocery stores in the village to get pretty much anything you need. (We even found Almond milk which is important to us)
We didn't do any tours while we were there, we were happy just hanging out at Tipple Tree. We did eat at a few of the village restaurants and all were good but, we really loved Maxim's (a short walk), Kats Cafe (an even shorter walk) and The Coconut Husk (a little farther and a bit pricier)
Steve used the Oasis gym which is located south of the village. It is small but has everything you would need. We had lunch at the cafe there, which was really good.
If you are thinking of booking in Hopkins Village I would say to look for a place a little bit away from Ellas in the centre (it can be a bit noisy around Ellas Restaurant).... Tipple Tree is just far enough away from the centre of the village to be relatively quiet, but still walking distance to everything.
IF YOU CAN, BOOK HERE!!!! You won't regret it. Thank you Tricia and Doug for a wonderful "first" visit to Hopkins, till we meet again....