Because the jaguars and other jungle cats are nocturnal, most people are able to spot only the tracks of the spotted cats, but occasionally visitors have glimpsed them near the roads or along the riverbanks. Insect repellant is a necessity. The town reinacts the arrival by canoe, and there are parties, dancing, music, drumming, in celebration of the successful resistance of the Garifuna people to enslavement, colonization and deportation. Dangriga is famous for its cassava-based breads and cashew wine, as well as fish and plaintain cooked in coconut sauce. This is an opportunity to participate in low-impact tourism at low budget rates.
Camping is also available.
A few miles south of Hopkins is the Sittee River area, where a new resort, The Jaguar Reef Resort, has been created near where the river meets the sea. Glover's Reef Atoll Glover's Reef Atoll, one of the country's four offshore atolls, is composed of several small cayes surrounded by clear blue waters and coral reefs. Several of these cayes have beautiful, tree-studded white sand beaches and there are several resorts catering to scuba divers, snorkelers, fishermen and windsurfers. One rivately owned caye, Northeast Caye, is home to SlickRock Adventures, an adventure tour company that specializes in sea kayaking expeditions. Manta Resort caters primarily to scuba divers.