My wife and I just got back from our vacation in Belize. We stayed at Belizean Dreams for 7 nights and 8 days and this resort definitely exceeded our expectations. The grounds were gorgeous, The food was amazing and the staff was wonderful and Ian, the Guest Services Manager was great! He went out of his way to make sure everything was to our liking. Hopkins Village is a wonderful place that is still a very primitive place but yet also very safe and has something for everyone. My wife and I are also divers and the Hamansi Resort Padi Crew next door was also an excellent team to escort us on our dive trips to the reefs. Two Thumbs up to Belizean Dreams and Hopkins Village. Would recommend to everyone!

My wife and I have been going on beach vacations for 40 years, all over the world, and we've never enjoyed a resort more than this. We look for small, quiet, boutique hotels directly on a beach with good ocean swimming. We stayed for 4 nights and wish we could have stayed longer. We were there the week after the Christmas/new year holiday so there weren't many other guests, mostly young couples. Ian, the manager, was terrific and Felipe at the reception desk and Charles at the bar and the entire staff are very friendly and anxious to please. The setting is on a very pretty, miles long beach with more palm trees than people. No crowds in sight. The grounds are beautiful and constantly being groomed, swept and cleaned. There are 9, identical, free standing 2 story villas, offered as either 2 or 3 bedroom apts. with large rooms, a full kitchen and a tv in the living room perfect for families or 2 or 3 couples, or a very spacious, beautiful bedroom suite upstairs for 1 couple with a small refrigerator and microwave but no tv. The large decks overlook the ocean which is just a few feet from the villas. In front of the villas is a small pool, but it is big enough to swim in, and there is a small bar between the pool and the ocean. Everything is very luxurious, but because it is such a small resort there are certain limitations that one might otherwise look for in a luxury resort. They don't have a wide selection of wines and the restaurant menu is very limited. We ate lunch and 1 dinner here and the food was ok, though to be fair its hard to pass judgement having eaten so few meals there. There are several other small resorts within an easy walk and we ate breakfasts and dinners in the other places too and thought the food selection and ambiance were better off the property. The town of Hopkins is about a mile away down a dirt road, and there are several local type restaurants that others told us were very good. The town is a small fishing village, not a resort town, so it is authentic central american, in other words, it is a charming atmosphere but the people are poor and live in shacks, there are small grocery stores but no supermarkets, banks or tourist shops. So if that bothers you do not go into town. But if you don't go you will be missing a great experience. We walk every day and walked into town and on the road in the opposite direction and we met the most wonderful friendly people. There are kayaks and bicycles available and there are several fun excursions to go on, both on land, e.g. Mayan ruins, jungle hikes and cave experiences and on the ocean, snorkeling and diving, otherwise there is nothing to "do". I usually don't write such long detailed reviews but we loved this place and if it's the kind of vacation you're looking for you can't beat it.

Wonderful staff. It was low season when we were there with our 1 yr. old grandson. It was great, everyone made us feel at home. The villa was lovely. We had the entire downstairs and enjoyed the layout. Kitchen! Right on the beach! Stormy in October but sun in between. Snorkeling trip delightful. Trip to the ruins not to be missed. Food delicious. Bar and kitchen staff felt like friends forever. Very pleasant people and place. They had an infant life preserver for us as well as high chair at our table for every meal.

Our trip began when we arrive in Belize City too late to make the Maya Island flight (because a lot of the small town runways don’t have lights, you can only fly during the day). We hired a driver to take us to Hopkins for $180 USD. After contacting the resort with our new travel plans, we coordinated a meeting with Ian in Dangriga vs. the taxi going all the way to Hopkins on the dirt roads. Although dark, The drive was quite pleasant and uneventful (2.5 hours). We met Ian in Dangriga and he drove us to Belizean Dreams. The resort was very well maintained with good landscaping. Our room was nice and we had floral turndown on our first night. The staff: Ian, Rafael, Franco, George, Doc Como (bar), Arnold, Edso, Ramon, Bernardo, Phillipi, housekeeping, grounds, etc did a wonderful job! The room was very nice with local furniture, right on the beach with ocean views. The choices at breakfast, lunch and dinner were more than sufficient and we had excellent food and wine. The first day we walked the beach into town (1.5 mi) and stopped in town at a local bar for a drink, went to the grocery (to review prices although we didn’t buy anything) and then walked the road back to the resort. The next day we went to the Xunantunich Mayan Ruins which I would highly recommend. Day 3 was spent lounging on the beach (where we did see manatees eating the grasses off our beach). Day 4 we went cave tubing and zip lining which was also a lot of fun. Finally, on the last day we checked out the local spa just down the road (but they were booked) and then took our golf cart into town. We toured Hopkins Bay which was too large for our tastes. In the “downtown” area, we stumbled upon Driftwood Pizza and stayed here all day. Driftwood Pizza is a great local beach bar and pizza place (and a must do on your visit)—we enjoyed the beach here better than the resort and the pizza and drinks were great and a very good value (2 med pizza/drinks all day $40). The resort pool was also nice, although a little chilly. The resort could do some things better including hiring a larger staff to work the meals, bar and pool area (moving chairs etc). The rooms, although nice could have used nicer shower heads and a light down blanket (vs. what was offered was just a sheet and light woven blanket + extra very scratchy acrylic blanket if desired). We had an upper unit and the lower unit connected via a stairway/interior door so if housekeeping was in the lower level or the guests below were using the kitchen in the morning, we could hear them. We enjoyed our time here and the people, with a little more focus on the details, this would be an excellent resort.