Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
You can also do this trip starting from Río Dulce.
Festivals & Events
During
Semana Santa
Lívingston is packed with merrymakers.
Garífuna National Day
is celeb-
rated on November 26 with a variety of cultural events.
Sleeping
Prices in Lívingston hit their peak from July to December - outside of these months many
midrange and top-end places listed here halve their rates.
Hotel Ríos Tropicales $$
HOTEL
( 5755-7571;
www.mctropic.webs.com
;
Calle Principal; s/d Q150/200, without bathroom from Q60/120; )
The Ríos Tropicales has a variety of big, well-screened rooms facing a central patio with
plenty of hammocks and chill-out space. Rooms with shared bathroom are more spacious,
but others are better decorated.
Casa de la Iguana $
HOSTEL
( 7947-0064;
www.casadelaiguana.com
; Calle Marcos Sánchez Díaz; hammock/dm Q20/45, cabin with/without
bathroom Q160/110; )
A five-minute walk from the main dock, this party hostel offers good-
value cabins. They're clean wooden affairs, with simple but elegant decoration. Happy
hour here rocks on and you can camp or crash in a hammock.
Flowas $
( 7947-0376; infoflowas@gmail.com; per person Q100)
An extremely laid-back little backpacker en-
clave, this place offers rustic wood and bamboo cabins set up on the 2nd floor (catching
the odd breeze) right on the beachfront. The atmosphere is relaxed and there's good,
cheap food available. A taxi (Q15 from the dock) will drop you within 150m of the front
gate.
BUNGALOW
Hotel Salvador Gaviota $$
(
BUNGALOW
7947-0874;
www.hotelsalvadorgaviota.com
;
Playa Quehueche; per person with/without bathroom Q140/70;
)
Beautiful simple wood and bamboo rooms set back a couple of hundred meters from a
