Dangriga, Belize Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The last stretch of the Hummingbird Highway is flat and relatively uninteresting; from the junction with the Southern Highway to Punta Gorda, it's another 10km further to DANGRIGA , the district capital (formerly known as Stann Creek) and the largest town in southern Belize. Though Dangriga is the cultural centre of the Garífuna , a people of mixed indigenous Caribbean and African descent, who overall make up about eleven percent of the country's population, it is not the most exciting of places unless you're here during a festival. However, the town is home to some of the country's most … more »