I highly recommend Sarkiki to families on a budget wishing to stay in a self catered apartment directly on the beach in the Hopkins area. The neighborhood is mostly residential and is blissfully quiet and peaceful. The beach was calm with a gentle breeze. One could walk about a half mile up and down on the golden sand. The pool was clean and a cool respite. My kids used the inner tubes, floats, frisbee, football and volleyball. They also used the canoe in the shallow part of the bay. The foosball table , darts and corn hole games at the independently owned Mango’s beach bar were great. I will counsel everyone to bring baby oil to create a layer so that midges (‘no see ums’) can’t bite. There were plenty of fresh bath towels and beach towels available. The owners set up a fun, relatively inexpensive snorkeling / fishing expedition that was the highlight of our trip. I used the charcoal grills to prepare the red snappers and yellowtail snappers that we caught. We had no issues driving 10 minutes into town for groceries. We are at the closer restaurants along Sittee River Road as well. We enjoyed the hiking, waterfalls and zip lines at the nearby Bocawina Mayflower National Park. Unfortunately we did not get to the Cockscomb Jaguar Sanctuary for river tubing or a hike.