Activities
Snorkeling
Swim with the many varieties of tropical fish in Belize's warm Caribbean waters, including Angelfish, Trumpet Fish, rays and beautiful Parrot fish. From Beginners to the experienced, everyone can enjoy snorkeling. Between the Placencia Peninsula and Belize's Barrier Reef extends twenty miles of underwater canyons and mountains the tops of which create the extensive range of cayes with white sandy beaches, the kind you so often see on postcards. Laughing Bird Caye, Pumpkin, Ranguana and the Silk Cayes to name a few.
Diving
Placencia prides itself as having some of the best diving in Belize. This area is rapidly becoming one of the hottest diving spots in the Caribbean region. Here dive sites are more pristine because they have felt less impact from boats and divers. As the Belize Barrier Reef progresses southward
along the coast, the reef begins to separate further from the mainland. This results in substantial patches of coral reef, separated by channels dropping to 80 feet or more, forming canyon like walls which rise sharply to form Caye's.
Canoeing Kayaking
Along the Caribbean coast of Belize and about 25 miles offshore the beach village of Placencia is the world's second largest barrier reef, the majestic Belize Barrier Reef. This important reef ecosystem is home to hundreds of species of colorful fish, exotic coral, and unusual invertebrates. Almost 450 mangrove cayes and sand islands are formed within the reef and its unique coral atolls where distinct types of wildlife and habitat are commonly seen. Combined with the tropical climate, a paddlers' paradise is complete!
Fishing
Fly Fishing
Depends on weather conditions and what species we are going after. A Fishing day can take us from the River, to the Lagoon to the Flats, the Barrier Reef or the shores of some near-by Cayes (Islands).
Spin-Cast and Trolling
We usually go all the way to the Barrier Reef and beyond to the open sea. We fish the River and Lagoon for Tarpon and Snook if the weather conditions do not permit us to go to the Reef.
Belize Fisheries Department
The Capture Fisheries Unit (CFU) is the arm of the Belize Fisheries Department responsible for providing the necessary legislative and management interventions to facilitate the continued development and proper management of Belize's marine fisheries resources.
In 2004, important resource assessment exercises were carried out on the lobster (Panulirus argus), conch (Strombus gigas), shrimp (Penaeus notalis ) and West Indian Topshell welk (Cittarium pica) populations in our Belizean waters.