Grand Slam Placencia

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Fly fish for the elusive Inshore Grand Slam, snorkel the Mesoamerican Reef and visit Mayan ruins during your week in southern Belize. Travel to Placencia, a charming beach town located at the end of an 18 mile long peninsula where you’ll experience beautiful beaches, great local restaurants, and fantastic fly fishing. Our Grand Slam Placencia package offers you the ability to choose between an affordable hotel in town or a luxury 5-star beach resort and fish with our top local guides for three full days.

Destinations: Placencia
Duration: 8 days

Package Details

  1. Day One

    Fly into Belize City, Belize where you will go through Immigrations and Customs and then check in at the Tropic Air desk inside the same airport. Without even leaving the airport we’ll get you on a quick 50-minute domestic flight down to the popular beach town of Placencia. Here you can choose between an affordable hotel in town or one of our top 5-star beach resorts in the country. Pick the best fit for your group and we’ll customize your package accordingly!

  2. Day Two

    Let’s go fishing! Placencia is known as one of the best fly fishing destinations in the Caribbean because it has access to miles of saltwater flats, countless cayes, and a huge lagoon system. Spend your week fly fishing for the elusive Inshore Grand Slam (bonefish, permit, tarpon) or add in a snook for the Super Grand Slam. To attempt the grand slam you’ll need the right gear, so we recommend an 8 wt for bonefish (10 lb leader), a 9 wt rod for permit (12 lb leader) and a 10 wt rod for tarpon. Before you arrive we’ll send you our Belize Fly Fishing Guide so you can be prepared with all the best terminal tackle and flies.

  3. Day Three

    Take a day off from fishing to experience some adventure in Belize. Today you’ll head north into the rainforest for a day of zip-lining and tubing down a pristine jungle river. Gently float with the current through the cave system full of stalagmites, stalactites, and gorgeous natural crystalline formations. When you are done you’ll do an exhilarating canopy zip-line tour through the top of the rainforest.

  4. Day Four

    Get back on the water for another day of fly fishing! The waters off of Placencia are known as ‘Permit Alley’, so this is one of the best places in the world to try and land this eagle eyed, tough mouthed game fish. Permit have incredible eyesight and are famous for being easily spooked, so rest assured this will be the hardest of the three fish to catch on your grand slam. Casting to tailing permit that are busy feeding on crabs and mollusks is best, but even if you manage to land the cast and set the hook there is no guarantee they won’t spit it out, break it, or snap your line off on some sharp coral.

  5. Day Five

    Get a taste of history and local culture today as you head inland to visit Mayan ruins that date back thousands of years. Today you’ll visit the ceremonial site of Altun Ha, which is believed to date as far back as 250 BC. The largest temple is the “Temple of the Masonry Altars”, which stands 54 feet high and serves as the inspiration for the logo of Belize’s most popular beer, Belikin, which by now we are sure you are well acquainted with.

  6. Day Six

    Let’s go fishing! Today is your last day of fishing so put all that experience together for one last epic day. Fish for permit early in the morning when the tide is rising or falling and then head out to the cayes to land your bonefish on a Gotcha. Once you have those two checked off zip back into the lagoon or out to Tarpon Caye to try and land the mighty silver king to complete your grand slam. Boney mouths, sharp gill plates, and incredibly acrobatic jumps make this one of the most difficult, and exciting, game fish to land on the fly.

  7. Day Seven

    Last day in Belize! Do a snorkeling tour in the morning at one of Belize’s marine national parks like Laughing Bird Caye to experience their incredible marine life. Underwater a stunning diversity of coral, rays, turtles, lobster, shrimp, nurse sharks and hundreds of reef fish await you. In the afternoon we recommend you walk around Placencia’s 4,000 ft long boardwalk to get a feel for local culture. Full of boutique shops and local restaurants we think you’ll see why Placencia is so charming and refreshing compared to other overly-touristy destinations in the Caribbean.

  8. Day Eight

    Take a 50 minute flight back to the BZE Airport for your international flight home.

Itinerary Highlights

  • Spend a week in the charming beach town of Placencia, one of our favorite destinations in Belize
  • Customize your package and choose between an affordable hotel in town, private condo or a luxury 5-star beach resort
  • Fish three or four days with our expert local guides on their 23’ skiffs
  • “Permit Alley” is a stretch of flats nearly 30 miles long that offers shots at tailing permit every week of the year.
  • Fish the massive lagoon behind Placencia for tarpon and snook.
  • All our local guides have 25-30 years of guiding these waters
  • Enjoy a non-fishing day(s) snorkeling, diving, zip-lining, cave tubing, exploring Mayan ruins
  • Explore the quaint town of Placencia at night with it’s bars and great local food.
Bonefish
Kingfish
Schoolmaster Snapper
Permit
Barracuda
Tarpon
Mackerel
Snook
Mangrove Snapper
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