Activities We invite guests to fully explore the resort and the surroundings. We provide the following equipment complimentary with the purchase of any suite to explore the surrounding waters of the Caribbean Sea or the surrounding areas. Complimentary KAYAK & PADDLE BOARD The Placencia Resort is on the Placencia Peninsula and sits on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. We invite you to explore the surrounding waters with the complimentary kayaks and paddle boards. Please ask the team for assistance and safety equipment. BICYCLES Guests are invited to use the complimentary bicycles to explore the surrounding grounds or even ride to Placencia Village. Please ask the team for directions and safety equipment FITNESS CENTER The fitness center is located next to the tennis courts and is open 7am to 9pm. You will find free weights, treadmills, and stationary bikes as well as yoga mats, straps, exercise balls, and resistance bands. Please ask if you need assistance. TENNIS COURTS Guests are invited to play on the Har-Tru Clay Tech Courts. 11 Ask the front desk for tennis racket and ball rentals. World Class Fishing FLY FISHING REEF FISHING Go fly fishing with Blue Horizon, the only Take a relaxing boat ride out to the Orvis Endorsed outfitter in Belize. Whether world’s second largest barrier reef to you are new to the sport or a seasoned fish in magnificent aqua blue waters! angler, Blue Horizon’s guides will create the Your captain will take you to his favorite experience of a lifetime. spot for your chance to catch snapper, Half Day Trips: A half day trip spans 4 hours grouper, mackerel, jacks, barracuda, and on the water with a professional fly fishing more. Taxes and optional gratuity are not guide, outfitted flats boats, fishing gear, and included. Minimum of 2 participants and a a cooler stocked with beverages and snacks. maximum of 6 participants for reef fishing Maximum two people per boat. Taxes and trips. Private boat options are available. optional gratuity are not included Half Day Trips: A half day trip spans 4 Full Day Trips: A full day trip spans 8 hours hours on the water with a professional on the water with a professional fly fishing guide, outfitted flats boats, fishing gear, and captain/guide, outfitted fishing boats, a cooler stocked with beverages, lunch, fishing gear, and a cooler stocked with and snacks. Maximum two people per boat. beverages and snacks. Taxes and optional gratuity are not included. Full Day Trips: A full day trip spans 8 hours DEEP SEA FISHING CHARTER on the water with a professional captain/ guide, outfitted fishing boats, fishing gear, Charter the Weak Moment for a private day and a cooler stocked with beverages, on the water! Our charters are fully loaded with a captain, mate, fuel, gear, bait and lunch, and snacks. tackle, towels, sunscreen, food, drinks, and anything else you think you might want. CATCH & COOK FISHING Choose from a day of hardcore deep sea This is a reef fishing trip with an island stop trolling for pelagic species, a combination to cook your catch! Only available as a full of trolling and reef fishing, or throw in some snorkeling and SCUBA diving if that is your day, this reef fishing trip includes all gear, desire. All you need to bring is yourself, a hat refreshments, and a freshly cooked lunch. and sunglasses, your favorite tropical playlist Whether you prefer trolling along the outer and an adventurous spirit. Charters are cayes or spin casting anywhere along the available for up to 6 anglers and 4 additional coast, you’ll get to experience it all. non-anglers. Full Day Trips: A full day trip spans 6-8 Includes: hours on the water with a captain/guide, • Captain and a first mate outfitted flats boats, fishing gear, and a • All meals and snacks throughout the trip cooler stocked with beverages, lunch, and • Local alcoholic and non-alcoholic snacks. beverages • Unlimited fishing (and snorkeling as you like) • Optional SCUBA diving for certified divers • Fuel, bait, and fishing gear • Pickup and drop-off 12 SCUBA Diving & Snorkeling Snorkeling, PADI courses, and Discover SCUBA include equipment. Equipment may be rented for all other divers. Lunch is included. RANGUANA CAYE SNORKEL BARRIER REEF DIVE FULL DAY • SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER 5 HOURS • SKILL LEVEL: NOVICE Ride out to the beautiful island of Ranguana A trip to the Belize Barrier Reef is suitable for Caye to experience some of the best both novice and experienced divers, with dive snorkeling in Belize. Nurse sharks, sea turtles, sites ranging from 35-65 feet deep. Each drift and stingrays can regularly be found along the dive allows you to relax and enjoy the mild reef just beyond the island. Ranguana Caye current as you dive along multicolored walls and offers a unique opportunity for snorkelers to steep ridges teeming with remarkable sea life. enter the water directly from the shore, it’s This is a short, two-tank day. that close to the reef! DISCOVER SCUBA GLOVER’S ATOLL FULL DAY • SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER FULL DAY • SKILL LEVEL: NOVICE While not a SCUBA certification, this program An hour and a half boat ride gets you to the will allow you to safely dive with an instructor least explored atoll in Belize named by Jacques to get a taste of what diving is all about. This Cousteau as one of his favorite dive sites. Wall introductory dive lesson takes approximately diving from 40-60 ft offers the chance to see two hours with a certified PADI instructor. all kinds of rays, turtles and rivers of wrasse Once comfortable in the water, you’ll explore swimming along stunning coral structures at the reef together, diving to a maximum depth this United Nations World Heritage Site. This is of 40 feet. This is perfect for trying diving a long, three-tank day. before committing to a full certification course. BLUE HOLE OPEN WATER REFERRAL - PADI FULL DAY • SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED SCUBA CERTIFICATION Hop on the boat to Lighthouse Reef for a three- MULTI-DAY • SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER tank dive day. Well known as one of Jacques Prior to your vacation, complete the Cousteau’s top dive destinations, Great Blue knowledge development and pool sessions Hole National Park is a sight to behold for at your local dive shop. Once you’re in Belize, snorkels and divers alike. This is a very deep we’ll spend two days finishing your open dive that reaches the limits of recreational water dives. Leave Belize with your PADI SCUBA diving, and is suitable for intermediate certification and a few completed dives along and advanced divers with at least 25 logged the largest living barrier reef in the world. dives. For safety purposes, all divers taking a trip to the Great Blue Hole must schedule a “check out dive” prior to departure. After exploring the Great Blue Hole, you visit two additional sites in the Half Moon Caye National Monument to complete this great adventure. 13 Water Excursions RANGUANA TROPICAL ISLAND ST. HERMAN’S BLUE HOLE EXPERIENCE CAVE TUBING & SWIMMING Cruise out to the picture-perfect 2-acre Spend your day enjoying the crystal blue private island from Placencia, Belize and waters of St. Herman’s National Park. A scenic spend your day in a pristine tropical paradise. drive through Belize’s citrus and banana farms Paddle board, kayak, hammock nap, brings you to St. Herman’s. You’ll start with a sunbathe, snorkel from the shore, drink, eat short 15-minute hike led by a knowledgeable and play beach games. Bully’s Beach Bar local guide where you’ll learn about the cave’s provides the music and libations while the archaeology and the geology of the surrounding staff prepares a delicious Beach Barbecue. Maya Mountain. Then you’ll settle in and spend Don’t forget to try the shotski at Bully’s Beach the next two hours lazily floating through the Bar! Includes Beach Barbecue lunch and “Maya Underworld.” After lunch, take a cool activities. Does not include beverages. and refreshing afternoon swim in The Blue Hole, formed from the collapse of an underground Bring: camera, sunscreen, swimsuit, hat, towel limestone cave. The river that ran through the Time: 5 Hours original cavern still flows through the cave Difficulty: Easy system to form a sapphire-colored pool at the bottom of the cenote. WEAK MOMENT BOAT CHARTER Bring: bug spray, towel, bathing suit, dry clothes, Charter the ‘Weak Moment’ for an amazing sun screen, cash for souvenirs, camera day on the Caribbean Sea! Charters are fully Time: Full Day loaded with a captain, mate, and fuel, plus Difficulty: Easy towels, sunscreen, food, drinks, and anything else you think you might want! Your day on ATM CAVE the water is totally customizable for a perfect (ACTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL) day in paradise. You can plan to go fishing, snorkeling, SCUBA diving, or island hopping. The ATM Cave is most famous as an ancient Charters are available for up to 10 people. archaeological site, containing the skeletal remains of Maya human sacrifices, pottery, Bring: hat, sunglasses, bathing suit, camera and other ancient artifacts. Visitors go bananas Time: Full Day over the fully intact skeleton from around 700- Difficulty: Easy 900 AD that literally sparkles, thanks to time and science. You’ll hike to the location, wade BIOLUMINESCENCE TOUR across rushing rivers in waist-deep water, climb This experience exposes you to one of wet ladders inside a cave in just your socks, Belize’s Natural Wonders! This natural then enter a deep, dark hole in the side of a phenomenon only happens in a few select mountain because a tour guide told you to spots, like where the Sittee River meets (and maybe pee yourself a little – but that’s the Caribbean Sea.