EXPLORING PLACENCIA
Enjoy exploring Placencia's Village with a short beach walk or onboard a Chabil Mar Villas golf cart. The traditional fishing village of Placencia offers restaurants, beach bars, art galleries, souvenir shops, bakeries, ice cream parlours, markets and village life. There you can make friends with the friendly inhabitants of Placencia along the world's most narrow main street - the Placencia sidewalk. It is so narrow, that only one person can pass is comfortably. If two people meet, one of them has to step down into the sand to let the other pass by. Chabil Mar Villas is the most conveniently located luxury resort in Placencia for those visitors who want to enjoy a short walk or ride on a golf cart, to enjoy the village and its culture.
IN LAND TOURS
Monkey River Tour
Experience the Belizean Jungle, travel by boat observing howler monkeys, tropical birds, iguanas, turtles, crocodiles and many other species of wildlife. Your experienced guide will take you through mangrove to view families of howler monkeys. On your return downstream, you will stop in the village to enjoy a locally prepared lunch.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $85 per person (minimum 4 persons)
Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve
If adventure is your game then Cockscomb Basin Wildlife is the place for you. The world's only Jaguar reserve is a superb place for birding, hiking and wildlife viewing. Hiking trails are well marked and range from easy to more challenging. Enjoying fun tubing down the river, then cool off under refreshing waterfalls.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $100 per person (minimum 4 persons)
Nim Li Punit & Lubaantun Maya Ruins
Nim Li Punit, Meaning "Big Hat" in mayan, was discovered in 1976 and has been classified as strickly a late classic period site. This mayan site is situated along the top of a ridge in the foothill of the maya mountains, the site has a commanding view of the coastal plains in the Toledo district of southern Belize. Lubaantun, meaning "place of fallen stones" was first reported in 1903. Expeditions in 1915, 1926 and 1970 followed. This is an apt name for this site because of the dry masonry Style of architecture. The pyramids are man made stone platforms on top of which stood perishable buildings in the Toledo District of Southern Belize.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $115 per person (minimum 4 persons)
Nim Li Punit Mayan Ruin & Blue Creek Cave
Located in the beautiful rainforest of the Toledo District in Southern Belize, an hour's scenic drive leads you to the late classic ceremonial site of Nim Li Punit : Enjoy lunch in the Mayan Village before continuing on the Hokeb caves of Blue Creek. First, a vigorous hour walk brings you to the entrance of the wet caves. As you swim through the cave, you will be surrounded by cascading waters, stalactites and crystal- like formations
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $115 per person (minimum 4 persons)
SEA TOURS
Snorkeling
Enjoy a full day of snorkeling on the beautiful cayes that surrounds the Caribbean waters off the white sandy beaches; with licensed snorkel guides to show you the wonders of the reef.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $85 per person (minimum 6 persons)
Diving
Dive into the turquoise waters off Belize's Magnificent Barrier Reef, the second largest in the world. The Padi Dive Centers in Placencia will take you on a 2-Tank Dive to explore the remarkable under water paradise of hundreds of Colorful Fishes, Fan corals enormous Sponges and sheer coral encrusted walls.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $145 per person (minimum 4 divers)
Whale Shark Diving (April/May/June)
During the months of April through June, southern Belize offers divers and snorkelers the unique opportunity for spotting the large pelagic feeder known as the whale shark. When in a playful mood, these gentle and curious creatures will hang around for long periods of time. The best time to see the whale sharks are during these months, three days before the full moon to three days after the last quarter moon (It's during this period that cubera snappers spawn, attracting the whale sharks).
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $203 per person (minimum 4 divers)
Fishing
Southern waters of Belize provides some of the best fly fishing, sports fishing, spin cast, trolling or deep sea fishing; Belize is blessed with a wide variety of, Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit, Snook, jack, barracuda, mutton snapper are just a few of the many species of fish found in the most productive waters in the Caribbean.
Includes: Lunch, Gears & Park Fees
Price: $450 per person (maximum 2 persons)
