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Placencia Village is a quaint creole fishing village with arguably the best swimming beaches in Belize as well as many fine shops and restaurants.
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Seine Beight is a traditional Garifuna village a few miles north of Placencia that provides a chance to sample Garifuna cooking and music.
- Scuba - Boasting the second longest barrier reef in the world and home of the famous "Blue Hole". Scuba diving off the coast offers an experience of walls and canyons found in 60-80 feet of water. Instruction and guided tours offered.
- Snorkel - is available at an abundance of islands just off the coast including, Laughing Bird and Silk Caye & Reef and Placencia Caye.
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Sport Fishing - Inside or outside the reef. Placencia is also world known for it's Salt waterFlats fly fishing.
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Sailing - Catamarans with or without crews and private sailboats for day sailing or overnights.
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Kayak - Placencia Lagoon or nearby Placencia Caye and beyond.
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Whale Shark watching is another opportunity unique to Belize
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The Annual Placencia Lobster Fest in Junedraws people from accross Belize and the world.
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Biking - Experience the peninsula and nearby communities between Maya Beach and Placencia.
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Birding - On the peninsula, where over 54 species have been recorded.
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Walk for miles along uncrowded palm-lined beaches. It is possible to stroll north seven miles from Placencia Village to Seine Bight Village without interruption.
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Go on tubes in the rivers flowing through the Mayan Mountain caves
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Canoing, floating, and white water rafting in the beautiful rivers of Western Belize.
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Horseback riding through the mountain pine ridge near San Ignaciao to beautiful waterfalls.
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Visiting numerous Mayan ruins, some still unexplored or undiscovered.
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Canopying, which is rappelling above the rain forest tree tops from one platform to another via harness, ropes, and ziplines.
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