Top 5 Things to do in Placencia
1. Snorkeling Silk Caye National Park and Laughing Bird Caye We got our hotel Chabil Mar to arrange this day of snorkeling for our teenagers. We met Captain Ivan at the dock across the road from Chabil Mar. Passed through Stann Creek water-front residential area, picked up freshly made lunch for us by Captain Ivan's wife and headed out to the big blue clear waters of the Caribbean. Silk Caye Approaching Silk Caye. Get there early to make the best use of money before all the tourist groups arrive. Two teenagers off with Captain Ivan to snorkel around Silk Caye. Amazing marine life to explore. Schools of colorful fish, turtles and mind boggling shapes and colors of ocean life. Memories made for a lifetime! A little atoll visible from Silk Caye shore Approaching Laughing Bird Caye. This is the furthest we got to. About 11 miles from Placencia. These are not the Laughing Birds, they are the Brown Pelican that's abundant on the island...