Big Creek / Placencia: clearing in by boat

Offices to visit

In the usual order of the formalities. Addresses can change: ask the harbour office when you arrive.

1. 1

   Bureaux de clearance de Big Creek (devant les grilles du port)

   CustomsImmigrationHealthHarbour office

   À l'extérieur des grilles du port de Big Creek, Stann Creek, Belize

   Immigration, customs, health and port offices are a few hundred feet apart; you cannot anchor or dock at Big Creek: leave the boat at Placencia and take a water taxi.

2. 2

   Belize Port Authority – antenne de Placencia

   Harbour office

   Placencia, Stann Creek, Belize

   Placencia is listed by the Port Authority as a port of entry; customs and immigration remain at Big Creek.

Sources

• belizetourismboard.org/tourism-resources/nautical-tourism/
• portauthority.bz/reopening-of-maritime-activities-yachting-tourism/

This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.