Cayo Largo, Cuba

Avalon — Cayo Largo

SaltwaterCayo Largo del Sur, Canarreos archipelago

Avalon has run the Cayo Largo fishery in Cuba's Canarreos archipelago since 2008, and since 2020 its anglers have lived aboard the ten-cabin mothership Jardines Avalon I rather than in a beach hotel. No more than six skiffs work the area in a week, and the fishing, from skiffs or on foot across white-sand flats, is fly only, for permit, bonefish and tarpon.

Published price
US$10,240 per person · 7 nights · 2024
Season
October to July
Main fish
Permit
and 7 more
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
10 guests at a time

Season

October to July

From October to mid-February, Cayo Largo is fished on Avalon's combined Canarreos trips with the Isla de la Juventud cays; from mid-February to July, Jardines Avalon I runs dedicated Cayo Largo weeks. The peak is February to June, and the big bonefish come early in the season.

The fishing

Water
Saltwater
Species

First is the fish the lodge leads with.

How it is fished
Flats skiff, Wading the flats
Catch and release
Not published
Tackle
Fly only
Gear
Bring your own tackle

Price and what it covers

US$10,240 per person · 7 nights · 2024

Per person with 10 anglers aboard Jardines Avalon I, for 7 nights and 6 fishing days, weeks of February 17 to July 27, 2024. Combined Canarreos weeks in January to March 2026: US$76,890 for the whole boat with 6 skiffs and guides.

This is the most recent published rate, and it dates from 2024.

Included

  • 7 nights aboard Jardines Avalon I, full board
  • 6 days of guided fishing
  • Open bar
  • Return transfer between Havana and Zapesca port

Not included

  • International flights
  • Hotels in Havana or elsewhere
  • Other transfers
  • Conservation fee, US$300 per angler per week in 2024
  • Tips

Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.

The lodge

Guests at a time
10
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
Package
7 nights, 6 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Not published
Established
2008

Getting there

Gateway airport
Havana (HAV), José Martí International Airport
From there
Fly to Havana and transfer about 3 hours to Zapesca port, where you board Jardines Avalon I on Saturday and cruise to Cayo Largo. The boat is back at Zapesca the next Saturday in time for an afternoon flight out of Havana. Under U.S. law, U.S. citizens and residents may not visit Cuba as tourists, and may spend money on travel there only under one of 12 categories of activity in the Treasury Department's Cuba rules.
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The pin marks the general area only; no closer location is published. Location from Wikipedia.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.

Lodge website: cubanfishingcenters.com

Lodge website

Booking agency

Maps and references

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