Grand Slam heaven in more than a million acres of unspoilt Marine National Park.

Ascension Bay; permit capital of the world. Until you have been to Mexico, whether armed with a fly rod or hungry for ancient culture, it is impossible to imagine the enigmatic splendour of the Yucatan Peninsula. Vast expanses of saltwater flats, endless necklace strings of bright-water bays, lagoons encircled by sheltering mangroves and a seemingly limitless world of turquoise shallows punctuated only by your fly line snaking across the water like a fault in a jewel.

Under-exploited and under-fished, Espiritu Santo and Ascension Bay nestle inside the protective boundary of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a pristine marine park encompassing over 1.3 million acres. This World Heritage Site surrounds the lodges and protects them, like a marine impasse, from the tourist developments to the north.

With more choice than you can flick a fly at, expect to be faced by the perfect trilemma; permit, tarpon and bonefish thrive in this stable environment. After the first few days you may be fortunate enough to understand why fishermen count bonefish in the numbers landed, tarpon in those ‘jumped’ whilst the elusive permit is recorded in the numbers of flies that they are merely persuaded to follow.