Christmas Island Guided Adventure
$250.00 – $9,600.00Price range: $250.00 through $9,600.00
Since Fiji Airways reinstated flights to Kiritimati, Christmas Island, or CXI as it is referred to in short, the best Bonefishing destination on the planet is well within our reach again.
Everyone talks about Bonefish runs, and we’ve all read the magazine articles, but until you experience it, well you’re simply doing yourself an injustice! You will see and cast at between 100 and 150 bones a day… every day, in some of the most untouched, and isolated environments imaginable. We stay at Ikari House, in the best accommodation on the Island, right on the water, literally 2 minutes walk from the boats… and the food, I can’t even put into words how good it is… as long as you enjoy Crays and the freshest seafood imaginable that is!
You will have 6 fully guided fishing days, mainly targeting Bonefish on the flats and ocean reefs, but it can also include some specific GT time, even tuna, wahoo or sailfish can be on the agenda, the itinerary is up to you guys.
“I am a ‘trouty’ to the core, but I think I especially love bonefishing because it is so similar to trout fishing. You just don’t catch bonefish by accident, presentation is everything. You target single fish in crystal clear water, so you get to watch everything unfold in front of your eyes. Even tiny bones go 50 metres into the backing… and then there are the 7 and 8lbers, ‘awesome’ is not even in context! As a fly fisher, there are maybe 6 or 7 destinations that you must go to before it’s too late, and Christmas Island is one of those”
Gavin Hurley
BONEFISHING ADVENTURE
Experience 6 days bonefishing on Christmas Island with our expert guides, boat trips and excellent food and accommodation. This package includes twin share accommodation or the upgrade to a private room in our optional extras.
If you’re after a more personal experience, check out our Premium Bonefishing Adventure which includes a single room and private guide.
Includes:
- Guiding on a 1 to 2 angler basis
- Boat use
- Twin share accommodation (upgradable)
- Includes transfer to and from the airport
- All meals
Exclusions:
Doesn’t include flights, hotel in Fiji/Honolulu, licence, tips, alcohol/soft drink/extra water, extra guiding…
PREMIUM BONEFISHING ADVENTURE
The premium experience includes 6 days bonefishing on Christmas Island with your choice of our top expert guides, pick the best boats and stay in a private room. Enjoy our friendly hospitality and excellent food and accommodation.
Includes:
- Your choice of top guides
- Pick the best boats
- Private room
- Includes transfer to and from the airport
- All meals
Exclusions:
Doesn’t include flights, hotel in Fiji/Honolulu, licence, tips, alcohol/soft drink/extra water, extra guiding…
SUPPLEMENTS FOR TWIN AND SINGLE ANGLER PACKAGES
Guide Booking Reservation Fee – $500 per guide per week
Single Room Supplement – $1000 per week
Boat Booking Reservation Fee – $1000 per week
Extra Boat – $500 per day
Fuel Charge $3.00 per litre
Extra Guide;Â
Junior – $250 per day
Senior – $300 per day
NON-Angler Rate – $1495pp
Including room, Meals, Laundry & Transport
Professor Mayfly –
I did this trip last September with a friend from Adelaide. We had a fabulous week, together with two other Aussie fly fishers that we met at the airport during immigration ceremonies. We also met the two nicest Americans you could ever run across at the fishing lodge, so dinner times were very sociable affairs, with conversation mainly about bonefish, funnily enough! Ikari Lodge is right on the beach, with decent accommodations and excellent food – there was literally more crayfish than we could eat, and some of us are very good crayfish eaters. Our guides picked us up at the waterside in front of the lodge every day. We spent countless hours wading endless flats and saw almost unbelievable numbers of bonefish. We caught lots, of course, and lost plenty. We had lots of other species, too, topped by a Melbourne angler’s lovely 10 kilo GT. I don’t think we’ll ever wipe the smile off his face! The guides are excellent and they have the most amazing fish-spotting eyes. Christmas Island had been on my ‘must do’ list for years and all of my expectations were met – and then some! Go there while you can still wade 4 to six kilometres a day in warm gin-clear water, and cast across, through or into a stiffish easterly breeze. Maybe I’ll just have to go back for another dose of bonefish therapy one of these days. Remember to take everything you might need, lots of flies, spare outfits, wading stick and line tray, and a few bottles of your favourite tipple.
Toota –
Went in April 2016. Got there first day was windy and rainy and thought “Oh no” here we go. But went out that afternoon and got 16 bones in one session, that’s when it hit me Wow what a place. The following days just got better and better. I took on getting a good Trigger as a mission in succeeded in getting a 10lbder Whoo hoo. Ikari Lodge offers good accommodation and even better food. The guides are excellent, friendly and I loved their sense of humour. The best part though was the company, the camaraderie and the sheer pleasure in being there. The trip was sensationally organised and CXI is a beautiful place. It is a must go there. I will be coming back.
Maurice –
I had previously been to Captain Cook and vowed never to return, the bad trucks and long drives were overwhelming.
Then my friend convinced me the Villages were the go, so I went again. Only a couple of old slow boats and I was sitting on a milk crate for a seat, guides not turning up, i’d had it with the place.
I was still skeptical but Gavin convinced me Ikari would be different! We’ll see!
I am so glad I trusted him, absolute game changer. I went twice in the same year, the boats, the guides, the food, even the air-conditioning is just so much better, I cannot recommend it highly enough.
So if your thinking of going to Christmas Island and are waying up on saving a few dollars by booking with the other places, don’t, you will instantly regret it.