Afterward, Pavel directs the player to scope out the North Dock and some secondary targets, before instructing them to continue scoping for infiltration, escape points, point of interests or return to Los Santos to prepare for the heist.
The player then sneaks off to scope out the island, by hacking into a communication tower to gain access to Strickler's compound's CCTV in order to find out where Martin Madrazo's files are being kept.
Perico is also a slang for "cocaine" in Mexico and Colombia, referencing the fact that the island has a cocaine farm.Įvents of GTA Online The Cayo Perico HeistĬayo Perico is first visited in late 2020 when the GTA Online Protagonist accompanies English Dave to a party hosted by Juan Strickler under the guise of a management member. The shape of the island appears to be based on Canouan, a small island belonging to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, mirrored and rotated. The party and the musical guests are also likely an allusion to the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent attempt to host a luxury music festival in Norman's Cay that ended in utter disaster. Cayo Perico's airfield also bears strong resemblance to Norman's Cay Airport, as seen in the map from El Rubio Dossier teaser. Cayo Norman), a small Bahamian island used by the Medellín Cartel as a transshipment base for smuggling cocaine into the United States and as a private party island, while the estates and welcome sign are based on Hacienda Nápoles, a luxurious estate built and owned by Colombian drug lord and Medellín Cartel leader Pablo Escobar. The island appears to be based on Norman's Cay (a.k.a. Small western beach (between West Beach and the Fishing Jetty). There are many skeletons and corpses, some in plain view, some hidden.Ī skeleton holding Cocaine with more bricks scattered around. The surrounding waters are home to many Wrecks as well as a large meteorite in the far northwest. The island is littered with many historical artifacts and interesting objects, some of which are relevant to the heist and will be able to be sent to Pavel during intel gathering for The Cayo Perico Heist. Schools of tropical fish can also be seen in the water. A Loch Ness Monster inhabits the surrounding seas. A mutilated shark and a stranded whale can be seen, and there are whale skeletons in the water. A black panther is kept in captivity in El Rubio's compound. While there are no native fauna seen on land, the wildlife is heard in abundance, including frogs, birds and snakes. Most of the island’s flora are reused assets from Guarma in Red Dead Redemption 2. With the exception of a few beaches, Cayo Perico contains little sand, with most beaches on the island being covered by small rocks.Ĭayo Perico’s weather is always set to clear during heist intel or regular visits, therefore having no chance of rain or snow, although there is a very small chance that the weather can be set to a thunderstorm during the Cayo Perico Heist finale. Various artifacts around the island give hints to its history, including a cemetery near the airstrip, several collapsed obelisks, one of which forms the center point of a circular graveyard of 13 plots and remnants of the Spanish Empire, including Conquistador armour.Ī Primitive Shelter is situated in the southeastern area.Īlthough the name of the island is "Cayo Perico"-which translates to Parakeet Cay in Spanish-Cayo Perico is not a cay in the topographic sense, and is actually a high island telling by its rocky topography and elevation. You can help the GTA Wiki by expanding it as much as you can. This section contains insufficient information and is considered as a Section stub. The island first appeared in the "El Rubio Dossier" teaser released during the Los Santos Summer Special update, which contained views of three locations on the island, including a sprawling clifftop Spanish-style estate, a security tower and a farm. It also contains an untold fortune in art, gold and drug money, scattered across the island.Ĭayo Perico is not only the nerve center of El Rubio’s drug empire, but also plays host to his other great love: marathon beach dance parties, where everyone from jetsetters and heiresses to legendary music producers gather to rave until the sun comes up. Cayo Perico is considered one of the most secure private islands in the entire world, and the location of the remote island compound of the world’s most notorious drug dealer, Juan Strickler (also known as El Rubio).
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