Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 3, 2014

As anyone who has been to our island in Belize knows, there is an obvious problem with plastic garbage that drifts and washes up on our beach, and indeed on all islands in the country. Left uncleaned, the shorelines of all coastal areas in Belize soon look like a landfill of plastic, several feet deep. It is truly astounding how much of this garbage drifts in. Although we constantly clean the shor

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 26, 2014

Our Belize island menu has long been vegetarian-friendly, but now it is also a gluten-free menu. Because we are so far from a store, and our cooks never, ever do the grocery shopping, we are unable to accommodate special diets. We simply offer a variety of choices that will work for a vegetarian who omits the meat, a gluten-free person who omits the gluten choices, and it still works for those of

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 6, 2014

Last week I announced the release of our new Belize island video. If you haven’t watched it yet, I hope you will. Much of the footage was filmed from a drone, operated by photographer Jason Lee, aka “Sky Pirate”. This was incredibly exciting for us to have this new-fangled contraption buzzing above our heads, and the guests on the island were incredibly patient and supportive whi

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 28, 2014

Last week I wrote about the recent visit to our island by photographer Jason Lee. He was not only taking still photos of the island using his drone, he was also shooting a video. Suddenly our tiny, solar-powered Gilligan-style island was thrust into the 21st century by Jason and his drone. He hovered above us during sea kayaking orientation and while we were out in the surf. He provided us with a

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 7, 2014

A new report on the health of Caribben coral reef ecosystems just came out, proclaiming the savior of the declining reefs to be none other than the ubiquitous parrotfish. This fish family is arguably the most numerous of the many fish species we encounter at Glover’s Reef. Some (but not near all) of the parrotfish species we regularly encounter while snorkeling near our island: Stoplight Par

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on July 1, 2014

When you visit us in Belize, you will pack via our Belize packing list which you can request from us anytime. Our list includes numerous specific items in several categories: documents, clothes, and gear. Some of the items on the list may seem obvious, but we also recommend a number of items many would fail to think of. For example, you will need river booties, sun protective clothing (see photo a

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 18, 2014

Years ago we cleared a path around the west end of the island that connects with our main path on the east end to provide easy access to the whole island for our guests. More recently we have also assembled information about all the plants and animals on the island into a self guided nature tour along this west end trail, which has been enormously popular. The island loop trail has recently become

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 11, 2014

If you are wondering where to find Belize surfing, look no further! Our super-popular surf sports on the island often take center stage with our guests, after they find out that you don’t need to be an expert to experience the thrills of rising the breaking weaves right in front of our island. Long Caye enjoys the only viable surf break in the country since our wave does not break on live coral

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 28, 2014

There is a sand bar located a hundred yards off the end of our island, Long Caye at Glover’s Reef in Belize. The sandbar is atop a long shoal that once was an extension of the island, but was destroyed by Hurricane Mitch’s waves in 1998. This sand bar is an intermittent feature which occasionally disappears and then comes back according to the pattern of the wind and waves at any particula