Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 30, 2014

In the early 1980’s I was involved with a lot of river exploration in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala and is only a day’s drive from Belize. Chiapas is a very mountainous region covering the central highlands that run the length of the country, and the eastern side of these mountains receive an enormous amount of rainfall. This results in a multitude of whitewate

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 16, 2014

Thinking about a vacation and wondering where to start? The internet is obvious, but what about going old-school and buying a guidebook? Which is the best trip planner? Happily, there’s the Frugal Traveler column in the New York Times to help us sort it all out. Last month, on Christmas Eve Day writer Seth Kugel published a great investigative article on the Best Trip Planner question. He co

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 14, 2014

Paddleboarding is quickly becoming our most popular sport on our island in Belize. Sarah Lineger, our new assistant guide from Moab, is a paddleboard guide on the Colorado River all summer long. She recently led a group of guests on an evening paddle around the island. The conditions were ideal, a rare wind-free period that left the sea glassy smooth. It is awesome to paddle on such still, clear w

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 10, 2014

My partner Cully is a weather freak. If I need to know what the weather is going to do, I ask him. He was working on our Belize weather web page and recently found this fabulous map of our planet’s wind. This amazing Earth wind map gives you a visual picture of the wind all over the Earth. The brighter the color, the higher the wind speed. Belize is located at the very bottom of the Mexican

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 24, 2013

Everyone who comes to our island marvels at how beautiful and idyllic the white sand beaches and palm trees appear, yet few people realize what a huge job it is to create these beach areas from the raw island land we start with. Bit by bit over the years we have cleared areas to create the wide expanses of clear beach area under the palms. Here are a two photos of an area we recently completed, no

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 23, 2013

Or How We Learned to Love Belize About 40 miles southwest of Glover’s Reef, where our eco-resort is located on Long Caye, is a small group of tiny islands called the Silk Cayes of Belize. These islands figured prominently in how we first got started running sea kayak expeditions in the Caribbean. Cully, Slickrock’s founder, wrote a great post in 2011 about those early beginnings on Sil

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 18, 2013

By guest writer Park Wilson If you crave adventure in an exotic setting, Belize could be the place for you. With gorgeous tropical beauty, near-perfect spring-like weather, and so many things to see and do, tourists and expats alike flock to the shores of this Caribbean jewel more each year while touring Belize. So whether you are looking to slow down and relax on the beach or to pack your days wi

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 16, 2013

Encounters with sea turtles while snorkeling or scuba diving are always at the top of everybody’s list for their visit to Adventure Island on Long Caye. So, when we saw this sea turtle video we had to share it. The youtube poster, glencon1, labeled it “Elbow” which is most likely a dive site at the southern tip of the Turneffe Islands called the Elbow. The only other explanation

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 10, 2013

We set up an osprey nest box last season right in front of the kitchen, and this season the resident pair of ospreys have moved in. They have been busy building a big nest and mating, and soon the female will be sitting on her eggs, usually two per season. We have watched this pair of ospreys raise their young every season for many years, so it will be especially interesting to watch every phase o