Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 7, 2013

We’re proud to announce that Trip Advisor, the prominent travel recommendation site, has awarded Slickrock Adventures a Certificate of Excellence, placing us in the top 10% of travel destinations. One hundred past guests have written reviews of their experiences with us (all glowing, of course) such as our most recent review by a couple who visited us in April: Why did we choose Glover’

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 3, 2013

If you happened to be in Belize last Friday, I quite imagine you would have witnessed a goodly number of folks busily gobbling up the last remaining conch of the season. That’s because beginning Saturday, June 1 the Belize Fisheries Department began fining anyone in possession of the Queen Conch. In an effort to protect the conch fisheries from being over-fished, the government determined it

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 31, 2013

The Belize Zoo is a treasure, and if you’re going to Belize, it is not to be missed. Get a sneak preview by viewing this new video by a couple on vacation who posted it on youtube.  

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 29, 2013

On the island this year we got rave reviews for our new recipe: Belizean Vegetarian Split Pea and Potato Soup We served it with: Homemade Cornbread Baked Winter Squash Simple Salad Peanut Butter Cookies           Here’s the recipe For 6-8 persons: Split Pea and Potato Soup Split peas – pounds 2 Water – 2 quart measurement (cups) 2 (4) Potatoes, peeled and diced â

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 28, 2013

Because the invasive lionfish species has been having such a huge impact throughout Caribbean reef ecosystems, including on Glover’s Reef, we try to keep abreast any new developments that might give us reason to hope that someday they at least will be held in check, if not generally eradicated from the Caribbean reefs they invaded. This video, posted last week to YouTube by someone using the

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 24, 2013

Rachel Graham of the Wildlife Conservation Society is doing a scientific study of marine mega fauna (large marine fish and mammals)  in the waters off The Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument in the Lighthouse Reef Area which is only about 50 miles north of Glover’s Reef and Adventure Island. Here’s a report from Belize TV station 7 NewsBelize.com.   She’s trying to find out what sp

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 23, 2013

We love maps and photos that show different perspectives on the location of our island, Long Caye. This satellite photo, taken in May 2001, shows Glover’s Reef (indicated by the red arrow, which specifically points to the location of Long Caye on the outside edge of the atoll) outside the main barrier reef off the coastline of Belize (indicated by the thin yellow line).

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 21, 2013

The Mechanics of paddling forward Adapted from a lecture by David Blacoe at the 1998 West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium (www.islandnet.com/~toki) Visualize planting the paddle and moving yourself past it. Picture yourself on a cart; you are reaching for a pole and pulling yourself to it. The paddle does not move much relative to a stationary object, it is the boat that is moving.      

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 20, 2013

Many of our guests book a scuba dive at “The Wall” during their week with us at Adventure Island.