Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 18, 2013

Our recent guest, Hannah Stonehouse, writes a blog as part of her photography website, Stonehouse Photo. On the blog, her most recent post is titled: Photographer’s comfort, fear, and my Belize adventure. It is full of upbeat wisdom that was earned through painful loss. It is also full of great photos she took during her time on Adventure Island. In the post Hannah tells how the loss of her h

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 17, 2013

In an April 15 press release that made the rounds of Belize newspapers and blogs, news about the passing of marine conservationist Lionel “Chocolate” Heredia had an impact, especially on those within the movement. Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, wrote: Oceana is saddened by the news of the passing of one of Belize’s first Marine Conser

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 16, 2013

We love it when our guests share photos from their visit to Adventure Island. Gert and Kathy Walter of Boxboro, MA were out to the island March 5 – 10 and shared these lovely pics from their snorkel dives. The photos of the bonefish are especially amazing. Wow!

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 12, 2013

Our top 10 best Belize Blog posts — the ones that during this past season (Dec. – Mar.) have received the highest readership (some of these are posts from much earlier but they still continue to attract the highest number of readers). And the winners are… Latest update: fly to Cancun, bus to Belize – step-by-step Surfing in Belize Dukunu recipe – Mayan tamales! The spotted ea

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 11, 2013

Surf kayaking is probably the easiest way to learn to surf a wave. And Long Caye is probably one of the easiest and most comfortable places to learn to catch your first wave. For one, seated in a kayak your center of gravity is lower. For another, you have a paddle in your hand. It makes it easier to gain speed in advance of the wave’s arrival and it can be used as an “outrigger”

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 10, 2013

During my visit to the island, the most unexpected surprise for me was snorkeling at night. Unfortunately, I didn’t stumble across it until the last night of my trip, so I didn’t get a chance to really explore it very deeply. I highly recommend it to anyone heading to the island. There are a lot of creatures that only come out at night, and it can be easier to “sneak” up on

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 9, 2013

If you’re heading to Belize and you google the phrase “all inclusive” searching for the perfect, care-free vacation package, you’ll have a wide variety to choose from. And you’ll find that the phrase, “all inclusive” has just as wide a variety of interpretations depending on the provider. We take pride in how strictly we interpret the meaning of that phras

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 5, 2013

We want to know — has anything like this ever happened to you? (Comment below) In two unrelated incidents that appear to have happened within a week of each other, and both on the California coast, sea lions hopped a ride on sea kayaks! In the photo above, as reported in the New York Daily News, scuba diver Rick Coleman surfaced from a night dive to find this sea lion pup either hiding out o

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on April 4, 2013

With the spring winds kicking up the dust here in our US homebase town of Moab, Utah, it seems appropriate to mention that one of Slickrock’s many island activities is sea kayak kite-sailing trips, where we employ special kites made to tow kayaks. When the wind is from the right direction, we often get out the kayak kites and hook them up for a down-wind run to Middle Caye. The kites still allow