Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 12, 2012

The Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve will be closed from December 12 to 26, 2012 in order to prepare for the launch of an International Musical Event which will raise funds for the conservation of Belize’s cultural heritage and its archaeological parks. Rumor has it the event is timed to coincide with the Mayan Calendar “ending” on December 21, which some believe will usher in an a

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 11, 2012

Part of our annual building spree this November included erecting a brand new two-story building. The bottom floor will be for additional storage while the upper floor will be new staff quarters.

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 10, 2012

Conch shells may line our island paths but we don’t contribute to the declining conch population (see our Dec. 3 post about the Queen Conch being considered for the threatened or endangered species list.)   These shells were acquired over the years from eating conch back when they were plentiful and a regular part of the belizean fishery. Now, the only shells we acquire are found during

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 7, 2012

Every November, in preparation for the coming season, Cully and crew haul boat loads of materials and equipment out to the island for the annual build-a-thon. This is when they perform annual maintenance, repair storm damage to buildings, and expand on or add to the ever-growing menagerie of structures that comprise the Adventure Island eco resort. This year’s renovations included a major ov

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 6, 2012

Sometimes you have to get creative to get to Belize on the cheap. I just found out about a sale going on for discount US flights. These are only deals on domestic routes, but it covers flights from January through May. Visit this link and see if you can find a good deal on AirTran from your town to one of the places you can fly to Belize from (Houston, Miami, Charlotte, Atlanta, or Dallas). Then s

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 5, 2012

We keep track of flights to Belize for our website, which we update weekly. I just found the lowest rates from Canada to Belize that I have ever seen. Round trip from Montreal to Belize is $554 and from Toronto it is $553. You can view more about this on our Belize flights web page.

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When we first started running sea kayaking tours in Belize we were kind of inventing things as we went. There wasn’t anyone else doing it and there were no examples to follow. Our first trips launched from a sandy beach just past the end of the sidewalk in the little town of Placencia. Our guests would camp there the first night and then the next morning we would set out in our sea kayaks lo

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 4, 2012

Learning to roll a sea kayak can be more difficult than learning to roll a river kayak simply because there’s more boat to roll up. That’s why on Adventure Island we use river kayaks for the first stage of teaching our guests how to roll, only graduating to sea kayaks after you’ve already gotten the feel for rolling up in a lighter boat. Adventure Island is also one of friendlies

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on December 3, 2012

Will the conch season in Belize have to be shortened? Might we need to control the amount of conch that we eat year per year? These are a couple of questions that Belize, including other Caribbean nations, might have to consider as Caribbean ministers will come together to discuss a conch petition for CARICOM during Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2012 in Antigua and Barbuda. A United States petitio