Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 14, 2012

The fact that we have so many different water sports out on Adventure Island means that no matter what the weather in Belize is like on a given day, there are always some of the sports that are perfectly suited for those conditions.  If the winds are blowing but the surf isn’t up, the conditions are ideal for windsurfing and kiteboarding. If the surf is up but the wind is calm, it’s i

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 11, 2012

If you have never been diving, you should try it out. It might not be for you, but it might be the most amazing thing you have ever done. Breathing underwater is a real trip! The best way to see if this sport is for you is to take a Discover Scuba course. This half-day course combines classroom, shallow water skills, and finishes up with a real dive to 40 feet. Once you have completed this course,

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 10, 2012

Last year on a day trip out to The Aquarium (one of our favorite snorkel locations that you can easily access from our resort by sea kayak) we encountered a very odd underwater fellow, in the body of a remora. Growing up to 3 ft long, remoras are known as suckerfishes because though they swim well on their own, they prefer to attach to  sharks or other large fish and hitch a ride. Then they feed

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 9, 2012

From the New York Times — About 20 years ago, one of the world’s most beautiful and otherworldly fish, the red lionfish, started showing up in south Florida and the Caribbean. Now, they’re a plague. Millions of them live from northeastern South America to New York, from water you can stand in down to depths of a thousand feet. In a world where the main concern about fish is overfishing,

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 8, 2012

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Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 5, 2012

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS of the New York Times WE were hiking through the woods of the Cockscomb Basin Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve in Belize, the more-than-150-square-mile verdant reserve that is a no-hunting haven for many species of this hemisphere’s wild cats — the puma, ocelot, jaguarundi, margay and jaguar. As we moved along well-tended trails, there were signs of activity — muddy paw pri

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on September 4, 2012