Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 24, 2012

Environmental Defense Fund staff work with fishermen to protect the world’s second-largest reef Along Belize’s coastline, the ancient Mesoamerican Reef—the second largest barrier reef system in the world—forms a glittering necklace of sandy cayes and coral atolls. Fifty years ago, fishermen waded in shallow waters here to harvest spiny lobster and queen conch by the hundreds. ̶

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 23, 2012

All guests love thatched-roofed cabanas at Belize beach resorts, but few people realize the effort it takes to build and maintain beach cottages on a remote island. We have built our cabanas with a simple design to avoid big losses should we lose a few to the waves and wind during hurricane season, but the biggest enemy to our structures is rust. The nails in all our buildings rust through in a sh

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 22, 2012

From Channel 5 Belize: We reported on Wednesday night’s newscast that overnight tourist arrivals in Belize were up by an overall nine percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. The initial release indicated that in the months from April to June, there were approximately five thousand seven hundred and ninety-one overnight visitors to the jewel; with May showing

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 21, 2012

One of the issues that often pops up as our customers move closer to booking a trip involves scheduling. Unlike many resorts, Adventure Island is very much “off the grid.” Which is a good thing. A very good thing. In fact, its remoteness and pristine beauty are consistently one of its biggest attractions and one of the things about the trip that seems to have the biggest lasting impact

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 14, 2012

Even with all the many water sports to learn and explore, even with the delightful experience in getting to know the other guests and staff,  exploring new foods, learning about the abundance of new and exotic sea life, the fabulous view that never ceases to change, and, of course, the eminently distracting Coco the bunny… it seems the human heart on vacation is never so full that it can

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 13, 2012

Norwegians have a rich history of fishing. So do people from Belize, a small country in the Caribbean. Research funded by Norway’s government and research council is examining how fishers in Belize cope with social and environmental change. It is part of the Many Strong Voices programme which helps marginalised people help themselves to deal with climate change. Fishing communities in Beli

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 8, 2012

The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib, Arawak and West Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America along the Western Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, and on the island of Roatán. In the United States, many Garifuna people live in Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Chicago. Our island cooks are all Garifuna women. There is a dish called Hudut th

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 6, 2012

On our island in Belize, we snorkel a lot. There aren’t many places in the country where you can snorkel right off shore, but you can at our island, and we take advantage of it. Most days we snorkel twice, sometimes more. Sometimes we swim right in, sometimes the take the kayaks a little ways out so we can access more underwater terrain. Guests send us video clips and this is a great one of

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on August 3, 2012

Back in the year 2000, a writer/photographer team for National Geographic Adventure magazine came to our island in Belize for a feature story. You can imagine how excited we were about this. Jon Bowermaster and Barry Tessman were famous, they were widely published, and had also both traveled extensively all over the world. The staff and guests on the island that week were also super excited and it