Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 23, 2012

La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge  is a grueling multi-day canoe race traveling a perilous river route across the country of Belize. The route runs West to East along the Macal and Belize Rivers, once the only link between beautiful San Ignacio, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains, and the bustling port of Belize City. This is a race for everyone (not just professional racers)! There are

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 21, 2012

Often our groups on the island get together for sunset while we gather for cocktails and conversation about another exciting day. Sometimes we watch it from the point, but this time of the year it is better to go out to the sandbar so you can see it hit the horizon instead of seeing it set behind the island. A few weeks ago we shuttled everyone out to the sandbar where we had chairs and snacks set

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 20, 2012

That’s Long Caye in the near-background. We have recently begun our latest new activity, paddleboarding downwind to the neighboring islands on the atoll on our new SUP Cruiser boards. These high displacement boards are especially designed for longer distance paddling rather than short excursions or surfing. The hull has a ‘V’ shape and a pointed bow with a 6″ thick center v

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 18, 2012

Today I am the guest blogger on tacogirl.com, one of the #1 Belize blogs! I have to say I am a little bit excited about it. The article is about our first run of the Caves Branch River in Belize. We ran the Caves Branch practically before anybody did. It was a very exciting run since we didn’t know what was coming next! To read about this historic run, visit the full Belize article on her si

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Our Adventure Island package is all-inclusive, meaning that from the time you step out of your taxi at the Biltmore Hotel until we return you to the hotel a week later, everything is provided — with one exception: liquor. We have a refrigerator in which we provide as much beer as a guest might want, but due to the limited amount of electricity available from our solar arrays and wind turbine

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 17, 2012

One of the most unique and wonderful aspects of our location out on Glover’s Reef is the pristine quality of the 900 patch reefs within the protection of the Glover’s ring reef. Healthy Reefs, an international, multi-institutional effort that tracks the health of the Meso-American Reef, was recently working off the coast of Belize and recorded this great video about the health of the

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 16, 2012

Planning a trip to Belize in the near future? Not only do we have some of the most extensive historical weather info on Belize and specifically out at Glover’s Reef, but if you’re like me, sometimes you just want to know what it’s like right now. I just stumbled across this cool site that has instant weather info and an awesome, live webcam. Granted they’re both based out o

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 14, 2012

This month Slickrock hosted a team from Athleta Sportswear on a photo shoot for their next summer’s catalog. A team of 12 people came out to our Belize island for four days to shoot various pictures of their sportswear line, which specializes in products for athletic women. In addition to their three models, there was a photographer who employed a camera with a wireless transmitter to send t

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on January 12, 2012

Of the many fun and interesting things to do in Belize, either before or after one of our tours, perhaps the most accessible is a visit to the Museum of Belize. Located at Gabourel and Hutson streets, the Museum of Belize is a beautiful, old brick building that was built as a colonial prison in the 1800’s, and operated as a prison until 1993; one cell has been restored. Originally built to hol