Belize General Info

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on June 6, 2011

We have a resident very-hard-to-catch permit that we see snorkeling near our island all of the time. Fishermen go crazy trying to catch him… well, on one of the last trips of the season Jeff Griswold of North Bend, Washington caught him and he’s got photos to prove it! Jeff came in December of 2010 on our Adventure Island at Glover’s Reef trip, and then came back again 5 months l

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 20, 2011

Our bunny Coco died last summer, and the staff surprised me with TWO new bunnies last March! Bunnies are the perfect resort pet… some don’t like dogs, some don’t like cats, but no one doesn’t like a bunny. Here they are: Papillon (the black bunny), so named because he is an escape artist, and Honey, posing with Trip Manager Victor Myers and guest Catherine last March. Our b

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 12, 2011

Our belize vacation packages are only powered by the sun and wind. Slickrock has built an alternative energy system for use on Long Caye as part of our ecologically sensitive policy in developing our facilities. Our ‘rustic’ approach to building our cabins and creating our water and disposal systems are designed to have the least amount of impact to the island’s pristine nature, and our ener

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 10, 2011

Recently I was contacted by Robert Felton of AdventureTravelMentor.com to write an article for this great travel website. One thing led to another, and he asked to interview me about our company’s history, guided kayak trips, and philosophy, and this article is now featured as the May Adventure Travel Mentor. Please check it out!

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 4, 2011

This March when my boyfriend Gerrish Willis and I were on the island, he decided our Nature Trail needed a major overhaul. He spent days deciding what needed to be included, researching the various plants and other subjects included in the Nature Trail, then finally made and placed the markers found along the trail. The trail includes 22 stations, covering blue porter weed, Indian almond, black ma

Posted by Slickrock Adventures on May 2, 2011

View my recent post on the excellent site Adventure Travel Mentor: What to Bring on an Adventure Trip to Belize

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The most common local resident on Long Caye is the hermit crab. They are terrestrial crabs that inhabit the island by the thousands, and although nocturnal they are encountered at all hours of the day, everywhere. Most of these hermit crabs inhabit the shells of the West Indian Top Snail (Cittarium pica), a large snail found in the inter-tidal zone on the shores of the island. Hermit crabs are see

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Like most other Caribbean nations, Belize has been afflicted with Yellow Leaf (YL) palm disease (also called Lethal Yellowing Disease) for the past 12 years. The disease is caused by an organism that attacks the head of the palm tree where its growth is concentrated, and causes the tree to die when this part of the tree rots away. The organism is spread from tree to tree through the leaf hopper in

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I just heard from the folks out on the island and a few days ago an inland bird showed up out there! In the rail family, the Purple Gallinule is not known to fly long distances. I don’t know if it got blown out there or what! I am so bummed out that I missed it! Here’s a photo of the bird on the island.