BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | March 4, 2014

We employ as 12V electrical system on the island, using solar panels and wind generators to charge a bank of batteries from which we draw power for our lights, water pumps, and refrigeration systems. The system is very efficient and we love using a renewable energy source so we can do away with noisy gas generators. We also appreciate the fact that the system is very safe since it is such low volt

By Slickrock Adventures | February 25, 2014

In doing my weekly update for our Belize flights webpage I was happy to see that fares dropped in just one week in 18 of the 29 cities we track. If you fly from New York City, the fares dropped 28% and if you fly from Anchorage they dropped 25%! Here are a few sample Belize fares: Departure City Two Weeks Ago Last Week This Week Baltimore (BWI) – BZE $718 $718 $627 Denver (DEN) – BZE $

By Slickrock Adventures | February 18, 2014

Every week we serve fresh coconut pie on our Belize island. We have about 1000 coconut trees, so we like to serve fresh coconut dishes whenever possible. The coconuts are picked that very day, it doesn’t get any fresher than that! In addition to coconut pie, we also serve coconut rice, fresh roasted coconut, and Belizean Fry Jacks and Belizean Rice & Beans made with coconut milk from fre

By Slickrock Adventures | February 14, 2014

On the island we have two types of land crabs who scavenge for food. The ubiquitous hermit crabs can be seen night and day on their ceaseless wanderings in search of food, but the Blue Crabs are seen only at night. The Blue Crabs live in burrows and hide during the day. The burrows often go below the island’s shallow water table, but crabs have gills and can breathe both underwater and on la

By Slickrock Adventures | February 12, 2014

We just love our guests. They are always sending us amazing photos and recipes after they get home from our island in Belize. Yesterday my email box held a wonderful surprise from a recently returned guest… a feature length Belize travel article by Karen Lippold, which she has submitted to the Washington Post! Her title: “Belize: ATOLLtally Awesome Vacation”. Pending publication,

By Slickrock Adventures | January 30, 2014

In the early 1980’s I was involved with a lot of river exploration in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala and is only a day’s drive from Belize. Chiapas is a very mountainous region covering the central highlands that run the length of the country, and the eastern side of these mountains receive an enormous amount of rainfall. This results in a multitude of whitewate

By Slickrock Adventures | January 16, 2014

Thinking about a vacation and wondering where to start? The internet is obvious, but what about going old-school and buying a guidebook? Which is the best trip planner? Happily, there’s the Frugal Traveler column in the New York Times to help us sort it all out. Last month, on Christmas Eve Day writer Seth Kugel published a great investigative article on the Best Trip Planner question. He co

By Slickrock Adventures | January 14, 2014

Paddleboarding is quickly becoming our most popular sport on our island in Belize. Sarah Lineger, our new assistant guide from Moab, is a paddleboard guide on the Colorado River all summer long. She recently led a group of guests on an evening paddle around the island. The conditions were ideal, a rare wind-free period that left the sea glassy smooth. It is awesome to paddle on such still, clear w

By Slickrock Adventures | January 10, 2014

My partner Cully is a weather freak. If I need to know what the weather is going to do, I ask him. He was working on our Belize weather web page and recently found this fabulous map of our planet’s wind. This amazing Earth wind map gives you a visual picture of the wind all over the Earth. The brighter the color, the higher the wind speed. Belize is located at the very bottom of the Mexican