BELIZE ADVENTURE BLOG

By Slickrock Adventures | May 28, 2013

Because the invasive lionfish species has been having such a huge impact throughout Caribbean reef ecosystems, including on Glover’s Reef, we try to keep abreast any new developments that might give us reason to hope that someday they at least will be held in check, if not generally eradicated from the Caribbean reefs they invaded. This video, posted last week to YouTube by someone using the

By Slickrock Adventures | May 24, 2013

Rachel Graham of the Wildlife Conservation Society is doing a scientific study of marine mega fauna (large marine fish and mammals)  in the waters off The Halfmoon Caye Natural Monument in the Lighthouse Reef Area which is only about 50 miles north of Glover’s Reef and Adventure Island. Here’s a report from Belize TV station 7 NewsBelize.com.   She’s trying to find out what sp

By Slickrock Adventures | May 23, 2013

We love maps and photos that show different perspectives on the location of our island, Long Caye. This satellite photo, taken in May 2001, shows Glover’s Reef (indicated by the red arrow, which specifically points to the location of Long Caye on the outside edge of the atoll) outside the main barrier reef off the coastline of Belize (indicated by the thin yellow line).

By Slickrock Adventures | May 21, 2013

The Mechanics of paddling forward Adapted from a lecture by David Blacoe at the 1998 West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium (www.islandnet.com/~toki) Visualize planting the paddle and moving yourself past it. Picture yourself on a cart; you are reaching for a pole and pulling yourself to it. The paddle does not move much relative to a stationary object, it is the boat that is moving.      

By Slickrock Adventures | May 20, 2013

Many of our guests book a scuba dive at “The Wall” during their week with us at Adventure Island.

By Slickrock Adventures | May 18, 2013

If you have never been to Glover’s Reef, it might be hard to imagine just how unique and amazing a place it is. Even compared to most tropical islands (which can be very amazing if my experience of Bora Bora is any indication) Long Caye on Glover’s Reef has everything that even the best tropical islands have, and then, on top of that, it has a lot that few other resorts can offer. Most

By Slickrock Adventures | May 17, 2013

From Huffington Post By: Becky Oskin Charles Darwin sparked more than one controversy over the natural progression of life. One such case involved the evolution of coral atolls, the ring-shaped coral reefs that surround submerged tropical islands. Coral reefs are actually huge colonies of tiny animals that need sunlight to grow. After seeing a reef encircling Moorea, near Tahiti, Darwin came up wi

By Slickrock Adventures | May 16, 2013

By Slickrock Adventures | May 14, 2013

by guest blogger Katherine Forbes 20 years ago, my sister Lisa and I travelled with Slickrock Adventures after learning about a sea kayaking adventure from a tiny ad in Outside Magazine.  At that time Slickrock was a much smaller operation leasing Northeast Caye as their destination island.  Lucy was our head guide, Elmo and John were her assistant guides, also our fishermen and cooks.  Our sma